Morally, hunting deer for sport is no different than hunting people

[500grains]

Where did this guy learn how to reason?

Morally, hunting deer for sport is no different than hunting people....

Taking a life should only be done out of necessity. And then there's still a moral dilemma. What makes your life more valuable than an entity trying to take yours?

http://www.covnews.com/news/article/15031/

[Belmont31R]

Some of these libs think human lives are no more valuable than animals or even less than that of animals.

[mr_smiles]

I'm against killing anything for pure sport... But being the moral equivalent of killing a person, some people are just a little nutty. The day a deer picks up a rifle and starts shooting back than we'll talk about deer rights, hell maybe we'll elect one president that day.

But until than I'd just prefer to see people eat what they shoot and kill it humanely. To many hunters can't shoot for shit and cause suffering, if an animal is giving it's life for you the least you can do is be respectful and kill it quickly.

[skyugo]

if you eat farmed meat and think you're morally superior to hunters you're just logically impaired. that argument makes no ****ing sense.

look at this asshat's example:

"Imagine if you were sitting in your car in the drive thru at McDonald's and all of a sudden, you get shot in the neck. How bad would that suck? With about 15-30 seconds of life left in your body, you manage to look over to your right and see a whitetail deer holding a rifle."

I'm sure the animals that become mcdonalds food have a much more pleasant life and death than a wild white tail deer. right.

ah well, preaching to the choir here i'm sure. I'm just amazed that guys that dumb get paid to write.

[ChicagoTex]

Personally I've tried venison on several occasions and don't enjoy it.

So, because he didn't like Venison, we can't either?

My three ethical requirements for hunting are simple.

1. You have a responsibility to kill the animal with as little pain as possible.
2. You have a responsibility to not waste the animal. Either eat it or donate it to someone who will.*
3. You have a responsibility to hunt conservatively, i.e. not hunting animals to extinction.

*Except in cases of clear population overrun, such as the Southern Texas Hog problem

Follow those 3, and I have no issue with hunters or hunting. This business of trying to empathize with a deer in human terms is more than a little screwy, especially when the alternative you're epousing is a cow raised and slaughtered in a stockade...

[Mac5.56]

I couldn't finish that, his logic was more flawed then a few of my late night drunken rants I've had here on m4C...

I think we can all agree this guy is an idiot. What gets my goat the most though is that it seems he has a pretty good job that is based off , and his ability to write is, well, not that great.

I thought it was awesome he opened his argument with a line about getting popped in the neck while sitting in your car at McDonalds. This guy is a complete idiot.

[Belmont31R]

I'm against killing anything for pure sport... But being the moral equivalent of killing a person, some people are just a little nutty. The day a deer picks up a rifle and starts shooting back than we'll talk about deer rights, hell maybe we'll elect one president that day.

But until than I'd just prefer to see people eat what they shoot and kill it humanely. To many hunters can't shoot for shit and cause suffering, if an animal is giving it's life for you the least you can do is be respectful and kill it quickly.

We used to kill animals for food with spears, arrows, and rocks.


Also tags and licenses pay for a lot of wildlife conservation that would be not be there without sport hunters. Even if you go to Africa a lot of the money used to pay for conservation and anti-poaching programs are paid by sport hunters.


I do agree people should try to kill at humanely as possible.

[Honu]

Some of these libs think human lives are no more valuable than animals or even less than that of animals.

come on dont you know human lives are LESS important than plants or animals

we are the problem according to them

[bkb0000]

so is he volunteering? im sure there are a few that wouldn't mind hunting leftist ****tards over deer.

[DaBears_85]

Also tags and licenses pay for a lot of wildlife conservation that would be not be there without sport hunters. Even if you go to Africa a lot of the money used to pay for conservation and anti-poaching programs are paid by sport hunters.

This is an excellent point. I like to crack that egg of knowledge on the libtards that I have this argument with at work. It typically leaves them dumbfounded. Checkmate.