New York Post Slams Hunters

WAGCEVP · October 11, 2002, 09:21 PM

As a gentleman from another board so eleqently put it:
"One cannot refer to the shooter as a hunter. One must use the accurate term "poacher" as there is no current open season on humans in any state. "
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New York Post Slams Hunters
In a news article about the recent shootings in suburban Washington, D.C., the New York Post refers to the suspect as “gunning each (victim) down like a hunter picking off his prey.” Later in the article, former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt describes the suspect this way: “He probably is or was a hunter who is used to hunting other game, and now he wants to hunt humans.” To read the full story, visit http://www.nypost.com/seven/10042002...ews/48708.htm. Letters to the Editor can be e-mailed to [email protected].
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One cannot refer to the shooter as a hunter. One must use the accurate term "poacher" as there is no current open season on humans in any state.

Art Eatman · October 11, 2002, 11:44 PM

Well, there is some lurid prose, here and there. It's not nearly so bad as the blathering from the anti-gun crowd...

Your quote about "poacher" is a bit too profound for the average media-twit...

, Art

October 11, 2002, 09:21 PM	#1
WAGCEVP Senior Member Join Date: August 13, 2000 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,989	New York Post Slams Hunters As a gentleman from another board so eleqently put it: "One cannot refer to the shooter as a hunter. One must use the accurate term "poacher" as there is no current open season on humans in any state. " _______________________________________ New York Post Slams Hunters In a news article about the recent shootings in suburban Washington, D.C., the New York Post refers to the suspect as “gunning each (victim) down like a hunter picking off his prey.” Later in the article, former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt describes the suspect this way: “He probably is or was a hunter who is used to hunting other game, and now he wants to hunt humans.” To read the full story, visit http://www.nypost.com/seven/10042002...ews/48708.htm. Letters to the Editor can be e-mailed to [email protected]. IP: Logged -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One cannot refer to the shooter as a hunter. One must use the accurate term "poacher" as there is no current open season on humans in any state.

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October 11, 2002, 11:44 PM	#2
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Well, there is some lurid prose, here and there. It's not nearly so bad as the blathering from the anti-gun crowd... Your quote about "poacher" is a bit too profound for the average media-twit... , Art