06-16-2011, 06:14 PM
This is not the wilderness, but this IS an area where you can be invited over for a dinner that includes Balut & Kwik-Kwik.
It is a rural place, with VERY rural attitudes towards all animals (not long ago, most of what we think of as pets were livestock, & were eaten (and some still are...)
This is a place where many of us are the"newbies" and the minority. It is a place where animal pit fitting is not uncommon, and fairly unregulated by police, though it is illegal. It is an area where brutal beatings do happen, and most neighbors shrug off animal abuse with a "it's not my responsibility, I do not want to get involved" (and this even goes for abuse to humans) It is a place where neighbors that do get involved sometimes move out of the area.... it is hard to live somewhere where you are "marked" by one or more angry long time neighbors...
So no, it isn't the wilderness, but even in town, if is NOT like many places that some of the posters are used to....
ETA: Hilo is a place were MMA is usually the highest price 'entertainment' ticket in town..and often have sell out crowds.
As I typed this, the riots up on the NW over the Stanley Cup have me thinking it is wilderness all over the place!
It is a rural place, with VERY rural attitudes towards all animals (not long ago, most of what we think of as pets were livestock, & were eaten (and some still are...)
This is a place where many of us are the"newbies" and the minority. It is a place where animal pit fitting is not uncommon, and fairly unregulated by police, though it is illegal. It is an area where brutal beatings do happen, and most neighbors shrug off animal abuse with a "it's not my responsibility, I do not want to get involved" (and this even goes for abuse to humans) It is a place where neighbors that do get involved sometimes move out of the area.... it is hard to live somewhere where you are "marked" by one or more angry long time neighbors...
So no, it isn't the wilderness, but even in town, if is NOT like many places that some of the posters are used to....
ETA: Hilo is a place were MMA is usually the highest price 'entertainment' ticket in town..and often have sell out crowds.
As I typed this, the riots up on the NW over the Stanley Cup have me thinking it is wilderness all over the place!