"Boater" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:

Why do you have such disdain for folks that hunt air breathing creatures
but find fishing acceptable?


Because I can. I don't think stalking animals in the woods, and then
shooting them from 200 yards away with a high-powered rifle and scope is
"sport." I'm also disgusted these days by those who fish for sharks and
other mostly inedible pelagics for the "sport" of it.

There's absolutely nothing "manly" about shooting deer or doves or most
other harmless creatures.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with *thinning* the herd. It's good
conservation. I don't condone the killing if the meat is wasted.

What isn't *harmless* about the creatures of lakes/sea that are fished from
the end of a line where the creature cannot see his enemy?

Seems a bit hypocritical to me.