Re: Yesterday we received the great news that the Hunting Bill will be reintroduced to the Commons next week.

From: Mary Fisher (mary.fisher_at_zetnet.co.uk)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:41:02 +0100

"Oz" <oz@farmeroz.port995.com> wrote in message
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> Martin Willett <ignoredmailbox@ntlworld.com> writes
> >Oz wrote:
>
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>
>
> Being a class warrior is inciting divisions in society that should not
> and in general do not exist. The few snobs I have come across have been
> people from modest backgrounds now, for various reasons, into lots of
> money; and the rabid communists seem to come from very comfortable
> backgrounds but now fallen on harder times.

I have the same experience, except that the 'rabid communists' don't have to
have fallen on harder times.

>

> >
> >Remember I'm smarter than you are.
>
> Really?

Really?
>
>
> >At least I don't dress up in fancy dress and blow a horn
> >so everybody for miles around can know I'm taking a little sadistic
> >pleasure from vermin control.
>
> Hmmm. Mor of your hangups surfacing.
> Please don't assume that because you would feel a sadistic pleasure,
> that others do to.

What's more, not all hunting with hounds is done in what he calls 'fancy
dress' (I wonder what he regards as 'normal' dress?) and very few blow horns
and those who do don't to let the rest of the world know. Doesn't really
know much about the hunt, does he?
>

>
> My view on fohunting is primarily that it reduces cruelty to foxes.
> I couldn't give a toss about people who see it as a class war issue, and
> do not believe the majority get any particular pleasure from any
> suffering the fox may or may not have.
>
> Remember, I said originally that I rather like foxes, and a population
> adequately controlled so it doesn't savage pets or livestock is
> something I would wish to preserve. A hunt galloping over someone
> elses's land is quite a sight that it would be a shame to loose for
> similar reasons.
>
> Pretty straightforward logic I would say.

It is. Well said, Oz.

Mary
>
> --
> Oz
> This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious.
>
> BTOPENWORLD address about to cease. DEMON address no longer in use.
> >>Use oz@farmeroz.port995.com<<
> ozacoohdb@despammed.com still functions.
>

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