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+27.62 Precision wrote:I'm not against killing, and I am especially in favor of wiping out the hogs. I know ugly methods are used sometimes to control invasive species.
I have always thought that killing and death should at least be handled in a respectful way, if possible. I have a hard time watching pigs get blown apart without feeling a little bit of revulsion, especially if people are laughing about it. Maybe just because I have seen humans blown apart just like that, but I think it is more about the lack of respect and dignity to me.
...and the 'anti-Tannerite' lobby, too....gundownunder wrote:It's that sort of stuff that the anti-hunting lobby judge all of us by.
Are you seriously classifying blowing up a mob of pigs with explosive as hunting?"Neutral" people see the tannerite video, even if they understand just how destructive hogs are, and then vote for more restrictions on hunting
True; even though I would never intentionally make an animal suffer, even a cockroach or horsefly or rat or feral dog, I am skeptical of "laws" that would regulate such things - because nearly every law against a 'moral' issue winds up backfiring. There are things I despise, yet making them illegal is more of a danger to society than the action itself.Old Ironsights wrote:Funny how some people let their personal sense of "ethics" mutate into "there ought to be a law"...
No, I call it "Vermin elimination", not all that different (or more wasteful) than Poison (ruins meat, death by poison ain't fun) or fumigation/propane detonation of burrowers, etc.gundownunder wrote:Are you seriously classifying blowing up a mob of pigs with explosive as hunting?"Neutral" people see the tannerite video, even if they understand just how destructive hogs are, and then vote for more restrictions on hunting
Not me, but those on the fence might.
Good point...mikld wrote:Just guessing here. I saw a kangaroo hopping around so I assume this was shot in Australia. I think they have experience and memories with new/invasive species like the rabbits that are a plague, so they prolly don't want another invasion taking place in their country. So, all "humanity" toward pigs is called off...
I would never disrespect a goat like that...especially one with a sore bum....Old Ironsights wrote:Funny how some people let their personal sense of "ethics" mutate into "there ought to be a law"...
I think it's a waste of tannerite, but it wasn't my tannerite, it was theirs to expend in any otherwise non-harmful way they chose. But if the movie had been of a bunch of Rags gathering around a Goat everyone would be cheering rather than saying how it's going to make the Antis whine...
FWiedner wrote:I'm not offended by any of it, I just think there's more efficient ways to kill hogs and use Tannerite.
The "hunters" in the vid got the hogs to bait, so there's good evidence that they could easily have been trapped.
Explosions are always fun and this application was creative, but IMO really amounts to not much more than cruelty to animals.
I don't think I'd go so far as to 'pass a law', but I don't think I'd waste my energy patting those guys on the back for their accomplishment.
I'm really torn. Playing with the Tannerite looks like fun, but blowing up dumb animals for amusement is kinda sad.
I don't know that I'd be concerned if it were a goat. I don't particularly care for the creatures.BlaineG wrote:Yer still thinking about the goat.....
+1.FWiedner wrote:I'm not offended by any of it, I just think there's more efficient ways to kill hogs and use Tannerite.
The "hunters" in the vid got the hogs to bait, so there's good evidence that they could easily have been trapped.
Explosions are always fun and this application was creative, but IMO really amounts to not much more than cruelty to animals.
I don't think I'd go so far as to 'pass a law', but I don't think I'd waste my energy patting those guys on the back for their accomplishment.
I'm really torn. Playing with the Tannerite looks like fun, but blowing up dumb animals for amusement is kinda sad.
...er, would that 'relationship' be genetic, or romantic...FWiedner wrote:I don't know that I'd be concerned if it were a goat. I don't particularly care for the creatures.
But I got a 'relationship' with feral hogs.
More like the non-consensual stalking kind of thing.AJMD429 wrote:...er, would that 'relationship' be genetic, or romantic...FWiedner wrote:I don't know that I'd be concerned if it were a goat. I don't particularly care for the creatures.
But I got a 'relationship' with feral hogs.![]()
7.62 Precision wrote:I'm not against killing, and I am especially in favor of wiping out the hogs. I know ugly methods are used sometimes to control invasive species.
I have always thought that killing and death should at least be handled in a respectful way, if possible. I have a hard time watching pigs get blown apart without feeling a little bit of revulsion, especially if people are laughing about it. Maybe just because I have seen humans blown apart just like that, but I think it is more about the lack of respect and dignity to me.