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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:47:32 GMT, "Falky foo"
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It's idiocy and political correctness of the highest order.

Could you define 'political correctness'?

Your version or mine?

Political correctness is entirely subjective and while there are what
can be thought of as "PC", in fact, it is anything that one finds to
be offensive in particular when dealing with politicians and their
need to be all things to all people.

In short, there isn't a definition - it's whatever you find offensive.

In this case, it is an attempt by certain members of an outside
non-government agency to restrict the hunting/recreational fishing
communities ability to participate in their chosen sports. It is very
popular down state where people hunt their food in upscale, trendy
boutique stores. Up in the rural NW and NE CT, a certain population
which has moved instate and upstate which seems to believe that large
property owners can't or should not be allowed to set the rules by
which one allows hunters, or fishermen, onto streams, ponds or rivers
that adjoin or run through one's property.

So in this instance, that is my definition of Political Correctness as
it affects this particular issue.

Okay, so here's this "lefty's" view. I hate that people purchase meat
dressed up in nice packaging. I think it totally removes them from the
process and shields them from the realities of the feed lot and
slaughter house.

While I realize it's not practical to think we should all go hunting for
food in the wilderness and grow our own crops, I think it's a good
experience to kill and have to slaughter an animal. It's a direct
connect with the process and a reality check. I also think people who
eat pigs and cows and chickens should understand how those animals are
raised, fed and slaughtered. Perhaps we'd have fewer meat eaters or
higher standards in the "meat" industry.

I respect anyone who has the cahones to live off the land (while they're
also respecting and looking out for it's welfare and taking care that
their impact is not negative) but have little respect for those who take
life for sport. I'm all for harvesting mature animals for food, as the
land can afford it.

But if you don't think landowners are beholden to those up and
downstream, I disagree. You don't get to say what happens to a waterway
just because it transits your property. Unless, of course, you own in
in its entirety.

I think you're confusing PC with just plain old politics. Politicians
and legislators are more likely to show interest in things that motivate
voters to vote for them or raise them money.

jps