Yeah, but I'm sure at least a few people would complain about you spearing a farmer, too.Hey, lets go out and Kill something!.
If I really wanted fresh meat there are plenty of farmers around here, also a local abattoir will oblige.
Max.
Yeah, but I'm sure at least a few people would complain about you spearing a farmer, too.Hey, lets go out and Kill something!.
If I really wanted fresh meat there are plenty of farmers around here, also a local abattoir will oblige.
Max.
Look at the claims of how animals die in slaughterhouses (due to the pressure to process lots of animals in a short amount of time with as few workers as possible) and you might conclude that all animals should be hunted as the more humane alternative.@tracecom That is not what I said, I realize it is inevitable that humans consume meat from other animals, My "beef"(?) is using the procedure as some kind of sporting event, and there is no guarantee in the procedures used out in the bush that and animal dies as humanly as possible, I don't see that as hypocritical.
You obviously missed post #21.
Richard Dawkins has written eloquently on the subject in the past, he opined that one day Humans will regard useless sport hunting as we now regard Human slavery, once taken naturally by some.
Max.
Hunting should be banned full stop. If you gonna kill an animal it should be done for the purpose of food and enjoyment should not be taken from it. If you get a rush from it or treat it as sport then that just makes you sick. To enjoy the act of killing, damn, that's bad.
No there isn't.There is a moral difference in killing an animal because you have to survive and with killing an animal just because it thrills you to kill something for no reason.
No, it is entirely possible to abstain from eating flesh and using leather. I know people who do so with ease. They are principled. As to what will become the norm in the future, you may be correct. I have already experienced changes in morality I never thought possible.@tracecom That is not what I said, I realize it is inevitable that humans consume meat from other animals, My "beef"(?) is using the procedure as some kind of sporting event, and there is no guarantee in the procedures used out in the bush that and animal dies as humanly as possible, I don't see that as hypocritical.
You obviously missed post #21.
Richard Dawkins has written eloquently on the subject in the past, he opined that one day Humans will regard useless sport hunting as we now regard Human slavery, once taken naturally by some.
Max.
Kinda weird how that is huh?As to what will become the norm in the future, you may be correct. I have already experienced changes in morality I never thought possible.
And do these principled people eschew candles and soap and glue and the many, many other everyday products that are made with animal byproducts? Or do they at least insist on only buying products that are certified free of such byproducts?No, it is entirely possible to abstain from eating flesh and using leather. I know people who do so with ease. They are principled. As to what will become the norm in the future, you may be correct. I have already experienced changes in morality I never thought possible. Pink
Who says they refuse to eat mass-produced meat?So people that hunt for sport should be making their own soap since they refuse to eat "mass produced"meat?
Many (most?) Would disagree.Just because you can kill a bear with a spear does not mean you deserve credit.
As a vegetarian, I find that statement high offensive.If I really wanted fresh meat there are plenty of farmers around here, also a local abattoir will oblige
Some do. In fact, some go so far as to refuse to swat a fly or step on a roach because of their regard for animal life.And do these principled people eschew candles and soap and glue and the many, many other everyday products that are made with animal byproducts? Or do they at least insist on only buying products that are certified free of such byproducts?
I don't think you should. Do you? What about that bug zapper; do you have one?So I should step on a roach that is walking in middle of the road simply because it's too hard to move your feet a bit to avoid the bug..
Some do. Most don't.Some do. In fact, some go so far as to refuse to swat a fly or step on a roach because of their regard for animal life.
Not at all -- and I would be more than willing to give credit to someone that is willing to go to those extremes to adhere to their principles even if I also happened to believe they were more than a little nutty at the same time.And by the way, I don't have to agree with someone in order to consider them principled. Do you?