It does if the fisherman has to dodge hungry sharks drawn in by the
blood flowing from the fish he speared ...
On 15/01/2010, at 10:23 AM, David Berg wrote:
The immorality of all fishing and hunting lies not just in the
taking of life and the cruelty, but in that it is all "take" and no
give. These people just want something for free, and it comes with
satisfying their blood lust at the same time. One of the worst of
all must be spear fishing, where you swim up to a slow moving,
ancient fish and shoot it at point blank range with a high powered
spear, and this somehow makes you a hero.
--- On Fri, 15/1/10, Peter Shute <> wrote:
From: Peter Shute <>
Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] FW: [Surfbirdsnews] Derogatory article on
twitchersin latest AnglingTimes
To: "Dave Torr" <>, "Alan Gillanders" <
>
Cc: "birding aus" <>
Received: Friday, 15 January, 2010, 9:36 AM
I don't know how many members Australia's fishing associations have,
but I would imagine it's in proportion to any threats to their right
to fish. Duck shooting is always under threat, as is gun ownership
in general, but angling is usually only under threat of local
restrictions.
While I believe angling is cruel too, there are some big
differences. The main one is the number of birds/fish that are left
wounded and dying. Apart from that, the differences are cosmetic -
fishing is done very quietly, and the struggle occurs under water
where it can't be seen.
Peter
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