Wil's Rant

I've just heard of this on CTV news. According to the report there is a company that allows people to virtual hunt over the Internet. This I find somewhat distasteful, but not that much. What I do find really distasteful is their plan to expand on this and allow people to actually kill an animal from the comfort of their armchair. One of the reasons more people don't hunt is the fact that they can't stomach the gore involved. This site would take that reservation away making it much easier to kill without actually getting any blood on their hands. Now I don't have any real problem with hunting so long as the people involved use every part of the animal and it is done in a manner so as to not cause any unnecessary suffering to the animal involved. I personally do not hunt anymore simply because it's just plain easier to go to the store. So my objection has nothing to do with the "bleeding heart" syndrome. It's is only because I believe that hunting should not be viewed as a sport only as an alternate way of feeding ones family. Hunters should approach the subject in the same manner as natives peoples do and that is to have the highest regard and respect for the animals which they are killing. Anything less than this is criminal and shows a total lack of respect for life, all life. It's one thing to play video games which depict killing for pleasure and another to actually make a game that really kills. At least with the game, everyone knows it's just a game. Lawmakers are reported to be examining this plan in the hopes of stopping it before it actually goes into practice. Damn good thing in my book.