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Clifton Stanley Lemon's avatar

Damn that's the best piece of writing I've read in a long time! I absolutely loved it! I would have done exactly the same thing. I don't know how we can explain to people that we are capable of nurturing small animals and also slaughtering and devouring them, but we do. It doesn't seem like a conflict at all to me, but during dove season many people - especially my lovely wife- seem deeply sad at the prospect of hurting the poor little lovie dovies, while I am ecstatically savoring this once-a-year treat. You did an excellent job of relating the experience of being a deeply irrational typical human being!

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Adam Berkelmans's avatar

Well written Holly!

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