Where I live, people like guns. Guns and hunting. That's considered very normal. Some people are quite obsessive about hunting, however. The other day, infact, I saw a bumper sticker on the rear window of a truck reading: Ditch the @$&#%, Let's go Hunting.
Am I mistaken, or is that disgusting? I mean, that makes a person look like a total A-hole. What's even worse, I think the guy was married. The fact that anyone would be ok with that shocks me.
Ok, getting off track. I think guns make us look lazy. Compared to the extent to which some indigenous peoples go to, anyway. You could take an accurate gun out onto a game preserve for a week or less, and come home with enough food to feed your family for a year and a half. If you lived in a remote jungle, you could take a hunting party of 10 men, each with a bow or a blowgun, for one day to bring back enough food to feed a village of around 90 members a single meal.
Now, back to the story about the bumper sticker. Things like this make me feel like the original weapon designs of our ancestors are unappreciated.
The artistry and skill involved with primitive weapon technology has always amazed me. Keep up the fight.
ReplyDeleteI think that the creativity and effort put into the creation of primitive weaponry makes guns look like a kindergartener who doesn't like to color or play with legos.
ReplyDeletea rifle is much more ethical
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