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I don't think that makes anyone a hypocrite, but it does reveal that the line isn't drawn at shooting animals for fun. You could make a distinction between justified and unjustified killing of animals for fun, but I responded to an unconditional statement.
I think Trek knew about this since it dates back to June 2022 but of course the media interest might bring different consequences.
Your point would be a lot more compelling if recreational hunting wasn't already hugely controversial, and quite likely to be frowned upon by most people tearing Tiberi a new one for what he did
Hugely so? Say 20 % of some population would want it outlawed, do you think all activities that had such a numerous opposition should be described as hugely controversial?
Recreational hunting is controversial in Europe? Wow the US really is different from Europe in terms of that kinda stuff. BTW, there should be more punishment for Tiberi.
I, too, love pulling numbers out of my *** to defend someone murdering a cat.
I’d be really Interested in how people see hunting as worse than animal farming and slaughter, as long as the animals are being eaten. I think the rate of vegetarians/vegans is less than 20% of the population so wouldn’t make sense for a higher percentage than that to oppose hunting, unless people really are hypocrites. I guess I just answered my own question then.
Your first links says 26 % affirms "Do you think hunting animals for sport is wrong and should be prohibited by law". I can think of many activities where an equal portion of the population would want it outlawed, yet few here would describe that as hugely controversial.
Veering very far away from cycling here, but the Canadian poll I linked has 14% for and 81% against hunting for sport, 62% for and 32% against hunting for meat, and 72% for and 22% against the consumption of meat. And fwiw there are issues with hunting, even for meat, that don't apply to the wider meat industry, mainly the fact that people - including non-hunters - can be accidentally killed by hunters.
...and a further 33% disapprove of hunting but also disapprove of a ban, but apparently that combination of views doesn't count towards the controversiality of the issue?
And what did the 20 % in my original post refer to?
I think using measures of "opposing" in a question of outlawing is a far more spectacular miss. I meant what I wrote, so it'd be fruitful if you stuck with the actual meaning of my post.
I didn't accuse anyone of hypocrisy, nor did I call anyone out. I probed @search's views.
It wasn't obvious to me that hunting game would deem one as a proper ***.
It's unsurprising that an act of violence is an indicator for other acts of violence, but surely it matters more to what degree it's causal.
Americans like guns, Europeans don't (except for Antonio Tiberi).
I know that but I still would think some people would like to hunt game. I personally don’t, but many of my friends like to hunt so I was just curious.
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