E-hunting

[stoutfellow]

Quite a few years ago, I read a newspaper article about a proposal to erect a movie theater outside Zion National Park, where people could go to see onscreen what they would see live if they actually went into the park. (The claim was that this would make the park experience available to those who for health or disability reasons could not stand the rigors of hiking about. Apparently the developer had never heard of videotapes...)

I thought then that that was the most absurd example of vicarious experience I would ever encounter.

I was wrong.

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

*Facepalm* Of all the stupid... ARGH! Yes, why bother with standing around in the cold and damp, when you can blast away at wildlife from the comfort of your own living room. *facepalm*

[hornedhopper.livejournal.com]

Wow. What a GREAT party idea! It sounds so *sporting,* dunnit? Take a few guys sitting around, swilling a keg, and one of them would be sure to opine that going huntin' would be really fun right about then. Think how many they could shoot! Better'n shooting buffalo ina small corral! Up next, Sniper Practice! Try getting perfect headshots from the comfort of your own Lazyboy!

Geez, but this is disgusting.