Walter Palmer: good dentist, poor quality human being

Walter Palmer has made millions out of his dental practice, some of which he has used to travel to beautiful, exotic places and kill things. This hobby, which he "loves" according to his facebook page, involves seeking out some of the most magnificent creatures on Earth: lions, leopards, rhinoceros and exterminating them, sometimes with a high powered rifle, some times with a high-tec, carbon fibre crossbow.

These practices may be legal, as he has plaintively pointed out in his pathetic attempts at self justification, but to me, and apparently a lot of other people, the problem is not law, but morality. That a sophisticated, intelligent person from an advanced country could take pleasure in such a disgusting practice is utterly sickening, and represents a throwback to a less enlightened and bestial era when no one really cared about such things.

Well, Walter, I've got news for you. Seems you have now become a pariah in your own community by neighbours who agree with me that your behaviour is totally unacceptable in modern society. I hope you find it very difficult to cope with the hatred your actions have provoked. In fact, do you know what? I'd like to see you let loose in the woods and have heavily armed hunters come after you. First we'll shoot you with a crossbow bolt and let you wander about seriously wounded for 40 hours. Then (because we do hunt with compassion) we'll dispatch you with a bullet to the brain. How'd that be, Walter?

I feel I  must point out, however, the fact that part of the problem here is the Christian religion. I understand there is something in Genesis where it is said that the creatures of the Earth were put there by God for our benefit. When you start with an idea like that, it isn't a big stretch to find it acceptable, as Walter Palmer clearly does, to kill any dangerous, delicious or endangered animal just because you can and because it's a buzz. Yes, we are the most intelligent animals on the planet, but that should help us to act with restraint and compassion, not brutality and sheer savagery. You want a buzz, Walter? Then try cocaine, like everyone else. Or golf. Or masturbating. Anything but killing innocent creatures who have done you no harm.