On Mar 10, 6:37 pm, "Danl" danlfinn@*remove this*intergate.com
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"Halfordian Golfer" wrote in message

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Agreed. Drawing that line. It's a very interesting and exceedingly
difficult thing to try and do. For one, it's not clear that there's
even a line for a demarcation of where we would 'wantonly' stress,
maim or kill an organism. I'm not sure what other organisms we even do
that for (to?) to be honest. But, if there is a line of what organisms
we'd wantonly stress, maim or kill I'm not sure how to draw it. What
is 'above' or 'below' any such line? Is a bird above or below a fish?
Is a fish above or below a reptile? What about a bat? So "mammals"
wouldn't be an organizational boundary either I'd think.

This gets to a really, really meaty question and I'm glad to ask you.

Why do we only 'fish' for fish?

I guess you've never been to a rodeo. Or a bull fight, or a cock fight, or a
dog fight. Heck, have you ever seen someone break a horse? That animal
looks pretty stressed. How do you view all the various "training" that pets
go through for our companionship?

Tim, why are you so singleminded about C&R? What do you hope to accomplish?

Danl

Bull Fighting | C&R
Cock Fighting | Dog Fighting
Rodeo Calf Roping
Horse Breaking

Excellent Comparisons. Remember you came up with the list, not me.

No, I have never been to a dog fight though I think I'd get pretty
upset at one.

I don't think breaking a horse should be on that same list if, for no
other reason, the "just for fun" clause is non-specific. Horses are
very useful and excellent companions.

Rodeo I'd say is questionable and somewhere in between, however.

Still, I struggle to think of any other animal we actually impale with
a hook in the anatomy somewhere and then drag to us, for no damned
good reason except it's really fun.

Can you?

Your pal,

Halfordian Golfer