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Originally Posted by Rudey
All those years that animals survived, evolved, and maintained a natural equilibrium before guns were invented are always ignored by people who use that as the reason why hunting is necessary.
And someone can have a gut ethical reaction to killing for sport and enjoyment much like most of the people that hunt have a gut reaction against homosexuality and gel heads.
It's also funny creating an analogy of hunting vs supermarket food in terms of humanity when you have absolutely no credible evidence and statistics on "pain" at the butcher shops. I'd be willing to bet that most people don't even get clean shots and no matter what there is pain involved.
-Rudey
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If you want to have a gut reaction against killing the animals, that is perfectly fine with me. But you should realize that hunters (and their families and friends) do eat the meat of the animals that are killed; it is not merely for "sport and enjoyment", as you put it. The meat is also used for food.
And yes, I am going to argue that hunting is more moral and healthy way to obtain meat, should you choose to eat it, than this:
