Here we go again. Deer hunters are cleaning rifles for Michigan's big deer hunt, and rights groups are cranking out protests.
Meat is life, hunters say.
Killing Bambi is cruel, responds the other side. And somewhere between are larger philosophical, even religious, questions that can tell us a lot about ourselves. If animals have rights, then violating rights with a bullet is immoral in any accepted sense of the word. Maybe it's a practical matter. Millions of cows and chickens are killed to keep fast food lines greased, with the basic chicken reduced to that efficient nugget kids love under honey.