Walt Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, and his bow and arrow are about to have an interesting week

[Ace]

I hear Walter Palmer also lured Yogi Bear out of Jellystone Park with a picnic basket filled with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches spiked with quaaludes and shot him while he slept.

He sometimes wears Yogi's jaunty cap to impress the ladies.

 

[YankeeFan]

And this guy.

We did this, pretend-to-be-outraged-over-big-game-hunting, and try to ruin the life of the "hunter" thing, only a year ago:

 

[YankeeFan]

And this guy.

I see now that I missed the joke. Should have realized that wasn't an animal from our lifetime.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Bingo.

"Oh.....look at the big cute lion!....I'm sure he won't mind at all if we come up and pet him"----All fun and games til little Johnny gets his forking face eaten.

"That tiger didn't go crazy, that tiger went TIGER!"

 

[Ace]

I see now that I missed the joke. Should have realized that wasn't an animal from our lifetime.

So in addition to being obviously anti-creationist, are you against shooting protected lions but more against shaming someone for hobbies that include killing rare animals?

 

[Dick Whitman]

I can't speak for YF, but I am very much against Shaming Culture.

We'll be embarrassed by it 20 years from now.

 

[YankeeFan]

So in addition to being obviously anti-creationist, are you against shooting protected lions but more against shaming someone for hobbies that include killing rare animals?

Eh, shame all you want, but don't pretend that joining in the shaming makes you some wonderful person.

We're all going to be judged on our own actions, not our condemnation of others actions.

Plus, it's not like this story needs any more attention. It's all over the news, so a facebook rant isn't going to bring any additional attention to the matter, it's just a way of showing your friends that you care more than they do.

These "outrage of the week" episodes remind me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer didn't want to wear the AIDS ribbon.

Refusing to join in faux outrage or symbolic action isn't evidence of anything.

 

[Songbird]

Have you even watched Yogi Bear, Ace?

It's pic-a-nic BAS'ket!

 

[Ace]

Have you even watched Yogi Bear, Ace?

It's pic-a-nic BAS'ket!

Thanks, Boo-Boo.

 

[Ace]

Eh, shame all you want, but don't pretend that joining in the shaming makes you some wonderful person.

We're all going to be judged on our own actions, not our condemnation of others actions.

Plus, it's not like this story needs any more attention. It's all over the news, so a facebook rant isn't going to bring any additional attention to the matter, it's just a way of showing your friends that you care more than they do.

These "outrage of the week" episodes remind me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer didn't want to wear the AIDS ribbon.

Refusing to join in faux outrage or symbolic action isn't evidence of anything.

Eh. I wouldn't feel bad if his business was hurt so that he couldn't afford to jet around the country on faux hunting trips to kill rare animals.

 

[britwrit]

Favorite Author: Ernest Hemingway

Worst Person in the World: Walter Palmer

Ernest Hemingway, the author, arrived home yesterday and told reporters that for the present he had forsaken the bull-fighting arenas of Spain for big-game hunting. Mr. Hemingway, accompanied by his wife, returned on the French liner Paris after a three-month safari in Kenya Colony, East Africa.

The author spoke enthusiastically of the trip and of several encounters with African lions. The animals can cover a hundred yards in three seconds, he said, adding that "they are upon you before there is any time to act."

"The lion is a fine animal," Mr. Hemingway remarked. "He is not afraid or stupid. He does not want to fight, but sometimes man makes him, and then it is up to the man to shoot his way out of what he has got himself into."

Hemingway Here, Avid For Lion Hunt

Weirdly, if it hadn't been for the hunting, he might have lived a little longer. He got into two airplane crashes while on safari in Africa. They caused such damage (concussion, ruptured liver, spleen, etc. etc.) that it all supposedly brought on severe mental problems. Which led to electroshock therapy and from there on, to suicide by gun in 1961.

So, yeah, maybe the lions had the last laugh.

Still, with this dentist guy. You poach once, you're young, you laugh it off. You fly all the way to another country to poach, you've got a problem.

 

[YankeeFan]

Eh. I wouldn't feel bad if his business was hurt so that he couldn't afford to jet around the country on faux hunting trips to kill rare animals.

It wouldn't bother me if a client who was offended by this stopped going to him.

But, I don't think clients should be forced, by social media pressure, to stop going to him, for fear of being labeled a terrible person if they did keep using him as their dentist.

And, I don't think people who aren't clients should be harassing the guy, or his patients.