Reply to: Foxhunting

[DodgyAgent]

I think NF is from Leicestershire?

I am sure he often encounters *unts on the way home from the pub....

FTFY

[BrilloPad]

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....

[DodgyAgent]

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 )

[darmstadt]

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?)

[xoggoth]

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.

[darmstadt]

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?

[DodgyAgent]

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

[darmstadt]

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...

[DodgyAgent]

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

[Platypus]

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.

[DodgyAgent]

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).

[vwdan]

Actually, having reviewed what kind of 'journalism' Spiked promotes, I've decided to simply pull out of this discussion. The Onion has more integrity.

[vwdan]

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.

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?

[minestrone]

Bring back wolves, that would sort the problem out.

[DodgyAgent]

Same could have been said when murder was outlawed.

Tories shooting themselves in the foot on this issue.

Especially as Cameron has dismissed abolishing the 45% tax bracket, saying that the government has more important issues to deal with.

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.