Here's why it was a liberal response. It was self righteous and never took into account any other reason for killing besides food. How about non-native pest species like brown tree snakes, starlings or Norway rats? Are we supposed to spare such harmful animals just because we don't intend on eating them? How about the rabbits that are tearing up your garden? We all kill on a daily basis as part of our existence. Maybe we do so in an indirect manner by paying others to do it for us, but killing is part of our life. Needless killing or cruel treatment of animals is another thing, but I think that applies only to a tiny minority of hunters.
Elmer:
That is a paragraph I can agree with. Killing to satisfy needs like food, clothing (God himself killed to clothe silly Adam and Eve!) and other natural, logical reasons is acceptable. However, killing for the sake of it... that's another story altogether.