[AntiImperialis2]

Those traits persisted in us through all these hundreds of millions of years of evolution because those were the traits that helped us survive.

[graderjs]

I think there's a difference between hunting for food that's responsible and in balance, and hunting for sport or trinkets in a way that reduces 7 tribes of elephants to 4.

I agree we need brutal traits in our nature, but I also think that we can choose to use those brutalities judiciously, rather than gratuitously. This case, to me, is very much the latter, and so sad.