[rickomatic]

I read that. It doesn’t change how I feel But will a full examination of the facts change the way you THINK and REASON?

Exactly. This thread is sounding like it was copied directly from DU. All you folks who are so disgusted with this guys reasoning, which was to raise awareness of the species plight, and to put his money where his mouth is; how much money have you put towards that same effort? All I see is a lot of touchy feelie, cognitive dissonance.

[Tzfat]

All you folks who are so disgusted with this guys reasoning, which was to raise awareness of the species plight, and to put his money where his mouth is; how much money have you put towards that same effort

So true. Sometimes I despair when I read comments on FR that sound like some on this thread. We have a generation of enviro-weenies that think that good thoughts (alone) about "nobel beasts" and conservatism can coexist.

They drank from the fountain of PC, and thought they could resist its effect. Orwell was correct.

[Leaning Right]

this guys reasoning, which was to raise awareness of the species plight

Do you really think that was his goal? Like one day he was sitting around, and then he suddenly thought, "What can I do to help save the black rhino?"

The hunt itself actually makes some sense. What I find a bit off-putting is the hunter's self-serving comments. It would have been better if he had kept his mouth shut, and let the park officials explain things.

Now, it would have been a different story had the hunter been contributing to a Save the Rhino fund for the last 20 years. But I doubt if he did.