Many people have a world view that man is not part of nature, we should be separated from nature, Klaus Schwab and the WEF take that to the extreme.
The truth is we arose from and are part of nature just as every other species of this planet did.
I don't really like people that feel it is terrible to "domesticate" (whatever the hell that means exactly) wild animals. I just got off "Rover.com", and read about Wolfs, they says Wolfs can not become pets. Well, my aunt had a pet wolf, and it was pretty much like any other large dog breed. It was okay with us kids at the time, (she and her Wolf have both long since passed away) a bit noisy but so are my Dobermans.
People make the distinction that they have huge bone crushing jaws, well, you're average pit bull is capable of 1600 lbs/sq inch jaw pressure, Rottweiler's, 1200 lbs/sq inch, and Doberman is good for 900 lbs/sq inch, all of which is enough to crush bones.
When I was a kid I had a group of wild squirrels I would hand feed and some of them would climb up into my lap and even let me pet them.
And big cats, anyone who has "domestic" cats but has watched Messi or Gerdi on youtube will instantly recognize their behaviors as identical to your own domestic animals. Spraying? Don't neuter your domestic male cat and see what happens, and if it doesn't happen by itself bring in another male and it will.
In my view, if there is any hope for the future in this planet it is in learning to live better with nature and learning to better integrate ourselves rather than trying to isolate ourselves. It means taking risks, life without risk has zero meaning. It means accepting our mortality because in the final analysis we have NO CHOICE and only cause grief and tension by denying it.
Dwayne Parsons
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in reply to Nanook • • •I just moved to this area in early 2021 right in the midst of the pandemic hysteria. Tent cities the size only rivaled in my experience by Smell A. lol I lived in Van Nuys for a couple of years, in the 'Valley' just a few miles north west of LA.
I lived in an Air BnB in SW Portland for a several months when I got here and when I drove across Portland their were tents under ever single overpass, ever one. It's gotten much better now but gawddamn it was f'd. It was sad, it made you unhappy. I'm glad it's not as bad now.
Nanook
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in reply to Nanook • • •Go a couple hours further South to Point Loma. Then eat at the best seafood restaurant on earth, or at least out of the one's I've had. I lived in Ocean Beach, which is north Point Loma, for seven years.
Blue Water Seafood - San Diego
Better fishing, people are waay more laid back, food is better, water....too many sharks for me, but plenty of people like surfing there for some reason. Jaws has ruined me and water. lol
Nanook
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in reply to Nanook • • •I was joking. Lookup shark encounters on youtube. They are constantly swimming around where people are surfing and swimming. And they are typically juvenile great whites. The most impulsive, still they don't attack people.
The real reason... the water is freakin cold. WTF. I hear it's the 'Humboldt' current that comes in from Alaska, and comes close by the coast in southern California. They all wear full wet suites to surf there, not spring suits. I would prefer a dry suit but I'm not core enough for that. lol
Nanook
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