Hobbies: killing people, cutting
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 9:49PM
Dave Knechel

Or so it says on OkamiKage’s YouTube Channel

The video below was taken down. Try HERE instead.

Last signed in: 1 year ago

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3778491&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26]

Commentary

I learned how to use a gun when I was a child. One time, my father took me out squirrel hunting. I was the spotter. Look, I said, as I pointed up a tree. My father took aim and squeezed the trigger. Pow, just like that, the squirrel fell off its perch and down to the ground. I walked over to it. It was writhing in pain and I watched intently until it took its final breath. That experience really impacted me tremendously. I couldn’t have been more than 10 years old, if that, but I never wanted to see an animal die again. Because of my reaction, my father never hunted again, either. To this day, I have never owned a gun or weapon of any kind and I never will. I don’t mind skeet shooting or target practice, but I have no desire to watch anything die by the hands of another.

Even at that age, I knew the difference between life and death. I still can’t figure out why I am not a vegetarian.


 

Article originally appeared on marinadedave (http://marinadedave.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.