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Originally Posted by jms62
Isnt that exactly what an analogy is? The justification is they are partcipating in a legal activity and dont need to justify anything to you or anyone. An activity that has been around since man has been able to stand erect and walk. And saying they do it for "laughs" is demeaning. Saying they are "murderers" is demeaning and patently absurd to the tenth degree. Again jamming your values down our throat but of course AS ALWAYS, you will do that and then post that you were not doing it. Do racing fans need to justify what they do because after all because animals sometimes die during this sport? Is fishing also murder? I trapped a mouse in my attic am I now a confessed murderer? Should the government ban hunting? If you say yes then you have wildly hypocritical views for such a conserative, less government UNLESS it is something You want more government for. Sadly typical of your ilk.
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The analogy was that there are plenty of examples of things that are legal yet still totally wrong. If I give you an example of one of those things, it doesn't mean I'm saying that the thing is the exact same thing. It means I'm saying here is an example of another thing that is legal that is wrong (immoral).
You guys are the ones who are totally hypocritical. If there is an activity that you are ok with, then your justification for the activity being ok is that the activity is legal or it's been around for a long time. But if it's an activity that you're not ok with, then whether it's legal is irrelevant. Even if your views are correct and mine are wrong, your debating skills definitely need work. You can't justify something as being ok because it's legal or because it's been around for a long time, if you're not going to use that same reasoning for other activities that you disapprove of.
I guess we should never change laws. If something is legal and it's been around for a long time then I guess it's ok. Why would need to change it.
I never said that all hunting should be banned. I'm certainly not a fan of hunting and I can't imagine how anyone would get pleasure out of killing a beautiful animal. Despite that, I probably wouldn't advocate a total ban. But I think the laws should be much stricter and if someone wants to kill something there should have to be a very strong justification for it. If a person is going to eat it, then fine. But then there should be a strict limit on the numbers.