Posted on 07/30/2015 6:35:20 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The outrage over Cecil's death is absurd when you think of the other, bigger problems which people are happy to ignore
There is a new, pointless ride opening in town designed to give users an instant but ephemeral rush. It isn’t the slide down the ugly, unnecessary Olympic tower, but the convenient and free outrage bus currently stopping on your street and picking up passengers for Cecil, the beautiful dead lion.
Out of any and all proportion to the severity of his dreadful act of animal murder, the dentist who killed Cecil has become an international focal point of hate and anger. As wars are waged, women are raped, young men commit suicide, boats in the Mediterranean sink and desperate homeless migrants head for Calais, it’s Cecil who commands our hearts unwarranted levels of our attention.
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Exactly. We killed Cecil over there before he could attack us over here.
Fanactics emerging. Frightening to witness.
Hunters are actually very compassionate people.
Thank you. Exactly.
Again, so nice to see sanity here. Thank you.
Thank you for the kind words.
I love animals as much as anyone. But this story of Cecil has gone way overboard, in my opinion, and is an example of media excess.
Yep. There is a bill being introduced to stop trophy hunting in other countries. It won’t be long before they attack it here too.
I stand with hunters.
[Obviously one of Cecil's cubbies]
Agreed.
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