http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/12/12/hunting-for-sport-should-also-be-banned Comments On: Hunting for Sport Should Also be Banned by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Mon, 20 May 2013 02:30:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
I kind of wish no one owned guns though, and you could just check one out from a "gun library" or something at the place where hunting is appropriate.
Posted by alguna_rubia]]> Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:33:34 -0800 The Stranger
He is 100% right.

I can't belive how many inbred morons missed, or willfully ignored this "for nothing more than sport is just"...

It's not difficult to comprehend what he is conveying.
Posted by joemomma]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:25:59 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:32:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:21:50 -0800 The Stranger
And while we're on the topic, lets not pretend for an instant that the killing of animals and the killing of humans are not interconnected and mutually-reinforcing.

A world in which killing animals for fun is acceptable is a world in which guns are fetishized, a world in which pop culture glorifies casual violence, a world in which war is rampant, a world in which animal rights advocates are branded "extremists", a world in which mass shootings are commonplace (feel free to add to this list).

These are all cultural expressions of violence and aggression. If we want any individual aspect to improve, we must work to remedy all such expressions of violence.

@50: "Killing needlessly is immoral."

I agree. Which is exactly why veganism is an ethical imperative. Humans not only survive on a nutritionally balanced vegan diet, we thrive (just ask this guy and this guy). In our world of modern agriculture and food distribution, humans have no need to kill animals at all.
Posted by Ipso Facto]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:02:44 -0800 The Stranger
Also, all vegans should be shot on principle.
Posted by Captain Wiggette]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:55:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Christampa]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:34:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:09:13 -0800 The Stranger
Sometimes I do think that people imagine meat just falls from trees chopped up and wrapped in plastic and styrofoam.

If you eat meat and frown on these activities, you are a hypocrite who refuses to take personal responsibility for your actions, or accept the moral weight of them.

Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:32:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jaymz]]> Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:40:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:47:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by venomlash]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:31:21 -0800 The Stranger
But beside that point, don't you think "hunting for other than food" is what Charles actually MEANT? It looks a lot like you are deliberately misunderstanding him so as to put other words in his mouth.

(By the way, if you say "I have no idea what he meant," it will pretty much invalidate your extremely weird rant.)
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:26:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:48:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:41:54 -0800 The Stranger
The Mayans were right: It's the Apocalypse.
Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:26:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:22:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:19:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScrawnyKayaker]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:01:41 -0800 The Stranger Yes, you can get shit quality meat (often with real shit included for free) for really cheap, but good quality meat costs serious money.

I buy my beef straight off the ranch. Grass-fed, no chemicals at any stage. $4/pound. I never make the trip just for the meat, so there's no extra transportation cost. If you want to pay $15 or $20 a pound at the yuppie farmers market, fine.
Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:54:20 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:50:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:40:39 -0800 The Stranger Also: Hunting conservation is why we have any wilderness at all.

Most of the fake-o "progressive" environmentalists have no clue about this. Without hunting, you'd have only a fraction of the habitat conservation we do. If you like wetlands, better thank a duck hunter, because that's who saved the wetlands.

It's hundreds of cammo clad assholes swarming into the woods with four wheelers and Fifth Wheelers and portable genies and blowing shit away. Leaving half of it to rot. Polluting and littering. That's the majority of hunting now.

That's some of it, but not "the majority." It's a little like the corruption of professional sports. Do you write off baseball because of steroids, and cycling because of Lance Armstrong?

And the fact is the hunting of predator species for sport has intese negative consequences for the environment

Only if they're overhunted, which is why we have deparments of fish, game, and wildlife, and hunting and fishing licenses and regulations.


Posted by Mister G]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:32:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by tkc]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:14:57 -0800 The Stranger
In your very first comment, you accused Mudede of being a hypocrite, even though the context of his post *and* the generally accepted definition of sport hunting indicate that Mudede was talking about hunting for "fun" and not for food.

I stand by my assertion that that knee jerk assumption was irrational.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:14:40 -0800 The Stranger