TennJedd, thank you for your post. There are plenty of reasons to both love and loathe Facebook, but the idea its a "left wing think tank" of sorts is extremely misguided, and shows very little understanding of what Facebook is really about. I understand everyone has an opinion, but my personal pet peeve are opinions that are completely baseless. To make such a statement about Facebook only underscores the poster's lack of knowledge regarding it. If you don't fully understand what it is, how can you be sure its so evil, or at least left-wing?
In the end, however, I don't believe the girl did anything wrong, don't believe this to be a moral/religious issue (any more than to think most religions would condemn death threats against an innocent party) and don't believe that everyone who has ever posed with a game animal is marked for the fast track to Hell. Her life is being threatened because she promoted something many of us do, would like to do, or at the very least, support. The fact that someone would feel the need to threaten her life over a photograph should leave no doubt whatsoever as to who is in the wrong in this situation. The fact she happens to come form wealth is wholly indifferent to me, and has nothing to do whatsoever with how I see the situation. How anyone could argue that she deserves to be threatened or that she should have seen his coming only reinforces that old saying "it takes all kinds" I guess.
and then there's this
Short Barrel said:
I say without preaching that posting pictures of oneself with animal carcasses is never pleasing.
I think you forgot a phrase key to your statement...."in my opinion". I have many pictures of myself with "animal carcasses" that I
DO find pleasing. Judging by the number of "likes" they get on my Facebook page, my friends(the only people I allow my posts to be viewed by), who largely share a similar mindset, also seem to find the dead animals "pleasing" just as I often do theirs. You think looking back at a picture of my first deer doesn't flood the mind with fond memories of that special day?!?! When I look at that lil 2 lb bass I caught when I was 5, and see the smile on my face in that old Polaroid picture, I'm reminded of why I fish, what I enjoy about it, and where that love originated. When I look at that 5x5 rack mounted in my childhood bedroom at my parent's ranch, I don't think God would have any quarrel with the emotions that are felt, nor did I feel the least bit bad calling my grandpa to tell him all about it("bragging" as I'm sure you'd call it), or any number of other poeple, for that matter. That first deer was the source of many fond memories, and I don't regret the mount made or the pictures taken that day one bit....and on that same note, I feel the same way about pictures taken of my last deer, taken 23 years after the first.....or any of the 20+ deer I've taken between the two animals. Each one provided me with memories, and if a photo or mount helps keep those memories alive as I age, so much the better
eek: how dramatic!) for pursuing her family's tradition of killing game ramps up her appeal as a compelling and sympathetic character greatly. As others said, the more publicity the better, if she's going to win that TV spot she wants.