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Originally Posted by flamingdog
As far as hunting goes... I dunno, part of me finds hunting animals for sport with a big rifle with a sniper scope a bit... well, unsporting, I suppose. I don't really have a moral issue with it, especially if you plan to cook the kill, but I don't think it's exactly 'sport' to do it with a bloody big gun.
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i'm with flamingdog on this one. it doesn't seem like too much of a match. my problem with hunting is that i HATE guns. IMO, there really isn't any redeeming quality to guns, other than to "protect" you from others who might have them. so if there were no guns at all... for another thread.
i wouldn't mind hunting so much if it were mano a mano. that'd be a little more balanced, and i imagine the buck would get the better of the hunter quite often. or if we could teach deer to shoot. that would be sweet.
on the subject of animal cruelty, i have a slightly different viewpoint that i don't think has been addressed here.
i don't see it as cruelty if the animal was created for the purpose for which it is being used. to me, chickens (and other animals) bred, raised, and slaughtered in captivity are not so far off from corn planted, watered, and harvested in a field. both are done for the sole purpose of creating food. and the animal would not exist if it weren't us (the consumers) & the farmers.
i do see hunting as a bit more cruel, because here is a deer out minding it's own business and then WHAM! i do wish that deer could come into our houses while we are watching TV, f-ing around on the TFP etc... that would justify hunting to me.
all of this being said, i love to fish, but not to catch anything. i just like to sit in a boat and drink beer. and fresh fish is yummy.
and to answer the question, the only things i've killed are fish and bugs and the occassional mouse in my house. do those count?