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Originally posted by SimbaTheLion SW77: I'm honestly not bothered whether I'm here or not, so that's hardly a problem.
Mmm, what's to say the humans won't do the same again? Most humans don't think of the consequences of their actions.
No, they're not 'benefiting the system'; there is more than enough food for people in MEDCs at least already - and in fact if our governments weren't so stingy then there would be enough food for people in LEDCs too. And, even if people did hunt, the same amount of animals would be farmed (if not more), because farmers want to make money just like everyone else.
Ok, so how do you propose we handle this then? Should hunting be banned? Should we let the deer populations skyrocket and then die out? Should we exterminate the human race?
And FYI, your logic on farming and making money from it is a little backwards there. If the farmers continued to produce just as much meat with fewer people buying it, they would lose money. Chances are they'd reduce production numbers to prevent losses.
And Pnt's post about necessity summed up a lot of what I wanted to say. Thanks Pnt, well-said.
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Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
Heh, I have a business studies GCSE; I've studied 'needs' and 'wants'. They can quite easily just get food from the supermarket. And if you try to pull the argument of "Oh, some people aren't qualified enough to work.", then well, you could always work in a job that doesn't need any qualifications. It is not necessary. There's nothing really to be debated there.
Are you saying everyone can just get food from the supermarket? Really? You know this for a fact?
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Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
And that crap about hunters having respect for animals is a load of rubbish; if they respected the animals they wouldn't want to kill them in the first place! It's just like me walking up to someone I don't know and saying "Oh, I respect you, so take this!" *Bang* Also, I've seen hunters interviewed on TV, their attitudes are disgusting! Maybe hunting is different where I live to where you live, but here it is absolutely horrible.
Right, because obviously the stereotypes you see on TV or amongst the louder of the bunch apply to the entire group. Thanks for that "open-minded" perspective.
I guess the Inuit people don't respect animals, because all of their food comes from hunting?
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Originally posted by DarkElf
Hating a person is much worse than killing an animal.
Ok, that I cannot agree with. How is dislike of someone worse than ending a life? Are you saying humans have more of a right to live than animals, so much so that they have more of a right to be liked regardless of what they do, than an animal has to live? How can you make a judgment like that?