Reply To: Is the Outrage Over The Killing of Cecil the Lion Justified?

While it was probably wrong to hunt just for sport, he actually did receive a permit from the relevant authorities, so no one has any real basis to object, aside from some absurd emotional attachment — real or imagined — to a lion (!). At the same time, unspeakable atrocities are being committed against human beings throughout the middle east by ISIS, etc., over a million Syrian civilians have been rendered homeless, not to mention kidnappings etc. by Boka Harum in Africa. The headline question here was is the outrage justified? Not if comes in place of indignation against crimes perpetrated against humans! If all we are hearing is the outrage for killing a lion, but not a peep about human suffering, well, it’s totally out of place. A classic example of misplaced priorities.