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ashling

(25,771 posts) Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:50 PM Aug 2015

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Photo of 7-year-old son killing his ‘first lion’ yanked from Twitter by proud dad after activists sh

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/photo-of-7-year-old-son-killing-his-first-lion-yanked-from-twitter-by-proud-dad-after-activists-shame-him/

The dad should be ashamed.

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Photo of 7-year-old son killing his ‘first lion’ yanked from Twitter by proud dad after activists sh (Original Post) ashling Aug 2015 OP

Oh no. LiberalElite Aug 2015 #1

Deather raising a deather. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #2

thank you for that term. sadly, will probably have many occasions to use it. niyad Aug 2015 #4

sick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #3

link not working for me, cannot even go directly to rawstory. niyad Aug 2015 #5

raw story just worked fine for me.... riversedge Aug 2015 #8

still not working. however, I found different articles. sickening. niyad Aug 2015 #10

I see it as child abuse. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #6

You may see it as child abuse, GGJohn Aug 2015 #12

Well I think the law can suck it. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #13

Hey, it's your right to think that. eom. GGJohn Aug 2015 #15

It's not cool to expose a child to trophy hunting. Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #16

I hope some day this young riversedge Aug 2015 #7

woman-hating bastard: niyad Aug 2015 #9

He says he hasn't hunted in 3 years because he can't afford it ashling Aug 2015 #17

The key phrase is "He also claimed to have quit hunting because he 'couldn't afford it'." avebury Aug 2015 #18

more sickening pics from this very sick family: niyad Aug 2015 #11

What is the purpose of digging through social media and calling these people out four years after Brickbat Aug 2015 #14

To call out this sick culture ashling Aug 2015 #20

I was wondering when the pro-gun lobby would find excuses for this type of behavior Fearless Aug 2015 #19

gun owners nt msongs Aug 2015 #21

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

1. Oh no.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:51 PM

Aug 2015

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)

2. Deather raising a deather.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:53 PM

Aug 2015

niyad

(113,587 posts)

4. thank you for that term. sadly, will probably have many occasions to use it.

Reply to lonestarnot (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:55 PM

Aug 2015

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

3. sick

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:54 PM

Aug 2015

niyad

(113,587 posts)

5. link not working for me, cannot even go directly to rawstory.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:57 PM

Aug 2015

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

8. raw story just worked fine for me....

Reply to niyad (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:00 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/photo-of-7-year-old-son-killing-his-first-lion-yanked-from-twitter-by-proud-dad-after-activists-shame-him/

niyad

(113,587 posts)

10. still not working. however, I found different articles. sickening.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:02 PM

Aug 2015

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)

6. I see it as child abuse.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:57 PM

Aug 2015

If others disagree they can suck it.

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

12. You may see it as child abuse,

Reply to Juicy_Bellows (Reply #6)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:04 PM

Aug 2015

but the law disagrees with you and that's what counts.

That said, this is just wrong to trophy kill such a magnificent animal.

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)

13. Well I think the law can suck it.

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #12)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:07 PM

Aug 2015

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)

15. Hey, it's your right to think that. eom.

Reply to Juicy_Bellows (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:08 PM

Aug 2015

Juicy_Bellows

(2,427 posts)

16. It's not cool to expose a child to trophy hunting.

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #15)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:13 PM

Aug 2015

And I do think it should be illegal. They want to bag a deer and dress it for food, cool. You want to blast a lion for shits? Not cool. You want to involve your 7 year old? You can suck it. Cheers!

riversedge

(70,311 posts)

7. I hope some day this young

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 09:58 PM

Aug 2015

kid will have the opportunity to grow to appreciate animals and nature. Some day--if given the right guidance.

niyad

(113,587 posts)

9. woman-hating bastard:

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:00 PM

Aug 2015

(the pics are sickening)

EXCLUSIVE: 'One lion gets killed and everyone goes crazy. People don't understand hunting.' Father condemned for posting picture of seven-year-old son with dead lioness hits out at critics

Big game hunter Allen Tarpley tweeted photos of his children with lion
Brothers aged seven and nine pictured holding rifle on 'African safari'
Anti-hunting campaigners describe images they found as 'sickening'
But he tells Daily Mail Onlin: 'People don't understand hunting.'
He added: 'There was no media hype about Planned Parenthood selling baby parts but one lion gets killed and everyone goes crazy.'

The father who posted pictures online of his seven-year-old son with a dead lion on his first hunt has attacked his critics and said: 'One lion gets killed and everyone goes crazy.'

Allen Tarpley said that outsiders 'don't understand hunting' and claimed that he had done nothing wrong.

The construction company boss said that people should be more concerned about pregnancy and abortion service Planned Parenthood selling baby parts than any dead animal.

He also claimed to have quit hunting because he 'couldn't afford it'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3202501/One-lion-gets-killed-goes-crazy-babies-slaughtered-Father-posted-picture-son-7-trophy-hits-hype.html#ixzz3jDq28jyh
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ashling

(25,771 posts)

17. He says he hasn't hunted in 3 years because he can't afford it

Reply to niyad (Reply #9)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:25 PM

Aug 2015

like that makes it all ok ... maybe if he sent his son out to hit up his classmates for their lunch money ...

avebury

(10,952 posts)

18. The key phrase is "He also claimed to have quit hunting because he 'couldn't afford it'."

Reply to niyad (Reply #9)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:25 PM

Aug 2015

You had better believe it that if he could afford it, he and his boys would have continued trophy hunting (most likely taking advantage of the canned hunting sites in the US).

They didn't stop due to moral and ethical reasons, it was all about the money.

niyad

(113,587 posts)

11. more sickening pics from this very sick family:

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:04 PM

Aug 2015

http://www.floridanewstime.com/regional/119584-one-lion-gets-killed-and-everyone-goes-crazy-what-about-babies-being-slaughtered-father-who-posted-picture-of-his-son-7-with-first-trophy-hits-back-at-hype.html

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

14. What is the purpose of digging through social media and calling these people out four years after

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:07 PM

Aug 2015

the fact?

ashling

(25,771 posts)

20. To call out this sick culture

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:52 PM

Aug 2015

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

19. I was wondering when the pro-gun lobby would find excuses for this type of behavior

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 10:36 PM

Aug 2015

Oh wait, I don't even want to know.

msongs

(67,453 posts)

21. gun owners nt

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2015, 11:59 PM

Aug 2015

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