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Originally Posted by Flyboy
And this is the reason for supporting the return of fox hunting???????
The logic is astounding.
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No, this is the reason.
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The ban was not brought in for the welfare of the fox but instead to put an end to a countryside pursuit enjoyed by, in the opinion of the government of the time, wealthy upper class countryside toffs (most likely to be tory voters).
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The logic is sound.
A vindictive law, resticting the liberty to follow a countryside pursuit, and purely for that reason, as I said the welfare of the fox was the not the motive behind the law so why introduce the law? if not just to be punitive against a certain demographic