WTF ... 4

[delrem]

14. Well my state of mind has never been that way.

Not that my state of mind has ever been in equilibrium.

I'll tell you an anecdote. When I was young(er) I had a friend who spoke about how a wildlife photographer requires more skill than a hunter to blend into the land and get the pictures. At the same time the two of us were into martial arts and he would recite aphorisms about how the best defence was strong legs for running away, and learning how to defuse a fellow set to blow up in violence. That was then.
Years later my friend became a hunter (with rifle, not camera). He spoke about his guns, showed me how he loaded his own bullets, and explained about how it was a point of honor that he took down an animal with one shot clean kills. He explained about how it was for providing food. Not much time later, in fact almost no time later, he explained how he hunted and killed bears, for trophy kills. In a momentary lapse he explained that there was a sexual thing about it, about taking the shot. I don't understand the reason for his "evolution" from cameraman to killer, but it happened, and, well, I don't hang around with that guy anymore.