Naturally, I asked...
... , "why didn't somebody just shoot it?!?!?"
Oh, yeah. National Forest. No guns.
Great policy. Until you see your little girl killed by a bear and there's nothing you can do about it.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/14/bear.attack.ap/index.html
"Pontentially crazed"? Don'tcha think maybe it was .... hungry?
A CNN "reporter" this morning speculated the bear may have had ... a brain tumor.
Jesus, give me strength.
Dare I speculate that dude may have watched Bambi a few too many times? Or maybe he's the one with the brain tumor.
News flash: Bears are omnivores. Bears are predators. Bears are on the ol' seefood diet -- they see food, they eat it.
It boggles my mind to think that we, as a society, have gotten to the point at which we won't acknowledge that a bear will decide to kill and eat a person once in a while. True, it's rare ... but it does happen. They're bears for cryin' out loud. They eat stuff. And few people will deny that bears in parks associate people with food. Doesn't it stand to reason that - eventually - they may associate people AS food? Especially when eating an animal learns that eating a person won't result in instantaneous bullet-riddled death.
Look, we'll leave the gun out of the argument (briefly). Can't we at least acknowledge that bear spray may not be a bad idea when you're in an area known for having ..... BEARS?!?!? Have we become so limp-wristed that we won't even acknowledge the utility of a can of seasoning to protect ourselves? Have we lost our collective minds? Read the article. Never does anyone interviewed even mention the idea of protecting one's self ... or one's children.
Not only does the "news" media refuse to distinguish between preparedness and paranoia (rather, they subtly equate the two ... it makes for more "interesting stories"), but they don't address preparadness at all -- in any way, shape or form.
When we're willing to see our children turned into bear food, there's very little hope for our society.
Tylenol time.
Then I'm heading for the range to work on close-quarters shooting.
Oh, yeah. National Forest. No guns.
Great policy. Until you see your little girl killed by a bear and there's nothing you can do about it.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/14/bear.attack.ap/index.html
Six-year-old camper killed by bear
Hunt for black bear is on
Friday, April 14, 2006; Posted: 5:25 p.m. EDT (21:25 GMT)
BENTON, Tennessee (AP) -- Using traps baited with honey buns and doughnuts,
authorities Friday tried to capture a potentially crazed black bear that killed
a 6-year-old girl and mauled her mother and 2-year-old brother.
"Pontentially crazed"? Don'tcha think maybe it was .... hungry?
A CNN "reporter" this morning speculated the bear may have had ... a brain tumor.
Jesus, give me strength.
Dare I speculate that dude may have watched Bambi a few too many times? Or maybe he's the one with the brain tumor.
News flash: Bears are omnivores. Bears are predators. Bears are on the ol' seefood diet -- they see food, they eat it.
It boggles my mind to think that we, as a society, have gotten to the point at which we won't acknowledge that a bear will decide to kill and eat a person once in a while. True, it's rare ... but it does happen. They're bears for cryin' out loud. They eat stuff. And few people will deny that bears in parks associate people with food. Doesn't it stand to reason that - eventually - they may associate people AS food? Especially when eating an animal learns that eating a person won't result in instantaneous bullet-riddled death.
Look, we'll leave the gun out of the argument (briefly). Can't we at least acknowledge that bear spray may not be a bad idea when you're in an area known for having ..... BEARS?!?!? Have we become so limp-wristed that we won't even acknowledge the utility of a can of seasoning to protect ourselves? Have we lost our collective minds? Read the article. Never does anyone interviewed even mention the idea of protecting one's self ... or one's children.
Not only does the "news" media refuse to distinguish between preparedness and paranoia (rather, they subtly equate the two ... it makes for more "interesting stories"), but they don't address preparadness at all -- in any way, shape or form.
When we're willing to see our children turned into bear food, there's very little hope for our society.
Tylenol time.
Then I'm heading for the range to work on close-quarters shooting.
posted by Alpineman, RN at 10:55 AM
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