What was he thinking?

[mbarker]

Sigh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. The news here in Japan this morning included the arrest of a 39-year-old man in Nara. Apparently he had been caught trying to shoot a deer with a crossbow.

Not exactly sport hunting, since the deer in Nara are practically pets, happy to eat from anyone's hand (happy? They charge you and mob you if they think you have food) and quite willing to let you pet them. This isn't hunting by any stretch of the imagination.

He allegedly told police that he was going to sell the meat, that people were offering high prices for deer meat. So he didn't even plan to eat the meat himself, he was just trying to make money... Of course, I wonder whether people would just buy steaks without any hint as to where they came from? I mean, do you sell your venison under-the-table, on the internet, or where?

Comments

[dialyn.livejournal.com]

I think the guy feels like hot stuff with a crossbow. It gives him a false feeling of being Robin Hood, that kind of thing. I guess I don't understand killing something that is helpless or trusting and thinking that is "sport." But there are a lot of things I don't understand. :( That's the problem with getting older...the things you understand are a shorter list than when you are younger.