Louis Theroux's African Safari

[GeorgeCook]

I like watching his documentaries and I think this will be interesting to this forum:

Let me say up front I support hunting, though I do not hunt. Louis has some ethical issues with it, as you'll see, but I'm struck by the frank and honest presentation the hunting guides and game farmers present to him. There is a stark reality that you can see that people like Louis just can not accept.

Anyway, I hope you all find this interesting.

Thanks!
George

[fightingquaker13]

I will watch it. I just bought a google nexus, and of course went searching for free books. I got Selous' on hunting in South Africa and also "The man eaters of Tsavo". Should I win the lotto I will be off to Africa, and no whining about the ethics on my part.

[TAB]

you may want to try audio books.  It takes some looking( local library is best bet) for free audio books.  They are out there.   I use my when I have to drive long distance by myself.   better then music.

[tombogan03884]

FQ, 2 words,
Robert Ruarke.
Try "Death in the Long grass"
You also might like "Out of Africa"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_africa

Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen, a pen name used by the Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then British East Africa.

[sledgemeister]

Louis is just another hypocrite, his last sentence says it all, "I will eat the meat but I wont kill the animal". What he failed to say was he  and others like him will always put shit on those that are prepared to kill an animal, for no other reason but because they can and its easy to do so.
Walt Disney has a lot to answer for.

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[fightingquaker13]

Louis is just another hypocrite, his last sentence says it all, "I will eat the meat but I wont kill the animal". What he failed to say was he  and others like him will always put shit on those that are prepared to kill an animal, for no other reason but because they can and its easy to do so.
Walt Disney has a lot to answer for.

This. If you can't kill, that's fine. But don't eat meat that someone else killed (on your dollar) and then look down your nose at the guy who did your dirty work. Either become a vegetarian, man up to the reality that every steak starts with a dead animal, or shut your gob. All three are valid choices. Condemning hunting over a steak? Not so much.

[billt]

All of these Bambi huggers need to take a guided tour of a slaughterhouse to see where those T-Bones come from, they all so love to chew on in the backyard on a sunny Sunday afternoon. It's called reality.

[TAB]

THey also need to see what happens when the population is allowed to explode or live in the hills and watch them eat thier gardens.    controled hunting is a very good thing.

[tombogan03884]

This. If you can't kill, that's fine. But don't eat meat that someone else killed (on your dollar) and then look down your nose at the guy who did your dirty work. Either become a vegetarian, man up to the reality that every steak starts with a dead animal, or shut your gob. All three are valid choices. Condemning hunting over a steak? Not so much.

I was going to say something nice about the common sense displayed in FQ's post.
But if I do he'll turn around and post some brain wrenching liberal crap and spoil it .  

[lhprop1]

I don't have time to watch an hour-long video at work, but the first few minutes of it shows them at a game farm.  Game farms are controversial for many hunters.  If his issue was with game farms, specifically, I can see where he's coming from.  If he's just some hippie who's afraid to kill an animal to provide food for himself, then he can go pound sand.