NY fire dept.'s squirrel kill draws complaints

Associated Press – 17 hrs ago

HOLLEY, N.Y. (AP) — A weekend squirrel-shooting contest in upstate New York is a sell-out, with all 1,000 tickets spoken for, organizers said, despite a push by animal rights groups and others to cancel the event.  The 7th annual "Hazzard County Squirrel Slam" will raise money for the volunteer Holley Fire Department, the event sponsor.  Prizes ranging from $50 to $200 will be given out Saturday for the largest squirrel shot and the heaviest group of five squirrels. Five rifles and shotguns are to be raffled off, according to a flier on the western New York fire department's website.

Critics have sought to stop the event through online petitions and protests, calling the event cruel and a bad example for children. The contest targeting red and gray squirrels is open to anyone over age 12 with a hunting license.  "Declaring someone a winner for killing the most animals influences children and the wider community to believe that wildlife is unimportant and killing for a monetary prize is meritorious," Brian Shapiro, New York state director of the Humane Society of the United States, wrote in a letter to Holley Fire Chief Pete Hendrickson.

Supporters say hunting is just part of life upstate, including in the largely rural village of 1,800 people on the Erie Canal….To Read More…… 

My Take - Even though I'm not a hunter, these are my kind of people, as long as the meat isn't wasted!  What slays me are the ones complaining via an attempt to accuse others of doing what they themselves are actually doing.  Their claim is that this will teach children that wildlife has no meaning, which is a subtle accusation of social engineering by the hunters of the community.  When in reality it is they who are attempting to socially engineer society into seeing things in only their way.  That is a consistent theme with the left.  Accuse others of what you are doing allowing you to define your adversary in a way that leaves no way to repond properly.  And it mostly works because they stand for nothing permanently except the need to gain power and control humanity.  This allows them to attack traditional values and stable lifestyles already in place. 

Over the next few weeks I will be publishing a series of historical articles called “Let Me Tell You About __________.”  Which will feature characters who have molded the left against conservative values.  The more I write it is my hope the more everyone will see clearly what has been going on for over 100 years.  Who in my opinion was the most influential person of the 20^th century?  Herbert Marcuse.  Why?  He will be featured soon after I finish with the Soviet spies within the FDR and Truman administrations.