CPT Asshole

Humans are the best killers

Killing and eating, that's what humans do. If we didn't, we would die. Everything we eat, animal, vegetable, whatever, used to be alive before we killed, and ate it. In order for us to live, something else must die, every day, for every person.

And yet, every day, more and more of us have never killed anything. We eat what others kill for us. And with every bite we eat, we kill ourselves a little bit at a time if we do not show respect, and honor, for our prey. We do not need to celebrate killing, but we must acknowledge the kill, and show respect for our fallen prey, or harvested crops.

Killing an animal should be done quickly so the animal doesn't suffer. But think about this a little more, and you'll see that not only the prey suffers from a sloppy attempt to kill, but so does the hunter with the knowledge that he has caused such terrible suffering. So a quick, clean kill, leaves a cleaner conscience, an acceptable way to rationalize the killing, as well.

Murder is always killing, but killing is not always murder. That's because it's not murder when you kill someone in self defense. It's also not murder to kill someone who is about to kill someone else. These are examples of acceptable forms of humans killing other humans, along with wars.

So, we can find justification for killing virtually every living thing, plant or animal, in our universe. Yet I can't help feeling that because most of us do not do the actual killing, we are so far removed from it that we fail to show the proper respect and honor, for our prey.

American Indians would do this on a hunt by killing an animal, and saying a short prayer for the animal. Usually something acknowledging regret or sorrow, for taking their life, and honoring the animals' strength and courage. This simple acknowledgment cleansed the souls of the hunters.

Killing should be done quickly, cleanly and with regret. Celebrate the life of our prey, celebrate the strength and courage of our prey, but do not celebrate the killing. But do not hide it from sight either.

The hunter is within all of us, what cleanses our souls for everything that dies every day, for us to live?

That's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Ahoy from the Captain.

posted by cpt asshole @ 10:56 AM