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> Why fox hunt when we have computer games?
>
> It'll only be a matter of time before we get MS FoxHunt Sim.
And there'll be yearly updates, with texture packs for different foxes, attire and horses.
> Silent Thunder mashed the keypad:
> stuff
>
> So the reason to keep hunting is because there will be some unwanted
> dogs and "a flood of unwanted horses"? Which you claim
> will most likely be put down? Which would make your reason for being
> pro-hunting... animal cruelty?
>
> Mmm, irony is delicious when served with sarcasm.
Prfft, read the rest of the post and don't stop half way.
I said fox hunting is quite a barbaric way of dealing with foxes, but it is much better than some farmer with a crooked shot shooting one and leaving it in pain for a few days. Fox hunting does the same, yes, but it's quick. The animal doesn't suffer nearly as much.
>
> It's a funny image though, of all these dressed up toffs in their
> hunt uniforms, hanging around on street corners because there's
> nothing else to do. "They took away our livelihoods." Boo
> hoo, take up stamp collecting.
>
> "They took away our right to kill foxes, so let's go kill the
> dogs and horses we aren't using any more."
Erm.. no?
LETS BAN CARS!
> It's entirely possible that it's not the fox-hunters who are making
> the trouble, but rather a group of people just looking for trouble.
Very true, there is a hardcore group of people who will turn up at any protest and insitigate violence.
Still, crap security breach though.
> An estimated 100,000 foxes are killed per year on our roads compared
> to around 15,000 by hunts.
>
> LETS BAN CARS!
Y'see, cars are useful... Hunting foxes is just completely pointless.