Bear with Cubs?
#11
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 7
definitely not an "anti" and i appreciate all the responses. lots of good info here.
it'd be complex to explain the context of the moment in the story but essentially, I'm trying to have a scene of dialogue in which the trolley problem is in practice.
in terms of hunting-- this is the equivalent i could come up with.
anyway, ill let y'all read the story when its done! i may have more questions in the future.
i had to make a new account because I'm not hunter familiar-- and i didn't know where to begin with my research.
best,
j
it'd be complex to explain the context of the moment in the story but essentially, I'm trying to have a scene of dialogue in which the trolley problem is in practice.
in terms of hunting-- this is the equivalent i could come up with.
anyway, ill let y'all read the story when its done! i may have more questions in the future.
i had to make a new account because I'm not hunter familiar-- and i didn't know where to begin with my research.
best,
j
#14
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 7
trolley problem is a philosophical hypothetical: there is a trolley headed down a track-- ahead of it there are five people tied to the track-- you are the only person who can pull a lever to steer it down another track-- BUT down the alternate track there is a baby. who do you save? the five men, or the baby? do you pull the lever at all? etc.
since everyone is so skeptical (i honestly had no idea about this yellowstone bear incident) in my story the character is based on narcissus (in greek mythology he's a hunter) i know nothing of hunting. i need to incorporate stories from his past hunting experiences. i want to have dilemmas that show him as resourceful, as well as compassionate. yes he hunts, but he's not brutal. if you had accidentally killed a sow, and there were cubs-- i want to show what someone would really do rather than guess. and to get that answer i thought id ask the experts seeing as I've never hunted. the core of the story is about his obsession with himself-- the hunting is a character trait but its not the real plot.
ya dig y'all?
since everyone is so skeptical (i honestly had no idea about this yellowstone bear incident) in my story the character is based on narcissus (in greek mythology he's a hunter) i know nothing of hunting. i need to incorporate stories from his past hunting experiences. i want to have dilemmas that show him as resourceful, as well as compassionate. yes he hunts, but he's not brutal. if you had accidentally killed a sow, and there were cubs-- i want to show what someone would really do rather than guess. and to get that answer i thought id ask the experts seeing as I've never hunted. the core of the story is about his obsession with himself-- the hunting is a character trait but its not the real plot.
ya dig y'all?
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
The only legal way to handle it is to contact the game dept and let them take charge. Anything else is pure folly.
#17
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
Okay, I'll go along with this after your response. No, as flags just mentioned, if a mistake is made the hunter should immediately notify the authorities and then they make the decision as to whether the cubs should be captured for their own good or allowed to stay in the wild and make it on their own.
#20
I appreciate the responses and clarification on what exactly you are trying to get. Ovid never really dug that deep into Narcissus' past or hunts, but in all texts that I have ever read in Greek/Roman (Ovid was Roman) mythology he was primarily emphasized for his ego of himself, hence his stories turn with the pool and his reflection, lured by Nemesis. As a hunter or for a story I would think that his pursuit would always be for animals considered regal in form, and his ego would consistently compare is own self to that of the animal but him always being the better between the two. Translating him to the "trolley" as you explained would be rather difficult as part of his narcissism would be a lack of compassion for others.