I must confess, no alcohol was involved.You weren't trying to do it sober, were you?
I must confess, no alcohol was involved.You weren't trying to do it sober, were you?
That is absolutely correct.I do not think this article is about the decline of hunting, it was a case in point to a broader point, that being, in our affluence, as a society, large swaths have no connection to the earth, life, or death. They have no idea how nature works.
This makes them vulnerable to manipulation on a whole host of levels, including climate change, food production and processing, with no practical mechanical knowledge they have no way to assess regulations of appliances, automobiles, and even homes.
This isn’t about hunting, it is about knowledge that gives the power of understanding…
Would have but there would have been to much collateral damage to the hunting grounds.You should have used your AD/A-1 on him!
Agreed, wasn't meant to imply all city folk are idiots. This one bought an out of state hunting license and drove all the way to Tomah WI to prove his level of ....... stupidity.I get what you're saying, I've encountered the same kind of idiots on public land that weren't city dwellers. I've lived in the city my entire life, but outdoors/woodsman skills aren't lost on all of us. Stupidity runs rampant regardless of where one lives
I must confess, no alcohol was involved.
I do not think this article is about the decline of hunting, it was a case in point to a broader point, that being, in our affluence, as a society, large swaths have no connection to the earth, life, or death. They have no idea how nature works.
This makes them vulnerable to manipulation on a whole host of levels, including climate change, food production and processing, with no practical mechanical knowledge they have no way to assess regulations of appliances, automobiles, and even homes.
This isn’t about hunting, it is about knowledge that gives the power of understanding…
You quote my post but ignore what I wrote, “I do not think this article is about the decline of hunting, it was a case in point to a broader point, that being, in our affluence, as a society, large swaths have no connection to the earth, life, or death. They have no idea how nature works”.Science, technology, and to a large extent society, has become so exponentially more complicated that it's no longer possible to have a depth of knowledge in all of them. Hunting isn't going to instill critical thinking and analysis skills. At some point, we all have to rely on subject matter experts. To be more resistant to manipulation, a solid understanding of behavioral economics is more useful than 'knowing where your food comes from', IMO. Even then the best you can hope for is a heightened awareness of when you're being manipulated and how. If people were manipulation resistant, clickbait would not be profitable and 95%+ of the media stories would never be read.
There's always some level of romanticism with the past. The need to make some golden age that we've declined from or to make some great evil we've overcame. We can recognize the good as well as the bad, and I doubt many INGOers would want to return to James Madison's idea that only the landed should have a vote so that the rights of property owners aren't overruled by the majority nor the indentured servitude/runaway apprentice model of employment set in to law. The founding fathers were also just people, and people who didn't always agree. As appealing as Agrarian Romanticism is, and I'm quite sympathetic to it myself, it's not a realistic option for a modern nation.
You quote my post but ignore what I wrote, “I do not think this article is about the decline of hunting, it was a case in point to a broader point, that being, in our affluence, as a society, large swaths have no connection to the earth, life, or death. They have no idea how nature works”.
The lack of ANY connection to life and death as well as the land is lacking in the masses today and without that foundational basis even the abstract is difficult to understand much less think beyond. A few years ago there was a big push in teaching kids in urban environments simple gardening, it was amazing the reactions of not only the kids, but their parents were learning too…
You disagree with the simple notion that folks that have no clue about virtually anything are vulnerable to manipulation because they have no foundation for thinking on their own?I responded directly to your notion that: "This makes them vulnerable to manipulation on a whole host of levels, including climate change, food production and processing, with no practical mechanical knowledge they have no way to assess regulations of appliances, automobiles, and even homes."
I don't want to detract from Mike's thread, but your point is spot on. It's all cultural.I was in the Concrete business for 45 years & back in the 70's during Deer Week our plants were Ghost Towns. The drivers, the yard people, mechanics & most of our customers went off hunting. Those that didn't hunt had a slow easy workweek. As the years went by it dwindled to virtually nothing.
You disagree with the simple notion that folks that have no clue about virtually anything are vulnerable to manipulation because they have no foundation for thinking on their own?