Jurassic World has a theme that emphasises respect for nature, and the perils that befall those who don’t, and Pratt relates. He says this respect comes from his experience as a recreational hunter.
“I have a great deal of respect for the animals that I kill,” he says, “and I feel remorse and all of the emotions that come with it.”
As a non-hunter, I ask him to explain how choosing to kill something and then feeling remorse about it fits together. He leans in, happy to explain. “The thing inside me that drives me to go out and hunt is very animal. But the remorse, emotion and respect I feel, and the closeness to God that I feel when I’m out there, is my humanity. It’s an opportunity for me to explore what parts of me are animal and what parts of me are human.”
As much as I don't agree with it, my dad has the same philosophy for recreational hunting too. Of course, I don't think either of them do that as often as you think they would.
Have you eaten a burger recently? Because the cows they make Big Macs out of get their throats slit and bleed to death while fully conscious and feeling all the pain, just FYI.
Have you eaten a burger recently? Because the cows they make Big Macs out of get their throats slit and bleed to death while fully conscious and feeling all the pain, just FYI.
But he doesnt eat what he hunts, he does it for fun.
I personally could never hunt, but I'm not against it. There are rules towards hunting and he eats everything he kills, he isn't doing it for no reason.
If someone hunts for just the sport aspect of it and they don't eat their game, I think that's messed up.
“The thing inside me that drives me to go out and hunt is very animal. But the remorse, emotion and respect I feel, and the closeness to God that I feel when I’m out there, is my humanity. It’s an opportunity for me to explore what parts of me are animal and what parts of me are human.”