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26-06-2018, 04:42 PM
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[QUOTE=JBR;1448452]Yes, ethically it is completely different.

For as long as man has existed, he has eaten meat. Neither is he alone. All carnivores eat meat.

As an (almost) vegetarian, one would expect me to condemn that, but I don't. It is nature.

However, killing animals - any animals - simply for fun is despicable and, if I thought I could get away with it,



Go on then, you do the deed and I won't tell it was you
Oops missed a bit off the quote
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26-06-2018, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Lion Queen ->
However, killing animals - any animals - simply for fun is despicable [B]
And that is the crucial difference.
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26-06-2018, 05:45 PM
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Canned hunting

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...bred-slaughter
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26-06-2018, 05:53 PM
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Re: Trophy hunter shoots dead a rare black giraffe

[QUOTE=Lion Queen;1448653]
Originally Posted by JBR ->
Yes, ethically it is completely different.

For as long as man has existed, he has eaten meat. Neither is he alone. All carnivores eat meat.

As an (almost) vegetarian, one would expect me to condemn that, but I don't. It is nature.

However, killing animals - any animals - simply for fun is despicable and, if I thought I could get away with it,



Go on then, you do the deed and I won't tell it was you
Oops missed a bit off the quote
Money talks I guess.
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26-06-2018, 07:52 PM
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Re: Trophy hunter shoots dead a rare black giraffe

Originally Posted by Muddy ->
I don't eat all that stuff .
Apart from anything it's chock full of nitrates that will kill you.
Eating a animal that is so close to us in intelligence ( probaby more intelligent than some) is anathema to me.
No names of course.
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26-06-2018, 08:22 PM
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Re: Trophy hunter shoots dead a rare black giraffe

[QUOTE=Lion Queen;1448653]
Originally Posted by JBR ->
Yes, ethically it is completely different.

For as long as man has existed, he has eaten meat. Neither is he alone. All carnivores eat meat.

As an (almost) vegetarian, one would expect me to condemn that, but I don't. It is nature.

However, killing animals - any animals - simply for fun is despicable and, if I thought I could get away with it,



Go on then, you do the deed and I won't tell it was you
Oops missed a bit off the quote
You also missed a [] with /quote inside
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26-06-2018, 08:25 PM
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Re: Trophy hunter shoots dead a rare black giraffe

[QUOTE=JBR;1448759]
Originally Posted by Lion Queen ->

You also missed a [] with /quote inside
it's me age tha nos, am old me
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26-06-2018, 08:27 PM
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No names of course.
I think we all know who you mean!
 
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