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| Author | Topic: Banning Fox Hunting might be as popular as people think. |
| Varmit |
posted 10/1/02 2:20 PM
A line from a recent article: "LONDON (AP) - To the blare of hunting horns and the shriek of whistles, about 400,000 people marched through the streets of London on Sunday to support fox hunting and the rural way of life." |
| Varmit |
posted 10/1/02 9:56 PM
The heading was suppose to read: Banning Fox Hunting might not be as popular as people think. Got it right this time. |
| Kelli |
posted 10/4/02 1:20 AM
Do you support fox hunting? I'm not gonna get mad if you do, I was just wondering. I like to hear other's opinions on subjects. |
| Varmit |
posted 10/4/02 1:22 AM
Yes I support Fox Hunting, after all its a European culture. |
| vulpes |
posted 10/4/02 8:16 AM
I support it,but think its a total waste of a fox skin. |
| Equinely Yours |
posted 10/4/02 3:17 PM
I've always wanted to go to the UK and take part in a fox hunt. Tally Ho! |
| Gene |
posted 10/5/02 0:31 AM
I'm on the fence about fox hunting. I won't protest, nor support it. It's a tradition having more to do with horses and dogs than actually catching a fox. Also, it's the dogs who kill the fox and enjoy the "fruits" of their labor. I don't mind letting hunting dogs do their thing. I grew up with hounds and they love the hunt. (Like whatsisname, Trapper John said, it sure is a waste of a fox pelt, cause there's nothing left when the dogs are done.) I'm certain the English protest has more to do with economic class resentment than an |
| Gene |
posted 10/6/02 4:03 PM
To make clear what I said in my previous post, I consider hunting one of man's most primal survival skills. We should never lose our ability to hunt. While I'm vegetarian, if the proverbial poop hits the fan in a doomsday scenerio, a good hunter is probably the first guy I'd make friends with (Vegetarian: Indian word for bad hunter.). But I don't consider English fox hunting a survival skill at all, though I wouldn't vote to abolish it because, once you start, where do you stop? And regarding American hunters: even the cliche of the drunken executives falling into creeks and shooting one another is okay with me. Some hunting skills are better than none. Are any of you Sopranos fans? In it's third season, tough mobsters Pauly and Christopher get lost in the snowy Jersey Pines woods while chasing a Russian hit. It's hysterical! However, last October I spent several days with real cowboys gathering cattle, and none of them were macho a**holes; they didn't need to be. On my way home I encountered a large group of hunters and their kids at a rest area. Those guys disgusted me: they were city people swaggering around, grunting & struttin' macho till it dripped like bacon fat, like pathetic wannabes. There's gotta be a middle-ground. Lessee, rural people in touch with reality, city slickers living a dumbass fantasy.......... |
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