The ridiculousness of Obama

[notyoueither]

Right, and if you want to kill animals for sport you are completely normal and well-adjusted.

I don't do that, and don't approve of it either.

Wanting to inflict pain on animals is a sign of disturbing psychological problems.

[notyoueither]

I don't sport fish, for instance. While in Mexico, I passed on the opportunities to go marlin fishing.

[giblets]

Yes, actually. Enjoying hunting something isn't the same as enjoying watching something in pain. Obviously we can argue all day over the various philosophical aspects of hunting vs animal cruelty and whatnot, which is why I don't think we ought to legislate too strictly on either since it's a bit subjective. I just contend that if you think it's fun to watch something writhe in pain, you're a little screwed up.

Sometimes when I see a cockroach in my home I watch it flail about after getting it with roach spray before scooping it up and flushing it did the toilet. It's a disgusting bug, there's nothing cruel about inflicting it with pain.

[notyoueither]

Sometimes when I see a cockroach in my home I watch it flail about after getting it with roach spray before scooping it up and flushing it did the toilet. It's a disgusting bug, there's nothing cruel about inflicting it with pain.

I think there is.

[Dinner]

I don't sport fish, for instance. While in Mexico, I passed on the opportunities to go marlin fishing.

Sport fishing is great. Hmm, tasty fishies. :yum:

[notyoueither]

Sport fishing is great. Hmm, tasty fishies. :yum:

I love fishing, or at least did when I was younger.

I just don't want to do things that inflict harm or pain on any living thing unless it is necessary.

[Hauldren Collider]

Sometimes when I see a cockroach in my home I watch it flail about after getting it with roach spray before scooping it up and flushing it did the toilet. It's a disgusting bug, there's nothing cruel about inflicting it with pain.

That's because it's a bug. It barely even has a brain. I don't object to squishing bugs or even reptiles. Mammals and cephalopods are far more intelligent, however.

[Kidlicious]

Why shouldn't you kill rats?

[Fake Boris]

Define needless. Is eating meat needless?

Actually it is.

[Dinner]

****ing hippy. If god didn't want me to eat meat he wouldn't have made it taste so god damned good.

[Elok]

Right, and if you want to kill animals for sport you are completely normal and well-adjusted.

Well-adjusted or not, no hunting means a lot more deer running out in front of cars. The population needs to be kept down, and bullets are a lot cheaper than cars.

[PLATO]

Man, Ramo was pretty prophetic about Obama from early on.

Yeah. Very few things on Poly have ever unnerved me more........

[Boris Godunov]

No, eating meat is not needless. What can be needless is the process of how the meat gets to your plate.

Er, by what definition of "needless?"

One can easily subsist in perfect health without eating meat at all.

[notyoueither]

That is open to debate.

[Egbert]

Well-adjusted or not, no hunting means a lot more deer running out in front of cars. The population needs to be kept down, and bullets are a lot cheaper than cars.

But deer running in front of cars helps keep down the deer population and helps prevent human overpopulation. This helps contain two populations at once. Is that good?

It also increases demand for cars to replace the smashed up wrecks which is good for employment.