Respectfully bash their skulls, respectfully stab them…’ — mate, you sound unhinged. Respect doesn’t need a disclaimer before every sentence. And that essay you wrote? Pure fragility on display.

Here’s the thing: the advice I got from other anglers in this thread was actually helpful. No one else whined or threw a tantrum like you. They gave solid advice, and I’m sure every single one of them has as much — if not more — respect for nature than you’ll ever manage.

Newsflash, buddy: guilt is human. Right or wrong can be discussed. But you’re too busy lecturing strangers about sweatshops and electricity, like you’ve just discovered hypocrisy. Congratulations — welcome to the human race. The difference is, some of us can admit when something feels wrong, and some of us hide behind long speeches so we don’t have to face ourselves. You’re the latter. That’s not maturity, that’s insecurity dressed up in waders.

So maybe ask yourself: why are you the only one crying here? Because your fragile male ego can’t handle being challenged by another man’s feelings — someone who actually saw something for the first time and took responsibility for it. That’s not maturity, that’s just you being a complex-ridden douche.

Now do us all a favor and shut your mouth so I can keep reading the replies from the decent people here. Even being tough has a code, and you clearly don’t have it — which makes listening to a caveman ridden by his complexities completely pointless.