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RedFeather (Login RedFeather)
Posted Jun 29, 2009 7:32 AM
In and of itself. You needn't wax long and philosophical in defense of your hobby. It's my belief that men have an atavistic urge to hunt, carried over from prehistoric times. Hunting appears to be built-in to humans just as surely as in to cats. I, personally, do not hunt, although that is a choice thrust upon me by the local authorities (nowhere to do it legally around here). I am not averse to culling starlings, etc. What I don't care for are those who seem to take a juvenile interest in simply killing for killing's sake, be it with air rifle or firearm. These are the "hunters" who gratuitously blast anything and everything with little, if any, regard for the quarry. Even if you are potting cockroaches, you should have at least a modicum of respect for the "game". Part of what you do reflects back upon yourself. And, no, we don't have any God-given right to kill whatsoever we choose. That's more or less in the realm of self-determination.
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