Tim Streater snipped-for-privacy@greenbee.net wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>
>>>>> Tim+ snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>> Chris B snipped-for-privacy@salis.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>> ?Sport? fishing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Should have added that we will still be fishing, but to survive following
>>>>> the collapse in civilisation. We just won?t be inflicting suffering on fish
>>>>> for fun.
>>>>
>>>> You're making an assumption and then asserting it as fact.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Okay, I can?t prove that fish suffer, but equally, you can?t know for
>>> certain that they don?t. Working on the balance of probability and what we
>>> DO know about fishes reactions to stress, it seems more likely than not
>>> that they don?t enjoy a hook through the mouth and being dragged from the
>>> water.
>>>
>>> Given the likelihood of this, doing it just for fun seems unnecessarily >>> cruel.
>>
>> I might agree with that but know nothing of fish physiology.
>>
>> The assumption you're making is that fishermen enjoy inflicting cruelty for >> fun.
>
> ?Fun?, ?sport?? Hair splitting surely? They inflict cruelty for
> fun/sport. I assume that they enjoy their sport otherwise why do it? >
> Of course most sport fishermen/women would probably deny that it?s cruel
> but it?s really hard to see what?s in it for the fish and I think it takes
> more than a little denial to convince yourself that it isn?t unpleasant for
> the fish.
AISB, but perhaps you were nodding off, I know nothing of fish physiology, and cannot therefore judge whether such a hook causes pain or not. I imagine they enjoy their activity, else why do it, but, again, you are assuming that the draw is enjoying cruelty. What evidence are you showing to support that assertion? I've seen none yet other than hand-waving and related vapourings.