{"id":34,"date":"2006-07-10T06:50:31","date_gmt":"2006-07-10T10:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2006-07-10T06:50:31","modified_gmt":"2006-07-10T10:50:31","slug":"34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/10\/34\/","title":{"rendered":"Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 294px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/InternetHunting.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/InternetHunting.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desktop Killing <\/figcaption><\/figure>All recreational animal killing is sneered at by the Grumpy Vegan but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.live-shot.com\/\">Internet hunting<\/a> takes the, ur, bullet.  <\/p>\n<p>Hunting is an act of cowardice.  Macho-wannabees dress up in camouflage drag to commune with nature by killing doves and deer.  To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, each man kills the thing he loves.  It looks like some therapy is needed by someone somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>So, it&#8217;s cheers to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsus.org\/press_and_publications\/press_releases\/hsus_applauds_louisiana_internet_hunting_ban.html\">Louisiana<\/a> for becoming the 22 state to ban Internet hunting but grumbles too because it&#8217;s one of only two states legalizing cock fighting.  Time for Louisiana to take more steps toward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsus.org\/legislation_laws\/wayne_pacelle_the_animal_advocate\/down_for_the_count_cockfighting_is_wobbling_on_its_last_two_legs\/\">compassion<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All recreational animal killing is sneered at by the Grumpy Vegan but Internet hunting takes the, ur, bullet. Hunting is an act of cowardice. Macho-wannabees dress up in camouflage drag to commune with nature by killing doves and deer. To &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/10\/34\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grumpyvegan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}