saw that, good thing I don't eat venison!

@ahimsa, @transmorpher

You might as well cry out against nature, because if you think humans are barbarous and cruel, nature owns us. Watch a video of a pack of lions eating a wildebeest alive sometime. I don't think they anesthetize it, pretty sure the animal thinks being eaten alive is torture, and I think it qualifies as murderous. This goes on daily, right this minute in fact, and the reason it happens is because there is a portion of the lion's instinct that is designed to like meat.

Chimpanzees will eat meat, sometimes going out of their way to find it and pull it apart alive. They don't need to biologically, but they are coded to.

Vegans avoid meat because humans have managed to reach a point of civilized society which allows us to have lofty moral opinions. I guarantee you however, that if society broke down and you couldn't get your hands on processed food with that special hint of paprika, you would have your hands out for a venison steak or pork hindquarters.

Therein lies the hypocrisy that annoys most of the non-vegans, you guys DO have this faint whiff of "I am superior to you because I don't participate in murder" when the fact is that you would eat meat if you had to. You don't see humor in being lightly made fun of, because it punctures your balloon of superiority.

In any case, the point of this entire thing is that if you choose to be vegan, awesome! Laugh a little if people poke fun at you and don't always try to sound like a stuck up ass if they don't agree with your choices. I think you'll find that more people will quit harboring dislike of you. Quit treating your personal dietary choice as a religion and don't try to convert people to it. If they see you living your life as a vegan and ask about it, then you explain it to them. Don't huff and puff while people eat meat around you and act like it is your job to convert them to the 'true way'. Life will be a lot simpler for you!

It always amazes me whenever someone says they want a gun "for protection".

The U.S. is not the wild west anymore; I've been there several times and no one shot me, shot at me or even pointed a gun at me.

In NZ, if you want to buy a gun, you have to apply for a firearms license. If you don't have mental illness or a criminal record, you then state your reason for applying:
Hunting? Sweet, get some venison!
Target shooting? Awesome, have fun on the range!
Protection? Licence denied. We're all good without amateur idiots running around being paranoid.

Because of this, if you have a gun it is legally required to be secured in a gun safe. As Jim Jeffries puts it, a gun in a gun safe isn't much good if you want it for "protection"
*related=http://videosift.com/video/Jim-Jefferies-on-gun-control

Some folk'll never eat a skunk,
but then again some folk'll,
like Cletus The Slack-Jawed Yokel!

To be fair I actually commend them not wasting the venison, but the accents and attitudes don't help their cause.

I don't think there's anything wrong with killing an animal you will actually eat, it's the hunting for shits and giggles (sport) that's messed up. As long as you eat your venison you could have bukkake parties with it for all I care. At least you know what it takes to get that meat on your table, you're more likely to appreciate it.
I wouldn't do it myself and I'm slighly creeped out by people enjoying it that much but I can understand it, it's justified.

I'd LIKE to be where Shang is psycologically (spelling) but having been raised IN the city I would have to be taught from day one. So I go get styrofoam packed meat and hate myself for the tasty steak that had a HORRIBLE life compared to ANY of the game that Shang has harvested.

I've never even tried venison!!! *cry*

edit: oh and I LOVE to be in Nature. I bring my dogs on a 3 hour backwoods hike (with rattlesnakes and bears) and love to see nature frolick but at the end of the day I like to grill up some meat, maybe a potatoe and throw some lettuce on the plate and bam...dinner.

not really, I don't like my meat processed and chemically treated. I hunt deer, squirrel, rabbit, I grow and hunt quail, ducks, geese, chickens, I also hunt alligator since it's open season year around here due to overpopulation.

I have a chest freezer in the utility room with Elk, Mule Deer, Venison, Lamb as I can. We save thousands of dollars a year on meat since I hunt and have taught my son and daughter to hunt. My daughter is 13 and has already killed her first deer last season. I've also taught them how to skin and clean from fish, fowl and large game, although they usually just watch and clean the buckets for the large game for now, they happily help me skin squirrels, rabbits, bullfrogs for frog legs, etc. It's just how we live and keep grocery prices really cheap, since I usually barter gator tail/venison at the farmers market for most fresh vegetables.

Weapons of choice, .308 / 30-30 / 12 gauge - my daughter and son primarily use 20 gauge as it has little to no kick and great spread for shooting fowl.

Wait wait wait... why not call it venison and charge $20 more?

>> ^braschlosan:

I will be the first to admit I don't get it.



http://videosift.com/video/Baby-Deer-is-Venison-isnt-it

>> ^joedirt:

What is crap is a video for
"venison is deer isn't it" which is 5 words, and really really stupid.


Venison's deer, isn't it. Looks like four words, one contraction to me.

What is crap is a video for

"venison is deer isn't it" which is 5 words, and really really stupid.

Then it would be a "semi-domesticated" deer. Not a wild deer. And yes, very tasty. I'm partial to venison jerky myself.>> ^Contagion21:

>> ^Opus_Moderandi:

I seriously doubt that deer is wild. Just sayin...

Depends on how you define wild. It was likely born in the wild and sleeps in the forest. The person who lives there just started leaving food out for the deer and eventually semi-domesticated them to the degree that they're comfortable in the presence of humans and dogs. Even to the point of being able to hand feed them.
The sad part is that in a year or so the lack of fear of humans is what's going to get this deer killed by hunters (earlier than may have been likely without that fear.)
Then again, maybe this guy plans to shoot them himself. Deer is tasty.

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>> ^BoneRemake:

Venisons Dear isnt it ?


Yes dear.

>> ^BoneRemake:

Venisons Dear isnt it ?


Yes dear.