[Pharmboy]

George Washington began his climb up the Virginia social ladder by leading the (fox) hunt for Lord Fairfax at the age of sixteen. He loved the hunt. Anything the General loved cannot be without significant worth, IMO.

[Lunkhead_01]

I just hope the British parliament comes to its senses and recinds the ban. After all, we don't want a bunch of buck toothed British idiots riding horses around Virginia chasing foxes while yelling, "Tally Ho!"

[dennisw]

This is a war by urban sob sisters and bed wetters on rural England and historic England.

[the Deejay]

They should ban Rugby. A lot of those games
get out of hand and PEOPLE get hurt.

[squarebarb]

They should count up the number of people who either aren't bothered by hunting, or support it. Tally, you ho's.

[Noachian]

"An awful lot of people have said they will defy any hunting ban," Hughes said. "People are more determined now than ever."

It's good to see the Brits stand up to their overbearing government on this issue.

Maybe, one day, Brits will understand that the people are really the government, not a bunch of bureaucrats.

[LiberalBassTurds]

"(The ban) is the most misplaced idea on animal welfare one could imagine," said Christopher Mulholland, the vicar of Badminton, from his horse.

This has nothing to do with animals and everything to do with the Euro Lefties trying to rip apart the institutions and traditions of Britain. This is the political equivalent of the anarchists going nuts in The Square Mile breaking windows and burning Jaguars. I hope the hunt survives.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

How can one hunt foxes without guns? What do the use? Spitballs?

[SE Mom]

This is madness. The Brits have traditions woven into their history and culture- and fox hunting is one of the grandest. England is already being over run by multiculturists...I hope the Brits put up a good fight over this crap.

[jswaj_23]

I have a compromise...........Instead of hunting foxes they could perhaps import their steeds and hounds to hunt liberals over here.

[Beaker]

Cheers to them! Saddle Club *ping!*

[Blue Scourge]

The Brits should wake up.

This is what you get with a "progressive socialist" govt.

They want to cut all ties to the past, a little at a time...like the frog in the boiling water...a little at a time.

Eventually they will go after the Royal family...you might laugh now, but who would have figured they would go after Fox hunts 10 years ago.

[Atchafalaya]

Middle England should not get mad, just get RED!!!

[HairOfTheDog]

Ping!

[cowboyway]

"(The ban) is the most misplaced idea on animal welfare one could imagine,"

It's worse than that. Much worse. It's discriminatory. If this ban is going into effect under the banner of 'animal rights', then all the animals involved should be considered.

What about the horses rights to fox hunt? What about the hounds? Anybody that's ever ridden a horse in an event, knows that the horse looks forward to it. Same for dogs. Anybody that's ever hunted with dogs knows how excited they get when going afield.

Horses and dogs have rights too!

Just a little tongue in cheek :~)