tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post6190187734362205182..comments2023-09-27T07:37:28.443-07:00Comments on Ethics and the Environment (with some economics and politics thrown in): Dr. Krasny's fine showJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-63796500257489978692008-08-22T13:38:00.000-07:002008-08-22T13:38:00.000-07:00It's a number of things in me that makes me want t...It's a number of things in me that makes me want to watch the goose fly by, and also occasionally fall by my hand and grace my table and steady my arrows. I think, though, that everybody has in them the desire to see the goose fly by, too. I think it's a universal feeling that can get beaten down in a person, but watching my 20-month old daughter and my nieces when they were that young, it's a thrill that all humans share.<BR/><BR/>By the way, if you've ever eaten wild goose, you know it ain't just a lump of feathers that fall from the sky: It's manna. Wild goose is the best tasting game I've ever taken. <BR/><BR/>There are some good writings on the ethics of hunting, such as the anthology by Prof. Petersen titled, "A Hunter's Heart: Honest Essays on Bloodsport." <BR/><BR/>I'm interested in your thought that it comes from the biologist in you. A coworker friend of mine left research biology for the opposite reason. He felt that too many voles and shrews were dying in the traps and pits set out to find a couple of herps (Oh yeah! He's a herp man, too!) for some guys post-grad research work.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611751974697842108.post-58711969923580851462008-08-21T23:29:00.000-07:002008-08-21T23:29:00.000-07:00I agree with you that neither side in this debate ...I agree with you that neither side in this debate ever accomplish much. The unstoppable force meets the unmovable object sort of thing. I have hunted a few times in my life and didn't much care for it, but don't personally care if other people like to hunt. Maybe its the biologist part of me than prefers watching a goose fly fly overhead rather than watching a lump of feathers fall to the ground.Bob Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156306755657261299noreply@blogger.com