Courtesy of Margory Cohen, a couple of more or less "mainstream" articles defending open- field coursing here and here-- though in the second I think the writer is a bit hard on the noble hare!
But I just belatedly found a comment on one of my earlier posts that is frankly deranged and thought I would give its eloquent writer a little free publicity. After raving through the usual blather about hares being torn apart alive, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS, and how much we enjoy it, this civilized gent goes on to say:
"If I had it my way we would gather you all up and, in the name of sport of course, drop you in a tank full of sharks so they could rip you to pieces as you writhe and scream in pain. Only then would you ignorant bastards realize how much pain and suffering you have caused in the name of sport and nature. After reading some of the pro-coursing posts I can't help but think that supporters of coursing lack the capacity to conceptualize and comprehend 'nature.' Here's an idea, instead of spending your time in a field figuring out the best ways to destroy wild animals why dont you spend some time in library learning about them.
(posted by Dr. Robert P. Simpson : Thursday, 02 March, 2006)"
Charming, gentle, life- affirming folks, our opponents. Anybody know anything about this guy?
Please circulate, including to the California legislature.
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Homer's cousin? And probably where Lisa gets her occasional wrongheadedness...
Dunno about this person, but I can tell you the hearing on this bill in the Assembly Public Safety Committee was pretty special. Lots of the usuall suspects.
Two interesting notes: One, the decision to have the bill heard in the Public Safety Committee, not Water, Parks & Wildlife (interesting because that puts the "crime" into the penal code, not the Fish & Game code, and also because the WP&W Committee would have probably killed the bill)
Two, most of the coursing supporters were women, many of whom were from the Bay Area. Not your typical hook-n-bullet crowd.
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Typical, don't spend time out in nature learning about nature, spend time in the library learning about nature....
Dr. Simpson wrote
“After reading some of the pro-coursing posts I can't help but think that supporters of coursing lack the capacity to conceptualize and comprehend 'nature.'”
It would seem to me that it is Dr. Simpson who can not comprehend nature. Usually it is the hunter that knows more about nature and wildlife than the non-hunter. Most hunters have a greater appreciation for nature than the person sitting in a library that never goes out into nature.
“Here's an idea, instead of spending your time in a field figuring out the best ways to destroy wild animals why dont you spend some time in library learning about them.”
I think Dr. Simpson might want to spend some time in that library himself. If he did he might find that many of the books about nature and wildlife were written by hunters. He might also find out that hunters were some of the first conservationist. Dr. Simpson might find some books on nature by a very famous hunter and coursing enthusiasts by the name of Theodore Roosevelt, you might have heard of him. According to the National Geographic, the area of the United States placed under public protection by Theodore Roosevelt, as National Parks, National Forests, game and bird preserves, and other federal reservations, comes to a total of approximately 230,000,000 acres. Not bad for a supporter of coursing who “lack the capacity to conceptualize and comprehend 'nature.'”
Maybe he should have come in from the field and spent more time in the library. But then again maybe not because, Theodore Roosevelt said,
"I never would have been President if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota," Roosevelt first came to the badlands of North Dakota in September 1883 on a HUNTING TRIP.
Rey
Great comments Rey!
Gheez! It's apparent this guy spends most of his time in libraries (not that I have anything against libraries!).
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