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From: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: killing wild animals
Message-ID: <358@ccice1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 16:20:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: ccice1.358
Posted: Fri Aug  9 16:20:32 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 08:15:41 EDT
References: <111@tekig5.UUCP> <934@gloria.UUCP> <496@t12tst.UUCP>
Reply-To: bwm@ccice1.UUCP (Bradford W. Miller)
Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY
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In article <496@t12tst.UUCP> seshadri@t12tst.UUCP (Raghavan Seshadri) writes:
>> >     Man is also an animal, so why can't he also enjoy
>> >     hunting animals.  I like to hunt deer.  I eat the meat when I get it, and
>> >     I very much enjoy stalking and shooting the animal.  There is a lot of
>> >     exhilaration in killing a live animal.
>> 
>> This the only sensible defense of hunting I've seen on the net.  And I
>> can't think of any possible rebuttal that doesn't reduce to "Baaad hunter!
>> No, no, no!"
>
>O k,How about this one.Dogs and cats are purely creatures of instinct 
>untouched by any notions of rationality,intelligence,culture,civilization,compassion etc.This is what is meant when people refer to a vicious person as an
>animal.
>A modern hunter with his high power rifles ,telescopic sights,and all the rest
>of high tech paraphernalia can hardly argue that his activities are somehow
>'natural'.If you want to be 'natural',go and hunt without weapons just like
>dogs and cats do.

Rather than natural weapons, like claws, man has brains so he can make
high-powered rifles to do the work. This IS natural.


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