Mercury News reports.
I'd say this should be treated like any other misuse of a firearm by a police officer. The offending officer shouldn't get the usual slap on the wrist because this kind of poor judgment makes him unfit, plain and simple.
Yet, I wouldn't want to exaggerate the incident either. As much as I oppose hunting as a sick endeavor, and find this execution of a trapped animal especially odious, I don't support a media circus that results in the officer being punished more than his colleagues who wrongly shoot humans.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
It's a good thing we can trust the police to be the only people allowed to carry weapons!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Mike? "sick endeavor"? Hunting is more sick than butchering a cow, or cutting its throat to make it kosher?
Unless you're a vegetarian, that statement made you a hypocrite. You seem to believe that moral issues cease to exist if you don't confront them directly.
Props if you are a veggie though--at least it would be morally consistent.
Thanks, Anonymous. I'm a morally consistent vegetarian, and the reason is the treatment of animals. I'm not a fanatic though, I don't do the vegan lifestyle. But, for me, butchering cows and hunting deer are both disgusting activities.
ReplyDeleteThat makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes hunt rabbits, as you just can't buy them in this country.
The guilt I feel comes only from the animal's suffering, which (with a gun) I can minimize better than can a butcher.
Were I to feel guilt unrelated to the animal's suffering, I would quit eating meat entirely: paying somebody else to do it is morally equivalent.
This is why I get a little touchy about meat-eaters who denounce hunting.
Good on you: I can't relate to your beliefs at all, but at least they make sense.