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Originally Posted by Pierre
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Fox hunting is a sport, a countryside pastime, believed by the great unwashed to be partaken only by the landed gentry, which is the only reason it was banned. Because Labour reckon it is a sport for snobs, a day out for the rich, so Labour must stop the rich having their fun.
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Just because it has gone of for a long time does not make it right. There is no sport in the torture of another living being, other than the crazed perverted bloodlust of another. The loudest cry of classist behaviour comes not from the objectors of this activity, but from the participants and its supporters (as you have ably proven here). They are the ones whose excuses have been reduced to class, not those who rationally object to its existence.
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Lots of other sports hurt and/or kill animals. Horse racing, greyhound racing (greyhounds are often killed, abandonded when their racing days are over), fishing, Falconry (yes you're allowed to have a captive hawk kill another bird for sport), Ferreting all these without mentioning cruel snares and traps.
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These pursuits are also just as objectionable, what is your point?