Appropriate punishment for animal cruelty

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Eh, it was back towards the beginning, I know you're on my side.



Yes, I meant sport hunting. I have no problem with hunting for food.

Ateam,
I'm ok with what you said about "hunting for food".
It might seem strange to some, but I save feathers from the birds I bring home and use them to tie trout flies. I also use deer hair in some of my bass and salt water patterns.
And, shocking as it may seem, I get on my knees and give thanks over every critter that I take home to eat, before I take it out of the woods or fields.
I also say "grace" before I eat it.
I grew up in a family that hunted and fished, and I've done both all my life.
Those folks that don't have a background in either hunting or fishing see something that, to me, it isn't.
What it is, is real. And it connects me to something that many don't get the opportunity to connect with.
Also, not all hunters or fishermen think as I do, like the kids "hunting" horses in a strip mine.
I don't think that their actions should give the rest of us a "bad name".
DTS

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

What it is, is real. And it connects me to something that many don't get the opportunity to connect with.

What's that? The beauty of nature before you blow it away with a shotgun?

[Danzig]

guys really....you trying to talk about what it must like to hunt would be like me trying to say what it's like to be a man.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

guys really....you trying to talk about what it must like to hunt would be like me trying to say what it's like to be a man.

Tell me what I got wrong.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Tell me what I got wrong.

i'm just not getting comments like above, when you said about blowing away with a shotgun. all meat that is eaten, was once alive and then was killed. i mean, you know that the meat you eat didn't come from animals that died of old age or natural causes, right?
if it isn't your thing, or you don't get it, that's fine. no one says you have to go and provide some of your food yourself.
but i don't think that just because it isn't your thing, that others who choose differently should be mocked or scorned for it.

[Danzig]

well...come to think of it, i guess it's human nature to mock things we don't understand or can relate to. we all do it to some degree.
i don't understand why some women try to stuff themselves into clothing three sizes too small. and then they have this fat bulge thing going on around their middle-looks like they have a swim ring on under their shirt or something.
and i most certainly mock them for it.

at any rate, not sure if this thread is what has kept you coming back more regularly ateam, but glad you're around more-believe it or not!

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i'm just not getting comments like above, when you said about blowing away with a shotgun. all meat that is eaten, was once alive and then was killed. i mean, you know that the meat you eat didn't come from animals that died of old age or natural causes, right?
if it isn't your thing, or you don't get it, that's fine. no one says you have to go and provide some of your food yourself.
but i don't think that just because it isn't your thing, that others who choose differently should be mocked or scorned for it.

I agree, Deb. I'd be willing to bet that most animals hunted and killed in the wild suffer less than animals slaughtered in a slaughterhouse.

[ateamstupid]

For the love of Christ. I'm talking about sport hunting.

Originally Posted by Danzig188

well...come to think of it, i guess it's human nature to mock things we don't understand or can relate to. we all do it to some degree.
i don't understand why some women try to stuff themselves into clothing three sizes too small. and then they have this fat bulge thing going on around their middle-looks like they have a swim ring on under their shirt or something.
and i most certainly mock them for it.

at any rate, not sure if this thread is what has kept you coming back more regularly ateam, but glad you're around more-believe it or not!

I'm not mocking it. I'm saying it's morally disgusting. I haven't heard any good arguments otherwise, and excusing needless animal slaughter by simply saying "You can't relate" or "You don't understand" is a total cop-out.

Thanks for the kind words though Zieg.