by C-ONG » November 24th, 2004, 9:38 pm
Let's take this situation logically. The situation started when the line of public and private land became lost. One must ask if the owner had posted signs, a fence; If he/she did, then the signs/fence would be visible and would connect like a row of dominoes along his/her land. No one would be able to claim the mistake of getting lost on private land. If signs were not put up, then it is possible to find oneself lost, which Vang claimed. Vang was found on a deer stand. Two things, either he was up there looking for deer or a way out.
Say I'm the owner of the land; I come up to a man in a tree on my land and I'm thinking what is this guy doing. The guy up in the tree is thinking two things; 1)damned they found me, or 2)good, someone found me, I can have them show me the way out. Now you being the owner of the land, I'm thinking, I can approach this the american way and talk to the man or the al qaeda way and blast him. If I'm the land owner I would probably consider both. This however isn't just another man, it's a Hmong man, a rice eating, illiterate leech, which would compel me to blast him back to where he came from. Two things stop me. One is the law and the other is that he's holding a gun. Since I can't blast him, I'll call him names and maybe try to scare him with a shot or two to make him run like the yellow bellied bastard that he is; since I got my son with me and everyone else there, I need to act the tough guy role. I mean I can't let this dude slide, what's my son gonna think of me. I proceed to call him names. Now the Hmong man's thinking, what did I get myself into. I don't think that they're just gonna show me the way out. I don't know how many guns they have, I mean everyone is here to hunt so they must all have guns. What if they kill me here and just call it an accident. I came with no one, they're all white and probably related, so they'll stick together. I've got six kids and I don't wanna die.
Vang said that they shot first, they said that Vang shot first; Who is ever going to know, I mean do we have the means of measuring through heat, of the guns, as to which one was fired first, course not?
So Vang says that they shot first, okay well if they did, then if I were Vang, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a bunch of people that hate me, I don't know exactly how many guns they have, even if the shot was fired to scare me, I'm freaked alright, I'm really scared. Now being trained in the military, all my training just take over. I gotta live to see my kids, they're shooting at me, I have to defend myself and the only way is to shoot back. It's kill or be killed. They're running back, what if they're running back for a gun. I'm miles from nowhere, if they go back, they'll come back with more guns and more people and more ATVs. The only way is to try and kill them all, it's what is taught in the military.
If Vang shot first, then he did it cause he 1)feared for his life, or he's 2)hiding something, or he's 3)****ed up and crazy. Here in the aftermath we can see that many of the victims didn't have any guns, so the story is told; Common man, it's an annual group of 14-15 who make this trip every year to this place to hunt. How can you hunt with just 1 gun and if someone called me and told me that they have a trespasser up in a tree, like a coon, the first thing i'm going to reach for is my 357 mag and my rifle. Let's get real man, 1 gun, bull****. Anyway, they must have done something to Vang, shot at him, followed him, kept calling him names, whatever.
My point is that we will never know the truth. Vang is gonna get locked up for a long time, cause the folks are going to stick together. We're gonna hate all Hmongs for a long time. The Hmongs ain't going hunting for a while. More deer are going to cross the highways and damage me cars; it's all ****ed up. You know what though, this all could of been prevented if they would have just not spooked the man. Approach the man nicely with respect and ask him to leave your land. If he doesn't, call the cops. Let the cops do it. Why are these people taking the law into their own hands? Do this the American way, the civilized way. I feel bad that all these people had to die or get hurt cause of pride. This situation could and should have been prevented by the land owner. The bible teaches us to forgive those who trespass against us. I truly believe that if Mr. Crotteau would of approached this matter like an american, his son and many others would still be alive today.
About the Hmongs. We all fought together in the Vietnam war, your dad or grandpa is alive cause one of theirs died. Now they're with us in the Iraq war and helping us fund it too. They're always with us. It's One crazy dude, if he is that. We have crazy ones over here too, what about that woman that cut off her kid's arm just the other day. Put yourself in Vang's situation, in the Hmongs situation. Maybe Vang did know that he was on private land, but shooting that deer might be the only source of food for his kids, while you and I shoot for sport. I'll pray for everyone. Damned people, think.
