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To: warchild9
Hunting is killing for fun,

No, it isn't. The fun is in the hunt itself, not the kill. Your assertion is like saying that orgasm is the joy and purpose of sex, but that's not true. And yet, without the orgasm, no act of sex can be said to have achieved its aim.

Nietzsche said it better: "Not every end is the goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; and yet: if a melody has not reached its end, it has not reached its goal. A parable."

and killing for fun is sick.

Why? It's not like we're talking about killing people. Killing people for fun is wrong, but only because it's people. It appears that either you are anthropomorphizing the game animals, or you aren't clear on why killing people is wrong.

18 posted on 05/17/2002 9:43:46 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist
See my above. It's a common misperception among conservatives, this confusing a respect for life with equating human life with animal life. (Conversely, libs denigrate the killing of unborn humans with live animals.) My attitude is formed by a respect for all forms of life, and I take as little as possible without becoming a Jain.
21 posted on 05/17/2002 9:46:29 AM PDT by warchild9
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