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In reply to the discussion: What's your opinion of people who hunt and kill non-endangered animals for fun, as opposed to for food? [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)20. Well, there is the act of killing during an enjoyable hunt...
that act itself does not seem enjoyable. You feelings are heightened, your heart beat is up, you are ready to act, but there is just too much going on for me to declaredeclare the actual act as enjoyable.
Barbarism is used for its slur effect, though this is how humans dealt with -- and continue to deal with -- the act of killing to survive in a Direct manner. The food shoppers have someone kill the animal or, in the case of vegans, obtain food through the abstraction of agriculture which displaces entire ecosystems. That may be the modern and humane style, but it is killing nevertheless.
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What's your opinion of people who hunt and kill non-endangered animals for fun, as opposed to for food? [View all]
Nye Bevan
Jul 2015
OP
A rifle makes the killing act easy. But that's not what hunting is about, is it?
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#21
Not much challenge killing a deer with a rifle/scope. I understand bow hunting being a challange. nt
Logical
Jul 2015
#22
So, were you impressed with that dentist putting an arrow into that famous lion?
Paladin
Jul 2015
#27
They are no worse than ruthless capitalist exploiters who destroy the land and all life
Zorra
Jul 2015
#13
If there was another animal that hunted and killed humans when it had no need to do so
LostOne4Ever
Jul 2015
#25