I think that guy from the Most Dangerous Game got it right.

[jackson_nash]

Rant ahead.

So I was reading this short story by someone online. So I reviewed and said that it was imcompatible for someone to be compassionate about human rights but then turn around and be a hunter. The author replied. This totally pissed me off:

Meh, I think it's possible to care about how creatures are treated and still

Comments

[zombiesplease]

I have nothing to say about this post, other than voicing my opinion that the analogy made to GSA/hate crimes is way off.

[jackson_nash]

Giving it sometime and coming back. That analogy is wrong. So I apologize if I offended anyone.

[spirulinai]

I've always likened 'happy meat' with 'happy rape', in that either are inherently impossible. it can't be humane if it lacks consent.

[igivesafuck]

you guys must not know very many hunters... very very few hunters in western culture hunt for sustenance. most hunters view animals as creatures that exist only to serve humans. it would be different if the hunting was survival based or for certain political reasons, then it might be more acceptable.

and whoever said that hunters are more in touch with animals than vegans are, is highly off track

[darkfurie]

I agree with this last point - killing something and being "in touch" with it are very different things.

[bitspike]

+1

Many of the comments to this entry surprised me.

[scarlet_noir]

I agree with you. It's utterly hypocritical to claim to give a shit about animal rights then murder them...especially when it's unnecessary for survival.
How can anyone justify hunting and killing as humane?
I have no respect for hunters or their excuses when there are alternatives.

[fieryworld]

This reminds me of that video posted the other day - 30 Days, where a hunter went and lived with a vegan family. In the end he said he believed in animal rights but was still going to go hunt. I guess he just felt that factory farming was unnecessarily cruel but hunting was not. In the beginning though he seemed to be of the opinion that animals just served humans and had no value of their own. I think this is how most hunters are. And I think very few hunters only eat meat that they hunt and bypass all other meat like hamburgers. So I really don't think it's very compassionate at all. Plus, you can't say you believe in animal rights and then hunt - it's kind of opposing viewpoints there.

[affectionjunkie]

when I ran a veg*n group in college we had people who weren't even vegetarians in the group. They were coming to get educated and maybe start to change their lifestyle in a more veg*n direction.

What if a person is very against animal testing and they joined the group to find others who share this view? Or maybe it is fur industry? I personally feel a little twinge of anger at people who run eco groups or AR groups and still eat meat, but you aren't going to educate people by turning them away.