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I was talking randomly to the manager of the art supply store the other day. When he found out I was a deer hunter, he looked kind of shocked and hurt, since, I guess he kind of likes me.

He is not a vegetarian, so why would he feel morally superior because he gets his meat wrapped up in a little cute package by someone else? IMO, because I kill the animal myself, witness the pain of its death, not to mention all the time spent outdoors, in the woods, I am far more deserving than he to eat its flesh. Not PC, though, you are right.

My favorite current charity is the NRA.

Well, I think the reason we lose some of the PC wars is that liberals talk to everyone like a potential convert. They will spell out a very easy to understand and pretty picture of the world as they see it. Theirs is simply "A cute deer". Many conservatives would have just told the guy to "go to hell, don't tell me what to do, you PETA idiot". We just too often *assume* all people should just *know* that deer, in the absense of predators, will overpopulate and starve to death. And that a deer taken by a hunter has a much better standard of living and much higher probability of a dignified and 'painless' death than a steer or a chicken in a slaughterhouse. We need to paint a better picture of our side. In thirty seconds. People will not listen long enough to get it if we can't learn to paint a 'more attractive than the alternative' picture. We have the same image problem in environmentalism. "screw the hippy wackos" doesn't win votes.

IMO, because I kill the animal myself, witness the pain of its death, not to mention all the time spent outdoors, in the woods, I am far more deserving than he to eat its flesh

Absolutely right!