One of my themes here is that we have enabled the asshole fraction to the point where they are crippling our ability to function as a society. Rather that hanging people who proved to be nothing but a nuisance, we cater to them. The result is a tax on all of us that is getting too large to bear. A good example of this is Walter Palmer, an asshole from Minnesota.
Cecil the lion – the most famous creature in one of Zimbabwe‘s national parks – was killed by an American hunter who has boasted about shooting a menagerie of animals with his bow and arrow, The Telegraph can reveal.
Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, is believed to have paid £35,000 to shoot and kill the much-loved lion with a bow and arrow. The animal was shot on July 1 in Hwange National Park. Two independent sources have confirmed the hunter’s identity to the paper, which has also seen a copy of the relevant hunting permit.
Conservation groups in Zimbabwe reacted angrily to the news that the 13-year-old animal had been killed: partly because the lion was known to visitors and seemingly enjoyed human contact, and partly because of the way in which he was killed. He was lured out of the national park and shot.
“He never bothered anybody,” said Johnny Rodrigues, the head of Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force. “He was one of the most beautiful animals to look at.”
A spokesman for Mr Palmer told the Guardian that the hunter believed he may have shot the lion.
“As far as I understand, Walter believes that he might have shot that lion that has been referred to as Cecil,” a spokesman for Mr Palmer said.
A non-asshole who mistakenly shot a protected animal would be full of remorse and would apologize about it. Everyone on earth knows that lions are endangered. First world people, like Walter the Asshole, have been told this since birth. But, Walter is an asshole so he takes pride in being a nuisance. That’s why he mugged for that picture. Walter Palmer is proud to be an asshole.
The right answer here is the old answer. Walter the Asshole and his clan should be fed to the lions. It’s not for the crime of killing an endangered animal. It’s to lessen the burden on society. We can only tolerate so many assholes and we are well past that limit. As they make themselves known, the humane thing to so it remove them from the gene pool immediately.
Surprised to read that the Z Man cares about endangered animals