Hunters, ranchers can offer facts, science in their defense

Herald and News ^ | May 5, 2003 | Billy Buchanan

[farmfriend]

I thought this letter to the editor was really great until I got down to the writer's age. Then I thought it was fantastic. I wish this kid could see his letter posted here and know how much support is behind him.

[farmfriend]

rights/farms/environment ping.

If you want on or off this list, just let me know.

[spodefly]

Sounds like Billy is quite a guy, especially for a 16 year old. I never would have guessed his age from the style and demeanor of the letter.

I envision Nancy Shinn (the brainwashed peta-freak) as a haggard, sexless troll, however.

[bybybill]

Do humans have the right to kill and eat critters....of course, what is the next question, please? Do you want double fries with that order?

[steelie]

Bump, Bump, and Bump again.

[Beth]

People
Eating
Tasty
Animals

bump

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[KeyWest]

Good article. He could have added recent finding by historical anthropologists who found that mankind's health deteriorated after shifting from hunter to farmer and their lifespan shortened. A veggie diet is not healthful. You can get by in today's world because you can get the variety necessary to sustain life and also vitamin supplements.

Also, the Atkins diet, which is loaded with meat, has come back into respectability. even Consumer reports has reported it may be effective - where before they were totally against it. It will just confirm what the scientists have said about early man's diet. Meat is good for you.

[TooBusy]

The world deserves to know the truth. http://www.animalscam.com/

[countrydummy]

Bet she is going to hate the fact he is just 16 years old and has more sense in his little finger than she does!

[Fearless Flyers]

Excellent peice, reminds me of another young writer, Kyle Williams, I think the two complement eachother rather well.

[Oberon]

Do humans have the right to kill and eat other species?

Hope so... otherwise, we'll die. You see, plants are species too. If you scratch plants and animals off the list of things we can eat, I get real hungry, real fast!

[verity]

Do you want double fries with that order?

Are you advocating the murder of innocent potatoes? LOL

[Osage Orange]

Billy is W A Y smarter than I was at 16 years of age.

Nice job Billy...!!

FRegards,

[bybybill]

If potatoes are so innocent, why is EVERY man, women, and child that ate a potatoe in 1852 now dead? Let`s see you get out of that!

[verity]

One must differentiate between innocent potatoes and guilty potatoes. Of course, that may entail profiling which is equally unacceptable. :~)

[Abundy]

If God did not want us to eat animals, she would not have made them out of meat.

[Abundy]

Klamath Falls ping

[PsyOp]

An outstanding post. A perfect example of how a properly educated teenager can think circles around the average college-educated liberal.

[PsyOp]

Sounds lilke we need a new movement. PAPP (People Against Potato Profiling). ;-]