: : :even on factory lines i am almost certain that cows are killed instantly(because people just wouldn't allow it to happen any other way): : WHAT??!!!! What planet do you live on? Wake up, Hunter! Factory farms are despised precisely because animals suffer terribly in them. Go to www.farmsanctuary.com for a beginner's education in the horrors that animals endure in modern farming. You are absolutely wrong on this one, my friend.
: I know that i have a lot to learn. If you read my other passage you will understand why.
: : Also, as a hunter you are depriving a thinking, feeling being of its life when this is not necessary. Furthermore, I don't know what kind of animal you hunt, but bear in mind that the animals you kill may have mates who would mourn their loss, or children who would die if left parentless.
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: Actually in duck hunting, which is primarily what i do, if you are good you can ussually get both mates however in deer hunting that is not possible but i don't hunt deer. As for the children that is why we have seasons in which we can't hunt. By the time the season comes around the babies have all grown up.
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: : As I've written before, hunting bothers me the least of all "animal" issues because the hunted animals, unlike animals in factory farms, for example, get to live their lives free and unmolested until killed by a hunter. So, though I'm arguing here with you on this chatboard, hunting is the one animal issue I do not actively protest. I'm simply saying to you that while I understand your enjoyment of meat and I understand that hunting means something deep, even spiritual, to you, there are other ways of living which minimize the amount of suffering and killing we human beings cause, and in my opinion, being a vegetarian is one of the better ways of doing so.
: I agree with you becoming a vegitarian is a good way to cut down on the killing humans do. However i don't see myself as ever becoming one just because it is the way i feel about life.
Since you are a thoughtful person, you'll find that as you get older, many of your views will change. Will you become vegetarian? Who knows? Just keep an open mind, and things will work themselves out for you.
