Hunting Is NOT A Sport
I don't hunt. But I have major problems with those who do. Tell me again why using a weapon to harm a defenseless animal makes you a man. I find it amazing that there exists this whole industry that revolves around killing.
Most of the sports I know of consist of playing games. Hunting is considered a "sport" by a whole lot of people, particularly where I live now. The sad part of this "sport" is that the people who love hunting actually enjoy killing things. They enjoy wielding a gun or crossbow, and firing it upon another living creature. Maybe that was acceptable in 50,000 B.C., but currently it just happens to be 2005.
Just about the dumbest argument I hear from proponents of hunting is that they hunt for food. Agriculture was invented more than 10,000 years ago people. I at least have respect for the hunters who actually admit that they love hunting because they love to kill. If hunting humans were legal, they probably would hunt them too (this may be controversial, but I think a lot of cops and even some !gasp! military troops fall into this category, and maybe I'll even write a blog about this one in the future).
Surprise hunters! The animals don't know that they're playing, and if they did I'm sure they wouldn't want to play anyways. Afterall, is this game even fair? Maybe I'd have a little more respect for your stupid "sport" if you actually put aside your weapons and hunt the animals with your intelligence and agility alone. Then we'll see who wins.
Another stupid argument I hear from hunters is that hunting deer helps to control overpopulation, and thus they're "saving" the deer from starvation as their competitors exhaust the food supply. Yeah right. I'm sure that is why you hunt, because you feel it is your civic duty to keep the deer population down so soccer moms don't hit them with their cars. And who says that the deer are overpopulated? They're too overpopulated for your liking. Seems like they're following natural law to me. Afterall, we're the ones who tear down their forests and invade their natural space.
Now we will get to the honest hunters, the ones who admit that they have a God fetish for the power of taking life. They love to feel that rifle in their hands because it gives them a rush. When they see that particular herbivore eating a plant in their sights, and pull the trigger. Have you seen these people? Dressed up in their camouflauge outfits and hiding in a tree for hours on end, waiting for anything that moves to walk by. If animals didn't move and weren't able to run away, I guess that would make hunting boring, wouldn't it? I haven't seen one person out there hunting plants.
Most of these hunters are also gun proponents, and vice versa. A lot of these people are members of the NRA, saying it is their "constitutional right" to kill deer and squirrels with their Tech-Nine or AK-47 assault rifles. How much firepower can you possibly require to hunt? Is it even a "sport" anymore if you only need to pull and hold a trigger, firing off 30 rounds per second spraying bullets anywhere in the animal's general direction? Can you even miss your target? Afterall, people who use steroids to knock baseballs out of the park are cheating, right?
I'm not saying that we should outlaw hunting. I'm simply saying that the people who do it get off on killing. There's no other explanation for why they would do such a thing. These people truly sadden me. It saddens me even more that innocent animals are dying just so these people can get their jollies and have fun. Hunting is a tradition that modern man should have abandoned years and years ago.
Most of the sports I know of consist of playing games. Hunting is considered a "sport" by a whole lot of people, particularly where I live now. The sad part of this "sport" is that the people who love hunting actually enjoy killing things. They enjoy wielding a gun or crossbow, and firing it upon another living creature. Maybe that was acceptable in 50,000 B.C., but currently it just happens to be 2005.
Just about the dumbest argument I hear from proponents of hunting is that they hunt for food. Agriculture was invented more than 10,000 years ago people. I at least have respect for the hunters who actually admit that they love hunting because they love to kill. If hunting humans were legal, they probably would hunt them too (this may be controversial, but I think a lot of cops and even some !gasp! military troops fall into this category, and maybe I'll even write a blog about this one in the future).
Surprise hunters! The animals don't know that they're playing, and if they did I'm sure they wouldn't want to play anyways. Afterall, is this game even fair? Maybe I'd have a little more respect for your stupid "sport" if you actually put aside your weapons and hunt the animals with your intelligence and agility alone. Then we'll see who wins.
Another stupid argument I hear from hunters is that hunting deer helps to control overpopulation, and thus they're "saving" the deer from starvation as their competitors exhaust the food supply. Yeah right. I'm sure that is why you hunt, because you feel it is your civic duty to keep the deer population down so soccer moms don't hit them with their cars. And who says that the deer are overpopulated? They're too overpopulated for your liking. Seems like they're following natural law to me. Afterall, we're the ones who tear down their forests and invade their natural space.
Now we will get to the honest hunters, the ones who admit that they have a God fetish for the power of taking life. They love to feel that rifle in their hands because it gives them a rush. When they see that particular herbivore eating a plant in their sights, and pull the trigger. Have you seen these people? Dressed up in their camouflauge outfits and hiding in a tree for hours on end, waiting for anything that moves to walk by. If animals didn't move and weren't able to run away, I guess that would make hunting boring, wouldn't it? I haven't seen one person out there hunting plants.
Most of these hunters are also gun proponents, and vice versa. A lot of these people are members of the NRA, saying it is their "constitutional right" to kill deer and squirrels with their Tech-Nine or AK-47 assault rifles. How much firepower can you possibly require to hunt? Is it even a "sport" anymore if you only need to pull and hold a trigger, firing off 30 rounds per second spraying bullets anywhere in the animal's general direction? Can you even miss your target? Afterall, people who use steroids to knock baseballs out of the park are cheating, right?
I'm not saying that we should outlaw hunting. I'm simply saying that the people who do it get off on killing. There's no other explanation for why they would do such a thing. These people truly sadden me. It saddens me even more that innocent animals are dying just so these people can get their jollies and have fun. Hunting is a tradition that modern man should have abandoned years and years ago.
posted by J-Mart @ 6:20 PM
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