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It is way different having to kill a lion that is making life in your village miserable to having this foreigner come in and do it for "fun" disregarding the laws of your country. One thing doesn't excuse the other.

Having said that, he is right on " ... don’t offer me condolences about Cecil unless you’re also willing to offer me condolences for villagers killed ..."

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I don't think there are many people who are upset about Cecil's killing that would not also mourn someone killed by a lion. The author's insinuation that we don't care about something we were never given the opportunity to care about is the worst kind of moral fallacy, and is entirely unfair.

To be truthful, we've laughed about idiots killed by lions, when those idiots ignored fences and signs in a zoo. So its entirely situational.

True, you are right. But I disagree on "we were never given the opportunity to care about", horrible things have happened in Africa in the last few months that haven't received the same kind of interest from the public. That of course doesn't mean not to be upset about the lion, that I agree would be a fallacy.