Banning Internet Hunting is “”Big Brother” Government Run Amok”?
This editorial I ran across on internet hunting while browsing for hunting news is a perfect example of how issues are twisted around to put a person’s own spin on it. If you have no idea of what internet hunting is, you can read a post I did about it here. The pure lack of ethics and sportsman-like conduct of the activity makes it apparent why there is such concern over it.
I find it commendable that states are putting in place legislature to stop such operations before they begin. I also see it as more a case of regulating the shooting of wildlife, which is what hunting regulations already do to traditional hunters, by citizens than limiting what they can or can’t do on the computer. Making the argument “…it’s “Big Brother” government run amok…” does nothing other than turn this into an extremist-political-freedom issue instead of the simple ethics of hunting issue it really is.
No wonder why so many hunting issues get so confusing for non-hunting voters.
hunting, internet hunting, editorials, ethics, rights, legislation
March 10th, 2007 at 11:24 am
You hit the proverbial nail on the head with that post. Like you stated hunting is regulated so why not regulate the internet hunting.
Unfortunately we hear that comments like “big brother is watching you� all the time the very moment someone feels that his rights are infringed upon. Internet hunting is a despicable money driven undertaking that should be outlawed period. It has nothing to do with hunting, it his highly unethical and gives our heritage a very bad name.
-Othmar Vohringer-
March 13th, 2007 at 8:01 am
I couldn’t agree with you more, Othmar. The way I see it, if someone wants to hunt from the computer, there are these things called ‘hunting games’ that they need to be using, instead of shooting deer in another state.