Grizzly Design Choice
My wife insists on proudly displaying a fully mounted, stuffed grizzly bear which her great-grandfather supposedly killed (with his barehands, yeah right…) in our PROFESSIONALLY designed small living room. Help me convince her how bad this idea is.
Signed: Horrified Hubby
Maite’: I say you’re just gonna have to bear with it.
Ahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa!!!! Whew… Someone had to say it.
Daniel: Now that we’ve gotten past that bit of ugliness… There is
really no place in good design, or any design, really, for the
aggrandizement of animal slaughter. I say, donate it to a museum.
There’s honestly no compromise for me on this. Respecting history is
one thing, but some traditions are best left in the past.
Maite’: I agree. If it were less obtrusive, like a mounted marlin or
a set of stag horns, you MIGHT get away with it in a covered patio or
basement home theater. But a full size grizzly? Yikes… A museum
it is.
Daniel: Right now, local natural history museums, school libraries,
inner city science centers, are all way under funded. Send that beast
to a place where it can actually teach someone about conservation.
