[cbozeman]

There is no contradiction here.

Just because something is a lovely animal doesn't mean I won't put a round through it's heart and butcher it's corpse to sustain my life. Elk are beautiful animals, but I have no problem killing one and eating it. We are the greatest predator Nature has ever evolved and I can accept that. More's the pity others can't.

[0daystock]

> Just because something is a lovely animal doesn't mean I won't put a round through it's heart and butcher it's corpse to sustain my life.

Do you actually do this, or are you just virtue signaling? You never buy factory-farmed animal products from the store?

> Elk are beautiful animals, but I have no problem killing one and eating it

But it's not necessary for survival, so why would you?

> We are the greatest predator Nature has ever evolved and I can accept that. More's the pity others can't.

Interesting thought. I wonder how great of predator you are faced with a lion, or even that elk, but disarmed of technology.

[cbozeman]

> Do you actually do this, or are you just virtue signaling? You never buy factory-farmed animal products from the store?

I grew up in a town in Mississippi of about 2000 people. Everyone hunts. My grandfather's best friend was a butcher with his own shop. Everyone around us had cows because most of the people around us were farmers. I now live in Fort Worth, or as it's affectionately known to its residents - Cowtown. I don't have to buy meat from the grocer because there's ranchers all around me. I can - and do - get sides of beef regularly.

I go hunting in Alaska with friends about twice a year, depending on what's happening with work and our schedules. One elk has a tremendous amount of meat.

> But it's not necessary for survival, so why would you?

So you don't eat anything? How are you still alive? I'm pretty sure eating is necessary for survival.

> Interesting thought. I wonder how great of predator you are faced with a lion, or even that elk, but disarmed of technology.

This is kind of a stupid thought. In fact, I would hope your friends would tell you that you're beneath this level of incredibly poor reasoning. We are the greatest predator because of our mastery of technology.