Hunting tragedy

There were some sporadic news this week about a hunter in Winsconsin who shot 6 people. On the surface, it was another beserker we often get used to hearing about on American news. It turns out he may have been defending himself.

http://www.wkowtv.com/$spindb.!query.1listnews.storeview.13554.news

The hunter was a Hmong, a traditional tribal people that historically enhabit parts of Laos, Vietnam and southern China - and it made me think of the Hmongs I encountered while I was travelling in asia. They seemed down to earth, laid back people - many ended up in the U.S. as refugees. The U.S. government during the 1960's-70's has had a sad history of exploiting them during their wars in the region - many were trained to fight by the CIA as counter-communist insurgents but ended up being ruthlessly persecuted after the U.S. pullout. Some made it here as refugees.

http://www.jefflindsay.com/Hmong_tragedy.html