"Thinking Like a Mountain"

Over the years, I've come to see the gun control issue in very similar terms. Yes, there are great risks associated with an armed citizenry, just as there with keeping wolves in an ecosystem. But the negative outcomes that accumulate when you get rid of either, outweigh the "safe" alternative.

The wolf on the mountain or the armed freeholder are tough sells. One slaughtered calf or one murdered child creates a cacophony of emotion that drowns out all of your reason in an instant. Almost everyone misses the irony that the death of an innocent lamb is how we justify making mankind live like sheep.

I believe in a hard, tough God. He challenges us every day to be good and just in a world where wolves are the least of the monsters we must face. Such is the nature of free will.

Posted by el baboso at January 18, 2014 11:37 AM

The residue of unforeseen consequences lies in the wake of interference of nature's order. The "system" was originated an eternity ago and yet we act as if today's knowledge outweighs the the long enduring existence. We have paid slightly in the past for our misguided efforts but one time we may go too far and protecting that "snail darter" my prove to be the end of us all.

Posted by tripletap at January 18, 2014 1:47 PM

Wolfs have been reintroduced into Idaho and now are reproducing at a rate of two litters per year with expanding population spillage into Washington and Oregon. Cost has been so far more than 90% of the Elk and a substantial loss of Deer as well in the Idaho Northern and Central high country which before the reintroduction had enormous herds attracting instate and out of state hunters who now have stopped buying tags for the most part. The economic impact has been severe. BTW, the wolfs that were introduced were not the American Timber wolf but a Canadian wolf species that is much larger than the Timber wolf. These Canadian wolves are 190 - 200 lbs when full grown.

Dan Kurt

Posted by Dan Kurt at January 19, 2014 10:36 AM