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Posted about this a bit earlier under "Oh Dear". At least it is a nice old bull by the look of it and needed culling, looking a bit thin and haggard! | |||
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Pleasse ssend your thoughtful comments to the NZ Herald editor... yournews@nzherald.co.nz A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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Thoughtful comment has been sent: Letters to The Editor Dear Sir, You should know who JG Ferguson is. "If it is not factually correct, it will not be taken seriously by those who spot its errors. If it is not grammatically correct, it will not be understood. If it is not appropriate for its audience, it will be utterly useless." - JG Ferguson An article about Mark Gunton in your paper refers. When compared to the three criteria of factual correctness, grammatical correctness and appropriateness, the article fails on the first two. This leaves only the third and the article somewhat typecasts itself, together with your paper. You would need to fix this or accept the position. Factual Correctness: "The beast's tusks are blood-spattered" - What the writer assumes as blood, is staining from old age. Any person who has the remotest knowledge of old elephants, knows this. "its face contorted into a gruesome death mask." - In death, initially, all muscles relax completely. The photo is what a dead elephant looks like from that angle. It does not matter whether it dies from disease, hunger, thirst, being eaten alive by lion, shot by a poacher, shot by a Parks officer or being shot by a hunter. "and boasted of stalking and killing it" - I have read her report of this and see no boasting, just factual reporting for those who are interested. Those who wish to raise sensation, may twist the truth somewhat but that is for you to decide. "A petition has been started" - And it went nowhere. Why are you reporting this in such a one sided manner? Is it to whip up emotion amongst the uninformed? "King Juan Carlos of Spain was removed as honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund" - 'which he helped to found in Spain in 1968.' For the sake of brevity the writer would not mention this, of course. The way it is put in this report carries more sensation. "campaigns for an end to trophy-hunting, said it was wrong for hunters like Gunton to glorify animals' suffering." - There are two mistakes here. Firstly, it is not wrong. It is not what the Fund wants but it is not wrong. (Unless sensation is the real reason for mentioning this.) Secondly, this elephant did not suffer. Suffer is when it dies of thirst or hunger or when poachers or other animals rip out what they can, even while the animal is still alive. It is also clear that Rebekka Thompson has her facts completely distorted. She should verify circumstances instead of jumping on every publicity bandwagon that rolls past. Of course her bandwagons would be drawn by humans. The way your writer reports on her, it is better, in her point of view, that humans suffer rather than animals. Grammatical Correctness: "the corpse of a fallen African elephant." - The correct word is 'carcass', 'corpse' refers to a human. "further post-slaughter poses" - Slaughter is incorrectly used, unless the writer intends to cause sensation. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughter. Fire the writer and your proof reader if sensation was not the intention. "the body of a Nile crocodile" - 'Body' refers to a dead human and not to an animal. See 'Carcass'. "slain crocodile" - There is a pattern emerging here. In this context, slay is intended to sensationalise. Kindly confirm whether this article was simply to add sensation and emotion or whether it was intended to be factual and serious. I have formed an opinion about The New Zealand Herald and it may be confirmed or changed. Regards, Gerard Schultz | |||
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Very good, thoughtful letter to the editor. Please post the response if you receive one. Tom ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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That will be the day!  Also unlikely is that the paper will post Gerard's letter. That would not be a part of its intended narrative. Norman Solberg International lawyer back in the US after 25 years and, having met a few of the bad guys and governments here and around the world, now focusing on private trusts that protect wealth from them. NRA Life Member for 50 years, NRA Endowment Member from 2014, NRA Patron from 2016. | |||
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