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    #21
    Originally posted by vwdan View Post
    As an argument, this makes no sense whatsoever really. You surely agree that animal cruelty laws, in general, are a good thing? As in, I should be restricted in my 'rights' to randomly torture my cat?
    I believe that foxes are classified as Vermin because they are a threat to humans in one way or another like rats . in the case of foxes they kill farm animals which has a detrimental effect on people's livelihoods. Organising a hunt to kill them is I believe the most cost effective and efficient way of culling them. I do not like the idea of people getting enjoyment from killing animals but for many in rural areas it gives employment and a sense of community. as I endorse the killing of animals for food and my livelihood is not affected by the antics of foxes I feel I am in no position to stop others from hunting (which would include fishing).
    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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      #22
      Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
      That is it. Banning Foxhunting has no material benefit to anyone. So it is not as if one liberty is being taken away in order to deliver another liberty.
      What I meant was they should leave the ban in place as it is now. Relaxing the law will just piss people off. People who just voted Tory for the first time, some of them.

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        #23
        Originally posted by Platypus View Post
        What I meant was they should leave the ban in place as it is now. Relaxing the law will just piss people off. People who just voted Tory for the first time, some of them.
        It may piss people off but only to pander to prejudice
        Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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          #24
          Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
          OK O'Neill is editor but that doesn't let you off the hook in answering the points does it?
          Yes it does as I wasn't arguing the points in the article at all, just pointing out a simple mistake in your post...
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #25
            Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
            Yes it does as I wasn't arguing the points in the article at all, just pointing out a simple mistake in your post...
            You are right about something at long last
            Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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              #26
              Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
              That is it. Banning Foxhunting has no material benefit to anyone. So it is not as if one liberty is being taken away in order to deliver another liberty.
              What about cock fights? Badger baiting? Bear fights? Dog fights? Squirrel worrying? Agent trolling?
              Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                #27
                Methinks your problem is with the posh people using it as a sport
                I do wonder if this "posh" thing is a myth. People who hunt round here are mostly as common as muck, it's more us posh(ish) sorts who oppose it.
                bloggoth

                If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                  Bring back wolves, that would sort the problem out.
                  There you go: Wolves, lynx and wild boar could be reintroduced to British forests - Environment - The Independent

                  We're starting to see wolves here, in fact some have been seen not far from me although a couple have recently been run over by cars and there have been sightings of bears in Bavaria. Didn't the Daily Mail run a scare campaign a short while back about European Wolves invading the UK (wandered through the tunnel, climbed into the back of a lorry?)
                  Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                    I do wonder if this "posh" thing is a myth. People who hunt round here are mostly as common as muck, it's more us posh(ish) sorts who oppose it.
                    It is perception. (PS you need to move to a proper hunting county like Leicestershire )
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                      #30
                      Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
                      It is perception. (PS you need to move to a proper hunting county like Leicestershire )
                      I think NF is from Leicestershire?

                      I am sure he often encounters fox hunts on the way home from the pub....

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