re: kill what I ate
My wife had a rascal of a little boy in her preschool several years ago that shot a lizard with his BB gun. His dad was not happy at all and decided to use it for a learning moment. He wanted to teach the kid that you don’t kill things for the sport, without making him feel like he was bad or anything. So dad picked up the dead prey by its tail and told the kid that hunters eat what the kill. Dad went inside, opened a can of anchovies, then came out insisted the kid join him in eating the fruits of his hunting. The kid was none too happy, but ate one anyway. Dad told my wife later that was the last time he had used his BB gun to shoot at a living thing!
I thought Dad was pretty smart in this. I can’t think of anything less appetizing than anchovies, but certainly harmless. I guess it was lying to the kid, but somehow I think it was a fair trade!
I think that was a great lesson!
Kudos to the dad.
I could care less if they shoot a lizard and think it’s crazy to make a kid eat one.
mammals yes...my kids are not allowed to kill mammals pell mell...but my cats are..lol
this is one of those paradoxes.........
40 years ago no one cared about killing a kid killing a lizard
today, yall’s opinion is not unusual at all, there are now folks who anguish over stepping on bugs
and some folks think we’re more civilized.
50 million voluntarily killed babies later.
me personally, I’d prefer to go back to when killing lizards with BB guns was permissible and ignored and abortion was illegal most places.
culture changes not in a straight line
PS...when we were boys, our moms were more worried about us shooting one another...and yes did happen