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Internet Hunting Banned in California
TheSync writes "California has banned Internet hunting. Emergency regulations will be put in place by the California Fish and Game Commission, and legislation (SB 1028) is in the works. West Virginia is considering legislation against it as well. Hunters consider hunting by robot and mouse click 'a digrace to the sport,' whereas tracking and killing innocent animals on foot is just fine."
It's my God given right as an American to be able to sit at home in my underwear and kill shit.
I had just wrote up an shell script to do all my hunting for me, and now this!
I agree, this is integral "Your Rights Online." I protest this grave infringement against my inherent right as a human to operate a deadly weapon using some Flash game on my desktop.
What's wrong with One-Click Hunting? Did Amazon patent this or something? I think it's a good idea. Your dinner comes walking by... click, and it's ready for pickup. This is significantly better than having to duck behind some bushes, trying to be all quiet, and then shooting your dinner. What if a fellow hunter is on the other side and you get shot? This way, nobody has to be present when bullets get fired... nobody, that is, except your dinner. :-)
Obviously the problem is the poor critters have no way to fight back - now, if we could electrify a few keyboards ....
dang, I was up to 60
We raise our slide-rules high.
*sigh* PETA is just too extreme. And red meat is just too tasty.
-It' ok to eat fish because fish don't have any feelings. -KC
There is or can be built a machine that can simulate any physical object. -Church-Turing principle
Does this mean no more playing punch the monkey?
Damn those inbred internet hicks... Damn them to hell.
http://www.UnFiction.com http://www.ARGN.com http://www.ImmersionUnlimited.com http://www.Linux-SP.com
Why not tie the system into a selection of security cameras in Florida shopping malls and make it law there that anyone wishing to partake in mass emailing has to wear a bright coloured jacket with a target printed on the back in public - then we could solve two problems in one go!?
Maybe I get your spam, maybe I don't - maybe you die, maybe you don't; it seems like a fair trade-off.
AT&ROFLMAO
not to mention the damage reindeer fo to grandma every year..
damned jolly old elves.
My bow and I would like you to come within 100 yards and say that ;-)
It's about time that they outlawed Deer Hunter. That game ruined my life! Now I'll have time to watch "The Dukes Of Hazard" DVDs.
I always wanted to have a leather jacket painted on the back. A big roast turkey with P E T A on the top arc. At the bottom it would read "People for the Epicurian Treatment of Animals".
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
Ok, here is the diagram:
Lawyers -> Guns -> Compound Bow -> Bow -> Spear -> Knife -> Rock -> Stick -> Bare Hands
Least Noble Most Noble
whereas tracking and killing innocent animals on foot is just fine.
yeah! outlaw all hunting, even by other animals. How could anyone or anything ever hunt and kill an innocent dear, or bunny! We should all become communist, vegan, and move into the wilderness.
Why can't we moderate the index page?
I think the orginal poster is talking about tearing the heart from a 9 foot tall bear with your bare hands then holding it over your head on top of a hill shouting in sheer barbaric primal release.
In keeping with my roots, I do a similar thing when I buy a plastic and styrofoam refridgerated package of boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1.99/lb.
The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
But on some level you now understand what its like to crap in the bushes like a deer.
Or piss on one.
My dad and I were hunting years back on a tree farm. About 20 minutes before sunrise (can't shoot here till then) he went off to take a leak. A minute later I hear some loud rustling and he yelled astring of curses.
He had walked up to a clump of tall grasses and was relieving himself when a buck jumped up from within the grass, where it was sleeping, and ran off. My dad had pissed on it and woke it up.
He said "imagine being that buck's wife and trying to explain who's scent that is!"
R(k)
Where do you get your chicken breast for $1.99/lb? It's around $6.50 here. I think I would probably hold it over my head shouting in sheer barbaric primal release too, if I found it for $1.99/lb...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Oh that's right. I forgot that you can download the dead animals over the Internet these days. Sorry.
New Zealand... kids... sheep...
Must not insert joke. Must not insert joke. Must not insert joke.
I don't think this could be funnier if you tried.
--Rob
Towards the Singularity.
Hey, there's an idea. I could set up a fly swatter with a web cam and let the world kill my bugs for me!
It's quite amazing, actually; they have evolved in a very short span of time
For those living in Kansas, they have been intelligently designed in a very short span of time.
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
What "critisism of apple"? What are you implying? You're lucky I don't have mod points!!!
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing" - Alan Perlis
It's so much more humane to blow the brains out of your food than to ruthlessly rip it out of the ground. Plants have no chance. They have no fight or flight mechanisms.
I know god wanted us to eat them otherwise he wouldn't have made them taste so good.
:)
I could say the same thing about people, though.
After I have received the wisdom of good teaching, I will untiringly teach all people. - The Teachings of Buddha
I know god wanted us to eat them otherwise he wouldn't have made them taste so good.
...Any psychologist will tell you that children who kill animals for fun are prime candidates to become serial killers.
Well, I know god wanted us to have condom-protected pre-marital sex otherwise he wouldn't have made it feel so good. And any psychologist will tell you that adults who know the mind of god are prime candidates to become megalomaniac cult leaders.
Thank god I mostly eat meat from the grocery store - there they only kill the guilty animals! "whereas tracking and killing innocent animals on foot is just fine." Oh, and I here they only pluck guilty vegitables as well. Don't want to kill the innocent type.
TODO: create/find/steal funny sig.
Where's the Kaboom?
There's supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom.