Posted on 08/03/2015 8:02:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The first question any logical person would pose upon hearing the Cecil the lion story should be along the lines of whether or not that lion meat (presuming it is edible) was used to feed the people of Zimbabwe. Too bad the story didn’t attract any logical people, those who might give two cents about the suffering of the people, not the animals of Africa. For Western, middle-class and celebrity animal-rights activists, it is simply easier to leave Africa to the Africans, many of whom don’t really get why killing a lion in a nation largely without running water is such a big damned deal:
Outside Zimbabwe’s environmental and activist circles, however, the reaction been muted.
“It’s so cruel, but I don’t understand the whole fuss, there are so many pressing issues in Zimbabwe — we have water shortages, no electricity, and no jobs — yet people are making noise about a lion?” said Eunice Vhunise, a Harare resident. “I saw Cecil once when I visited the game park. I will probably miss him. But honestly the attention is just too much.”
An economic meltdown over the past few years has closed many companies and left two-thirds of the population working in the informal economy while battling acute water and electricity shortages.
Most people questioned in downtown Harare hadn’t actually heard about the lion and said they were too busy trying to make a living to care about it.
At least a few people still have their priorities straight. Too bad they walk on two legs. I hear four is far better these days.
Was out Saturday night (in Charlotte, NC), asked 4 different girls in their early 20s what they thought about Cecil the Lion. Only one of them knew what I was talking about. The other 3 had no clue.
We could feed aborted babies to zoo lions in America after harvesting the good parts, and as long as that EBT card works and the obamaphone still gets service, we only care if the masters inform us of why to be outraged and at what at.
First World Problems.
they will need to be re-educated.....
it’s the least we can do
These “Cecil threads” have served the purpose of outing some real liberals among us, or as they’d probably prefer to be called, “compassionate conservatives”.
I’m starting to come to the conclusion that prosperity breeds insanity.
I’m starting to wonder if the struggle to survive doesn’t keep us more closely-hewed to reality.
First of all, don’t name wild animals (is Cecil something somebody from Zimbabwe would name an animal?) Secondly the outrage is definitely a First World thing. Lions eat people in Africa. Is there some African group calling for Lion-control?
And all the other critters threaten the people, too.
So were George Eastman and teddy Roosevelt.
Even if you don't like Molyneux, the interview is more about the author and his thesis.
Yeah, timing is so important.
It probably seemed exotic at the time and now it just seems weird. Hopefully, having a second doctor in the news will probably help take some of the heat off of the first one. I'm sure the dentist would like to have his life back soon.
It seemed weird then to the exact same demographic that thinks it is weird now.
Just think of the horror - killing a living being just for personal gratification.
White liberal elites love to showcase how 'compassionate' they are... Their concern isn't for the lion it's for themselves - and how they 'look' in the glory of their 'feelings'.... Get a clue Eunice Vhunise...
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