"Outdoors Magazine" wrote in message
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Mr. Wolfgang,
And your remarks are constructive on what level other than in revealing
your
prejudice and classist attitude?

Well, Mr. James, that's a real interesting question, that is. In the first
place, I'm curious about what prejudice it is you think I've revealed and
which classes you believe I've set against one another, but I guess I won't
hold my breath waiting for revelation. As to the meat of the question, I
think the answer depends to a large extent on what is implicit in it which,
in turn, hinges on context. If I understand your position, you maintain
that hunting and fishing are worthwhile activities with their own intrinsic
merits. Is that about right? Assuming that it is, it might interest you to
know that I am a lifelong avid hunter and fisher. Naturally, it follows
that unless I am a complete sociopath, I believe those activities to be
justifiable on some level beyond merely satisfying my own urges. In other
words, we agree on the basic premise underlying your argument....however
vapid and counterproductive it's exposition. Now, the question you SHOULD
be asking becomes obvious, doesn't it? If you can't convince someone who
agrees with your position that your arguments have so much as a shred of
merit, then how well do you think you are going to fare in dealing with all
those folks who don't?

You should be so grateful that your place
in the world today has not been overly constrained by socio-economic
conditions of generations preceding you.

As you should be grateful for the existence of anyone willing to expend the
time and energy required to sift through that jumbled mass of randomly
selected words in a search for meaning, and especially so when, as was
predictable, the search proved fruitless.

Moreover, this gratitude could and
should translate into a willingness to assist those you mock.

Oh, you haven't seen much in the way of mockery yet, and the assistance that
has been rendered was surely as wasted as it was opaque to you. In the end,
the issue of whether or not hunting and fishing will continue to be
practiced in this country will not be decided by anyone willing to look the
matter rationally, but rather by people like yourself.

Wolfgang