Horrific Newtown, CT school shooting

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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't know if I'm necessarily in favor of banning deer hunting. As I said before, if you have a situation where there is such an overpopulation problem that all the deer will die if the herd isn't trimmed, and there is no other viable way to trim the herd, then there may be no choice but to have some hunting.

Just to touch on something I was talking about in the other thread, if a guy hunts to feed his family because he does not like regular meat and he doesn't think regular meat is healthy, I don't really have a problem with that. But what percentage of hunters do it for that reason? I think the percentage is very small. I think most hunters hunt because they think it's fun. I don't know how anyone could look at a deer or any other animal, and think it's fun to kill them. Do you understand why I would be critical of someone who gets a thrill out of shooting an animal?

As I said before, if I lived out in the wilderness and every type of food option was available, I would probably catch some fish. I wouldn't enjoy it. I wouldn't do it for fun. I would do it out of necessity. If a hunter hunts out of necessity, I don't have a problem with that.

Here's my question on that....if someone is a vegetarian (I'm not) and they criticize hunters as engaging in wrongful behavior, I say fine. I may not agree with the vegetarian's criticism but at least I think they're being logically consistent.
What I don't understand is people who think hunting is disgusting and/or immoral but then go to the grocery store or a restaurant and buy up meat to consume and think that's perfectly fine. That seems odd.
Personally I don't hunt. But it seems weird for me to criticize those who do while I'm inhaling my chicken sandwich.