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Quote from: Paulmyr on June 04, 2022, 01:55:45 PMIf it's legal and affects me than it is my business. I may not be able to anything about it but it's still of concern to me.
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on June 04, 2022, 01:57:14 PMLiberal intolerance and it's effect on society. Plain and simple. Ever since the 60's, liberal intolerance has led to increasing arguing, less understanding, more fighting, and it pushes distrust and hatred of those who don't think, talk and act like they do.This has crept into every facet of life. Class, race, religion, gender, politics, education, etc. Similarly, it has appeared in the hunting community. Back in the day, family and friends would be happy to take a kid hunting. People were open to and interested in new hunting techniques. Other hunters would congratulate you on your success. Nowadays, they examine your hunt under a microscope. Did you hunt private land or public? DIY or guided? What weapon did you use? What broadhead or shot she'll did you use? Did you hunt out of a blind or use decoys? Did you reap, fall back and call, did you hunt an area where someone was already parked at the gate? What call did you use? Etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum. If you didn't hunt the exact same way that the purists hunt, let the attacks begin. Which brings us to the next problem - Internet tough guys. It's easy to sit behind a keyboard halfway across the country and be a tough guy to someone you don't agree with. Back in the day, you manned up or shut up. You didn't jump on a keyboard and blast some dude you've never even met.What's the solution? Beats the hell out of me!! All I know is that back in the day, I thought my parents and grandparents were old fashioned and out of touch. Now that I'm older myself, I realize too late that they knew exactly what they were talking about. But it's too late. Someone left the gate open, and the horses have escaped the corral. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on June 04, 2022, 01:57:14 PMLiberal intolerance and it's effect on society. Plain and simple. Ever since the 60's, liberal intolerance has led to increased arguing, less understanding, more fighting, and it pushes distrust and hatred of those who don't think, talk and act like they do.This has crept into every facet of life. Class, race, religion, gender, politics, education, etc. Similarly, it has appeared in the hunting community. Back in the day, family and friends would be happy to take a kid hunting. People were open to and interested in new hunting techniques. Other hunters would congratulate you on your success. Nowadays, they examine your hunt under a microscope. There's already too many hunters, why are you bringing in more? Did you hunt private land or public? DIY or guided? What weapon did you use? What broadhead or type of shot did you use? Did you hunt out of a blind or use decoys? Did you reap, fall back and call, did you hunt an area where someone was already parked at the gate? What call did you use? Etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum. If you didn't hunt the exact same way that the purists hunt, let the attacks begin. Which brings us to the next problem - Internet tough guys. It's easy to sit behind a keyboard halfway across the country and be a tough guy to someone you don't agree with. Back in the day, you manned up or shut up. You didn't jump on a keyboard and blast some dude you've never even met.What's the solution? Beats the hell out of me!! All I know is that back in the day, I thought my parents and grandparents were old fashioned and out of touch. Now that I'm older myself, I've realized much too late that they knew exactly what they were talking about. But it's too late. Someone left the gate open, and the horses have escaped the corral. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk
Quote from: eggshell on June 04, 2022, 04:45:31 PMWe were warned about 2000 years ago this was coming. 2 Timothy 3New Living TranslationThe Dangers of the Last Days3 You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. 2 For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. 3 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. 5 They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!You may as well read the rest of the warning, it continues in chapter 3
Quote from: eggshell on June 04, 2022, 08:18:09 AMMountainbird makes a very good point. In my lifetime this country has went from around 200 million people to 350 million +, more people equals less space per capita and more conflict. If society has a flat line percentage of violent people and idiots then there are almost twice as many people of questionable character among us. I still believe in the basic goodness of people and that predominately society is kind and socially cohesive. The trouble is the outliers and trouble makers. where I do think we have went off the rails is in the media and government leadership. When the dominate voice of a people becomes the fringe of radical society then it exercises an influence on the whole philosophical view of everyone. I have long held the view, every group of people resembles their leadership, whether it's a small family group or a whole country this is my belief. If we want better we need to learn to be better. This is where I will get real blunt and offend someone....this country doesn't need more laws, agendas or politicians. It needs more Jesus. when we truly learn to love one another like the man said we will be better. It starts with each one of us individually, when we do better those around us pick up on it and do better. Each of us has influence, we just need to decide what that will be.I used to be an atheist and enjoyed my fast lane pessimistic life. I used to host a group of guys for a couple days of pheasant hunting and at the end of the day we'd crack open the cooler of beer and unwind. Then I encountered Jesus and started changing my life. I would take my own cooler with snacks and pepsi. One day when we had finished the hunt they opened the big cooler and not one single beer was inside. It was soft drinks and food. I asked what the heck happened and they replied, "we decided you were the host and if you didn't want to drink we wouldn't either". This is how it works, be better and better will follow you. This won't happen fast, but it will happen. My experience took probably three years to see change in the group. Well you asked, so got my rant.
