Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!ccice1!bwm 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 Lines: 24 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. -- ..[cbrma, ccivax, ccicpg, rayssd, ritcv, rlgvax, rochester]!ccice5!ccice1!bwm