(Sent this to Emma yesterday, meaning to send it to the whole list.
Apologies.)
Interesting to find that they are a Christian organisation. Their
constitution includes the statement 'We believe in mankind's God-given
dominion over the world's animals.' It's a fascinating document, available
at http://www.childswish.com/aboutus.php#mission.
They make the argument, used by the game sports lobby in the UK, that people
who hunt look after natural resources.
I'm wary of rushing to judgement, bearing in mind a comment of Barack
Obama's that liberals should bear in mind that gun owners feel about their
firearms much the way they do about their library books.
What I would say, though is that the USSA is a '"dream wish" granting
charity' (their description of themselves). That's a model of provision
that does nothing to change children's basic situation - taking them away
hunting, then plonking them back in exactly the situation they were in in
the first place, rather than removing barriers to allow disabled children
greater access to life full-time.
All the best
Allan
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From: "Emma Rowlett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: News: Children With Disabilities Learn How to Hunt
I'm really torn. When I first read it I didn't like the idea, but then
realised that if they had taken the kids fishing (not that I'm
particularly keen on fishing) I probably wouldn't have minded so much.
Especially if they had eaten their catch. That said I can't help but
think there is so much inequality that it might be better to make the
'good' things equal before the 'bad' (given that we are a long way off
EVERYTHING being equal).
Emma Rowlett
On 06/04/2009, dawnalee8 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In response to Larry Arnold, I said I was against hunting for
> *recreational
> purposes*, aka for the fun of it or "something to do on the weekend."
> There
> is a big difference between that kind of hunting and the need to hunt to
> put
> food on the table or to survive in the wilderness.
>
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