ORIGINAL: tucker610
ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander
If it is illegal then it is wrong. Any excuse such as doing a person a favor or donation of meat is just a poor excuse to justify a wrong.
In your eyes, this may be true.
But, legality and ethics are separate issues. The law is supposed to reflect the ethics of the community, but they do not always do this.
Some issues are ethical and illegal and some issues are unethical and legal. If you look in history, you see several examples of this - slavery, for one example. A more outdoor oriented example would be the near extermination of the buffalo.
We all have to live in a society with rules. That is what separates us from savages. Some rules/ laws, such as slavery don't stand the test of time and are changed for the better. The near extermination of the American buffalo was a result of no rules. Modern day game management and laws are supposedly designed to protect our natural resources. If a rule or law is wrong then people need to change them. Failing, or choosing, to ignore laws are not the way to make change. People who make their own rules are nothing worse than common criminals who justify their disregard for law with excuses.