re: Killed a pretty big cottonmouth this weekend

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People just like to be scared. If we admit that venomous snakes are extremely easy to avoid, are afraid of people, and just want to get away, it's no fun, apparently. So, we act like there was some sort of real danger, and that by killing one of them, we've somehow made the world a better place. Wheew, we're the hero that saved the kids! It's childish and laughable.

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No it is not.

If I come across a cottonmouth on the way to my deer stand and I kill it. That is one less. One less that could bite me, my kids or anyone else. That is a very tiny possibility that it would happen, but it is possible none the less. It is not a phenomenon, it is not a situation where I am out of control or scared...no more than when I put my seatbelt on.

I think you are being overly dramatic to try to drive home your position, therefore you have become less effective. You have a position, you stated it, great.

Calling everyone that disagrees with you a child and laughingstocks is a terrible approach.