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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]WestCoastLib
(442 posts)54. No...Children playing videogames can't "kill"
That's just the point. And you are simply being intellectually dishonest if you think any of these shooters didn't actually understand that they were really going to be killing people. They wanted to kill people. It's not about the fact that they didn't think their were consequences. Most expected to kill themselves too.
You can't kill anybody in a videogame. You are no more killing in a videogame than you are when you have one of your toy army men knock over another one when playing with toys as a kid.
It's not remotely realistic and doesn't remotely have any impact onto whether or not somebody thinks killing somebody in real life is a good idea.
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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