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That changes nothing I said.
This guy died doing something that was technically legal but morally indefensible. I'd guess you would get a similar response from many here to the loss of a Japanese whaler in the Southern Ocean
I don't think that the loss of human life is all that dismissible. I think cheering the death of a human is morally indefensible in and of itself. Despite the fact that I hate whaling practices, I wouldn't want those Japanese whalers to die. Kinda sick, IMO, to cheer for human death.
Almost as sick as killing wild animals for fun. The humans had a choice the animals didn't
To be honest, I'm really not.
This guy died doing something that was technically legal but morally indefensible. I'd guess you would get a similar response from many here to the loss of a Japanese whaler in the Southern Ocean
Yes, there are various probabilities one must accept when engaging in dangerous activities, and potential for death or injury is certainly there. But to feel nothing for the loss of human life? That's a bit sick, IMO.
I said I feel sad for his family and the loss they have suffered, but not for him. He took a risk and it cost him his life, sorry, but them's the breaks.
So you don't eat meat or wear leather. anti hunters are pretty disgusting hypocrites in my book and again, its almost always the province of the far left.
Those are the breaks, indeed, but it's still as I stated. Feeling noting for the loss of human life is a bit sick, IMO.
You know those people who watch WWII documentaries and cheer when the Nazis get killed?
I'm one of those people.
Those are the breaks, indeed, but it's still as I stated. Feeling noting for the loss of human life is a bit sick, IMO.
I think it is sick to kill majestic animals like the elephant for no good reason whatsoever. If you engage in the act of killing these animals and you get killed then sorry, but I do not feel sorry for him. I hate that he ended up in such a horrendous manner but that does not mean I have to feel bad for him being dead, just about the manner of how he died.
War is a sad state, sometimes inevitable, but sad none the less. We should fell bad when forced to take life and strive to find ways in which we can build a better future wherein we don't need to take the lives of others.
That being said, this case isn't human v human, it's human v animal and human life has more weight than that of other animals.
You don't have to have any empathy for others, never said you did. It's just that lack of empathy isn't necessarily something I'd say is a good thing.
My point wasn't so much about war, which is sad, but that there are people who deserve to die so there's no need to mourn every death.
However, this doesn't mean this hunter deserved to die. It's just that different people will be affected by it in different ways due to their beliefs.
And some people have a less anthropocentric view than you do. You may think less of them for it. I suspect they do the same wrt to your beliefs.
There's another way to look at it too. How many magnificent African wild animals will now be alive in the future that otherwise wouldn't had this guy not been killed ?
I'm not sure who deserves death or not, I'm not god so I can't say. There are situations where you must protect your own life, and that may entail the use of lethal force. But it's still not a good thing to kill other humans. We should feel bad, even when justified, because human life has value.
That's fine, I'm just stating my opinion. Other people get to make posts such as "hahahah, serves him right, go elephant", and I get to express my own opinions as well. Of which include that cheering the death of a human is a bit sick.
And it appears the elephant was protecting its' own life. Maybe it should feel bad about that. Maybe it does. :shrug:
It depends on what they were hunting, the biology of the creature (such as age, health, etc.) and the effects it has on that local population. You may find that with proper population management, you can end up with more animals on an absolute scale than you would have otherwise.
I'm not sure who deserves death or not, I'm not god so I can't say. There are situations where you must protect your own life, and that may entail the use of lethal force. But it's still not a good thing to kill other humans. We should feel bad, even when justified, because human life has value.
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I'd seriously doubt that the primary motivation for such hunting trips is altruistic conservation.
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