Posted on 08/25/2016 6:47:29 AM PDT by w1n1
A man is facing serious backlash after proudly posting photos of his daughter taking a bite of warm deer heart as part of a hunting tradition.
On NZ Woman Hunters Facebook page, hunter Johnny posted a photo of his daughter, "little pink ninja princess Chloe", taking a bite of a deer heart straight from the chest of a deer she killed. This submission has been taken off Facebook.
Johnny submission states he is a proud dad and that his daughter successfully shot and killed a young stag using his shoulder as a leaning rest. It’s a tradition that is known in the hunting community, but not everyone partake in this "ritual".
Upon this submission NZ Woman Hunters page have had over 20,000 shares with comments filled with people criticizing Johnny’s parenting skills and referring both as "sadistics" and "psychopaths". Read the rest of the story here. So for you hunters and non-hunters what do you think of this response on Facebook?
Hey - Im all for tripe, but in nice red sauce with some hot pepper and bread
As for heart - the bigger the better/ sauted in butter & bacon...man that's good stuff
Wasn’t clear how to phrase my thought until I saw your post. I agree!!! ; )
If the animal was not Halakhically dead at the time, she committed an extremely serious sin (for which the father is responsible).
And rubbing your head against trees in springtime while defoliating peoples’ flowerbeds.
I thought the boys were running s*** on the younger one, sorta like a snipe hunt. Snerking while he drank the deer blood.
;^)
This demonstrates once again, DON’T USE FACEBOOK!
Who are we to question ancient Dothraki traditions?
Funny, I don’t remember Moses ever running around criticizing the Egyptians for following their own customs... did God give you some special mission to bring the law to the gentiles?
When I got SCUBA certified, it was said that we weren’t REAL divers until we ate a raw rock scallop while underwater.
Exactly. Hunter-gatherer cultures have had these rituals since their very origins as societies. I, personally, see nothing inherently *morally* wrong with them. However, as others here have duly noted, there *IS* the health and safety aspect of this to consider.
The fact that this father introduced his daughter to the ritual does not make him immoral at all, but perhaps a little unconcerned, or maybe unaware, of ramifications coming from another direction. Human life has *NEVER* been simple, nor easy, and all claims to the contrary are pure bunkum...
the infowarrior
How about Liver-Eating Johnson, too?
If this were (what’s the proper PC term now) first world native person’s child they would be celebrating the ritual as showing a deep respect to native culture and ancient ways. BUT, since it’s some white devil, it’s evil.
A few years back Sarah Palin hosted a show called “Sarah Palin’s Alaska”.
In a couple of episodes, Sarah shot a caribou.
A hate mail piece she received after that episode was from a woman who told her she should get her meat from the grocery where they make it, so no animals would be harmed.
two things in response to Is Hunting Ritual too Extreme?
1. It’s New Zealand, not California, so since we have no business sticking our nose in it, as the original article author did, lay off!
2. No. The eating of the heart by the first time hunter is something that transcends time. It is a Native American rite of passage. I am not speaking of Kevin Costner here, i mean the real deal. It is a spiritual thing.
Now posting it to rub the world’s nose in it, is a bit much, but nevertheless, it is THEIR business, not our’s.
‘However, as others here have duly noted, there *IS* the health and safety aspect of this to consider.’
I am SICK of the government meddling in things like that!
I’m fine with the government offering advice, but here’s an example right here in my county just a few days ago.
A woman drove under the influence and crashed her car. Her child was unbuckled at the time and died.
So now the government is coming in like vultures to pick at her bones.
Now look — I don’t like drunk drivers either. But it seems to me ...
A. The mother wrecked her car.
B. The mother lost her child.
C. No one else was hurt.
Should she lose her license forever?
Heck yeah.
But that’s not enough, is it?
And did anyone stop and ask these questions?
1. Did the mother PLAN to drive her child that night? Or did the babysitter quit and she was in a bind?
2. Did the child unbuckle himself and cause an argument while she drove?
But when you get the law in the mix, there is NO MERCY.
I am SICK of these nanny-state nitpickers who want new laws for this and new enforcments of that.
This was a FAMILY BONDING moment. And that’s a heck of a lot more important than any health risk considerations.
You know things that I don’t know and I know things that you don’t know.
So ... let’s leave the father alone!
Seems to me he might be a great dad.
I failed to see any 'government meddling' in the original post. The NO MERCY uproar came from private individuals on social media, which as far as I know, is not government in any fashion, and hopefully never will be.
That said, MOST of the uproar came from the point that the 'special snowflakes' were offended by a ritual practiced was 'barbaric' in their eyes, not potentially hazardous from a medical standpoint. THAT standpoint was raised here, by FREEPERS, not hypocritical 'snowflakes' who wouldn't know, or approve of, TRUE diversity, if it came up and slapped them right across the chops, as the article distinctly showed...
the infowarrior
‘I failed to see any ‘government meddling’ in the original post.’
This is how it starts. First people are conditioned to nitpick child rearing. Once the camel’s nose is in the tent, the rest is easy.
I’m not having children until I’m rich enough to leave this nanny state in style.
I’ll raise my kids in my own way. I’ll have them educated — my own way.
To heck with all this nitpicking.
If he wants to teach Daughter how to be a “good Injun” then I suppose he’s succeeding.
I can try to understand what the philosophies are while quite disagreeing with their wisdom, however.
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