From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 06 2003 - 19:25:56 MDT
--- Greg Jordan <jordan@chuma.cas.usf.edu> wrote:
>
> The calculation of value is made by the person considering the
> possibility of hunting - whether it would be better to hunt
> recreationally, or not to. It only makes sense to judge it from the
> human perspective.
Okay, given that you are doing a calculus of value, and seeing as you
value culture, what is the value of a cultural tradition of hunting? Is
it more valuable or less depending on the color of your skin? Is an
Eskimos hunting tradition, or a Kalahari Bushman' hunting tradition
more valuable than my Scottish ancestors tradition of poaching deer off
the King's game preserve? How old does a tradition have to be to have
value?
On another tack, lets add into the calculus the findings of paleo diet
studies. My family have been game hunters for hundreds of years, at a
minimum. We are also quite long lived (grandparents lived till 80s and
90's, as did greats).
Given than humans live far longer than deer, AND that a human life is
far more fulfilling than that of a deer, how many years of deer life
are worth one year of human life extension?
=====
Mike Lorrey
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"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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