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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]ohheckyeah
(9,314 posts)51. Children who are taught to hunt
know that the killed animal or person doesn't jump back up on reset to play another game - it's dead, it's life force drains out of the eyes and the body in the form of blood. Games make killing a game - which it is not. Hunting makes the realities of killing very real.
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If that was the reality for your Dad then he simply did what he needed to do...
The Road Runner
Jun 2014
#59
Because hunting is a necessity for some, it can be seen as classist to disparage it.
Brickbat
Jun 2014
#60
What message do we send when children sustain themselves on the flesh of the murdered?
Kurska
Jun 2014
#27
It's not the hunting I find repugnant, it's the pleasure taken in killing.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#23
How do they torture the animal during the process of hunting in your area? and what specifically
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#69
Your step brother sounds like a psychopath , I don't know how you equate that with hunting
statementofgoods
Jun 2014
#76