OT: WVU mascot told to stop firing his musket at wild animals
West Viriginia Univ. told its Mountaineer to stop using his musket to hunt after he posted a video online of himself kiling a black bear with the gun. He fires it at home games without any ammunition, but it is, obviously, a working weapon, and it's apparently a WVU mascot tradition to go hunting with it. Maybe I'm tired because it's Friday, but this strikes me as...interesting.
EDIT: I encourage the reader to think not of gun rights or animals and instead to imagine the man below, dressed as he is, sneaking through the woods yelling "Go Mountaineers!" has he shoots a gun that has been outdated since before the Civil War. Apologies to those who are offended for gun owners, or animals, or gun-owning animals.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
He has a great beard.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
I think the board should have a very rational, calm, and open-minded discussion about the ethics and merits of hunting. Yup, I think that's just the thing the board both needs and is completely capable of handling.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
sure such a discussion will result in a more informed community and opinions will be thoughtfully moderated.
ED (2 miinutes later): and here we go.....
December 7th, 2012 at 4:42 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:45 PM ^
Don't tell me I can't have a rational, calm, open-minded disccusion on this message board, you Nazi!
Go back to [thinking opinions that are different than mine], you [right/left wing liberal/conservative] nutjob!
December 7th, 2012 at 4:48 PM ^
I gave you +1 for the phrase "right-wing liberal." I would say more, but I just want to sit and appreciate it for a while.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:49 PM ^
...a gol' dang flip-flopper!
December 7th, 2012 at 4:55 PM ^
I'm just a politically correct American who's not afraid to speak his [censored] mind.
EDIT: To be honest, I thought I may have crossed a line with the first part of that sentence. Internet sarcasm or not, I try to maintain a certain level of decorum (admittedly not a high one, but a standard nonetheless).
December 7th, 2012 at 5:04 PM ^
And the thrust of your posts was well-taken...It didn't occur to me when I posted this link that it is flamebait in the truest sense.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:12 PM ^
Between this and the (now locked) Conley thread, we sure have been having a lot of polite clarification exchanges today. And by a lot, I mean two. Either way, good for us.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
PETA would likely compalin...
December 7th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
My guess is a focus on the fringed leather pants and furry hat with possible references to paddling rural streams accompanied by banjo melodies.
December 8th, 2012 at 5:00 AM ^
You got a purtty mouth.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:29 PM ^
Something is wrong with me. I immediately (knee-jerk reaction) reversed my opinion of this as soon as I read that it was a tradition.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
So you would've been more offended if it was a polar bear?
December 7th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
I think his username offers us some insight here.
December 7th, 2012 at 11:24 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
You have offended me.
December 8th, 2012 at 10:52 AM ^
Fergodsakes, it's "pussification." Pussy has two of them "s" things.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:33 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:39 PM ^
Guessing they aren't as upset about him hunting as they are with him posting a video of him using a University owned implement to hunt.
Hunting = Legal and Fine.
Associating a publicly funded university with a touchy subject through video = bad call
I think this would be no different than if a video of Sparty grinding on girls at a party showed up. Grind all you want, but don't do it in your Sparty costume.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:45 PM ^
Come to think of it, Sparty was a bad choice for an example.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:20 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:52 PM ^
You just had to do it, didn't you. Couldn't even refrain after the funny posts above about not doing what you did. NO POLITICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There. You made me yell. Are you happy now? Your points will return next month.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:57 PM ^
Also, I apologize for this thread. The article struck me as entertainly absurd when I first read it, and I didn't think about the politics. I am running on fumes.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:01 PM ^
A well-respected member went and ruined everything just like we all knew was bound to come from someone. Sorry your thread got ruined (if you feel that it did). Its these kinds of things that pushed BiSB out. This is where the whores come in . . . Men laying their trick-money down. Twenty dollars to pay the rent? Maybe not. Maybe instead I'll spend it on the whore.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:07 PM ^
No worries on my end. This was not the most well thought-out thread to start. I just have a weakness for mascot highjinks!
December 8th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
Tommy Boy reference!All of the points to you!
December 7th, 2012 at 5:08 PM ^
It's humerous news related to a BCS conference team, and I'm glad you posted it.
That said, profit has set the precedent and anyone looking to make this into a liberal vs. conservative, Second Amendment thread will lose their points for a month.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:53 PM ^
hey look a political post.
Enjoy Bolivia!
December 7th, 2012 at 5:31 PM ^
looks like a nice lady. Bet she makes a great bowl of chili.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:33 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
IBTHEGHOSTOFYOST
December 7th, 2012 at 4:46 PM ^
Say what you want about the "hunting" aspect of it all - but anyone who's ever handled a gun should be outraged at the level of, or lack there of, gun safety here. They're taking a firearm, which has recently been used to actually shoot real bullets, into a stadium, loading it with gun powder and shooting it around 50,000+ people. Yikes. I can see having a prop gun only for the purposes of the game...but IMO this crosses the line into the unsafe category.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:51 PM ^
"Now WVU has ordered Kimble to stop using his university-issued weapon on hunting trips after a video of this week's kill was posted online."
Like others, I don't have an issue with the hunting aspect, but I understand that they university may not want university-owned items involved in the act in video form, and that's fair as it is their property.
An alternate interpretation here might be that this is clearly a way to show the Mountaineers how to give up less than 470 average yards per game of offense. I mean, there has to be a way...
December 7th, 2012 at 4:55 PM ^
I think Mr. Mario should offer us his insight on this topic...
December 7th, 2012 at 4:58 PM ^
Mr.Mario just took a trip to Bolivia and forgot to bring his passport with him. The last I heard he was working in a labor camp picking blades of grass.
December 7th, 2012 at 4:57 PM ^
Hunting bears never works out. Sure you get 400 lbs of meat in Oregon Trail but how do you carry back all of that meat to your wagon?
December 7th, 2012 at 5:19 PM ^
He must also remove his coonskin pelt hat, wear synthetic leather garb, and have his firearm permit displayed in plain sight somewhere on his person at all university sponsored functions.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:22 PM ^
December 7th, 2012 at 6:03 PM ^
No one wants to see an accident. One of the best ways to avoid bad things is by not inviting them in the first place.
December 7th, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
I'm going to do us all a favor and stay away from this thread.