People swear in public to bring attention to themselves and to show how they are not constrained by the normal rules of decent behavior. The alternative, content, is beyond them. They have already gotten to the conclusion and need not explain themselves with facts.
I continue to be fascinated by the left’s hatred of Palin. She isn’t all that smart. She lacks experience. She is not particularly sophisticated and is certainly not an intellect. Maybe that’s it. When an average American woman can spot the liberal fallacies and effectively voice them in public, that is the threat. When an average American woman can do a better job as governor by simply using basic principles, that is a threat.
As for hunting, I stopped after I was in the military. I just can’t do it. But I love steaks and detest dog killers.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Gandhi
Palin is smarter than you give her credit for. You are falling for the anti-Palin hype.
I stopped hunting for a while as well, however, I found that hunting and returning into the normal realm and role of hunter/killer for noble and ancient practice of providing for my family helped me understand the horror of war better-and the need to never avoid conflict for the sake of comfort. It is horrible, ableit, often necessary, to kill another human in combat (whether in self-defense or national defense), but not immoral to kill and eat the creatures provided for our needs.
Many vets stop hunting after facing the steel and blood of war, but there is no comparison to normal, healthy killing of animals for sustenance-you eat meat, therefore you kill, if by proxy.
I pass up more than I kill, though. But I kill enought to make it purposful and an honor.
Best wishes, and Godspeed.