Ban Fishing

[Moscow Mule]

It is a cruel sport that does not even have the saving grace of paying at least lip service to providing some sort of useful service.

It provides lovely fish for your belly, isn't that a useful service?

[Kyajae]

..... Except fly fishing, now there's an art.

I once spent a whole six hours fly fishing. Didn't catch one bloody fly. Complete waste of a day.

[DodgyAgent]

It is not about service, it is a hobby....!!!

And cruel? How do you know that the fish feel pain? Is it any crueller than say, horse racing?

It does induce pain in fish. They have nerves just like you and I. Horse racing from what I understand horses enjoy racing but dont enjoy having a hook stuck in their mouth.

[DodgyAgent]

It provides lovely fish for your belly, isn't that a useful service?

So why is fishing so much a sport where the fish are thrown back?

[Ardesco]

But... it's ok to eat fish because they don't have any feeling..

[Let-Me-In]

So why is fishing so much a sport where the fish are thrown back?

So that other people can then have the pleasure of catching them!!!

Not all fish are good for eating either due to their size or species, so no point in killing them for the sake of it....hence "sport"

[DodgyAgent]

But... it's ok to eat fish because they don't have any feeling..

Who says?

[hyperD]

Banned?

If it was perceived as a sport solely for the gratification of the gentry, then I'm sure it would have been already...

[Let-Me-In]

It does induce pain in fish. They have nerves just like you and I. Horse racing from what I understand horses enjoy racing but dont enjoy having a hook stuck in their mouth.

Do they enjoy getting run ragged round a track with someone on their back and getting hit with that whip???

They may have nerves but do they feel pain? Some fish like mullet have large rubbery lips that have no nerves so hence do not feel pain....

[Rantor]

One slight snag there. How do you avoid getting arrested when someone hears a big bang or two and alerts the security forces?

Not so much a big bang more a big splash.

If they catch you doing it of the coast of Burma they execute you on the spot apparently - maybe this could be part of DA's scheme.*


* The execute thingy is based on something I read on the interweb so probably true