At 12:23 PM 10/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>This might also be interesting:
>
>Ethical hunting: Is there such a thing?
>
>by Samuel Western, E/The Environmental Magazine
>
>Is there such a thing as "ethical hunting"? A growing number of
>outdoor sportsmen (and, increasingly, women) say there is, and they
>decry the tendency to lump all hunters together as thrill killers
>motivated by blood lust.
The only hunters I am in conflict with are "sport hunters." How can such
a concept ever be viewed as ethical? Killing other creatures for the shear
pleasure derived from
their death is insane conduct.
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Michael B. Harris
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"It is only amoung fools that the wise are judged to be destitute
of wisdom." --Socrates
"Any logically coherent body of doctrine is sure to be in part painful
and contrary to current prejudices." --Socrates
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you
do it." --Mahatma Gandhi
``The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can
be judged by the way its animals are treated.''
Mahatma Ghandi
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