ORIGINAL: stealthycatapithicus
IMO the harm/corruption begins when a hunter or group of hunters decide that their particular obsession should be everyone's and start trying to push their view on others
cool, you have no problems then with crossbows in archery season ?
you have no problems with poison pods for arrows ?
you don't mind if I lob 125 yard shots at deer and elk ?
Want an anaology ?
The harm or corruption of sex begins when a person or group of persons decide that their particular way should be everyones and try to push their views on everyone as well.
Good anology right ? Well then why should you tellMr child pornographer that his little obeseeion doesn't fall into the lines of what is and isn't acceptable ? Wht should you try and push your views on him ?
Because we both know he's wrong, don't we ?
I guess I was making the "wild" assumption that everyone understoodmy responsewas about "hunting" obsessions and "legal" ones at that. The thread is aboutthe obsession some have with shooting big bucks being harmfull to the sport so as far as I'm concerned your supossed analogy with sex and pornographyis just nuts! You seem to want to take this down an ethics path. It's a no brainer that an obsession with some illegal, illicit or unethicalbehavior is harmfull. That's just not what we're talking about. A single minded pursuit of a big buck is something that islegal and ethical and in fact is something most hunters, though not obsessed with the idea, do indeed aspire to.