Well said Mike. Vic
In a message dated 1/30/03 3:44:33 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Finally, it's human nature to sympathize with a suffering creature. It's >not > >necessarily inconsistent to give money to help a doe with an arrow in its > >head while at the same time tolerating the fact that other bowhunters are > >traipsing about the woods molesting other deer with their bow-and-arrow > >sets. It's an example of a specific and the general case, of acute and > >diffuse interests. Meaning, animal lovers may not be able to legally or > >effectually do anything about "deer hunting" as a general case; but they >may > >be pleased to be able to help one specific deer. > > > >In any case, most hunters I know are also conservationists, and in many > >cases they are also compassionate people. Although they may kill deer, >they > >would still object to torturing them. > > > >Rant mode off, > > > >--Mike > > > >
