Writer's Blog 4/8

I want to say this says something distinct about the US's character, but I have little knowledge of foreign hunting to say this is isolated. If nothing else, I guess it's either a sign of perseverance in the face of things going seriously wrong, or ignorance because there's more danger in eating the meat then we admit--it's only a health scare or capitalist success-only time will tell- away (lol).

Also, I'm not sure if we would be having this argument if it were some dude on a private island shooting his heart out of privately owned little creatures, rather then some dude with no privacy shooting what'll probably end up as lost-its-cuteness-roadkill anyway and cooking it in a house that had to be described as containing "sepia tones of an old man's teeth" with "wallpaper as flaky and dry as an old woman's hand" for the story to be the human interest piece that it is.

I'll say one thing, it is less expected that such a thing would happen in Detroit, and while I may not have been born in the south, after living here 14 years I have yet to hear that it is a common enough view to state it as fact this is where "wild critters are considered something of a delicacy" without even the slightest consideration to write, "To some in the south as well as, apparently by this coon hunter here in michigan, some in the north as well." hmm.

Seriously, who wrote this article?! I find the subject of it admirable in many ways, but maybe the author is the statement about the US more then anything else, we grasp at straws to show our ingenuity/hard-working-ness, but then at the same time we allow our prejudices to influence us in subtle ways that undermine our supposed-belief in equal opportunity for all--maybe even I'm guilty of it, with my feeling there must be some kind of sickness associated with eating randomly gotten meat (though that may also be because I don't like meat of any kind...)

Anyways, I'm going to come full circle to say it means a lot of things about the US, and that it's probably more of a good thing that this dude gets to remain doing his thing, as long as its not hurting any person/all information about the kills are honestly given so others can make an honest choice about buying meat/goods from him.