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In reply to the discussion: Why is hunting given a pass? [View all]Booster
(10,021 posts)88. My thoughts about killing animals, even for food, is this.
If someone kills an animal with their bare hands, up close & personal, so they can eat that animal, then it's ok with me. But killing any animal with a high powered rifle at a safe distance shows you're just a good marksman, but a coward nonetheless. If I had to kill an animal so I could eat, I'd be a vegan in a nano-second. If there's one regret I have it's that I am a hypocrite because, while I will not kill an animal, I do enjoy a good steak or chicken breast now and then and, for that, I will always be disappointed in myself.
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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