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That doesn't make any sense. What makes hunting any more natural than agriculture? Isn't exerting control over our environment one of the defining characteristi

That doesn't make any sense. What makes hunting any more natural than agriculture? Isn't exerting control over our environment one of the defining characteristics of humanity?

Drakim 2y ago
That's an odd view, were hunter-gatherers less human than us?
carlosjobim 2y ago
It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. Together with mating, hunting is one of the foundations of life itself for the predator or omnivore class of animals. All the behaviours that we have in common with other mammals are natural and eternal. They can never be legislated away, even though many have tried and they have died. Including kings trying to ban hunting certain game for commoners and having them for themselves.
- adolph 2y ago
  "Creatures in nature" also "farm" and have symbiotic and/or co-evolutionary relationships with other species. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-first-non-human-meat-farmers/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-f...
  - carlosjobim 2y ago
    That's an uninteresting reach, isn't it?
    - adolph 2y ago
      >>> What makes hunting any more natural than agriculture? >> It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. > "Creatures in nature" also "farm" Thus "hunting" is not "more natural" than agriculture and domestication of other species. If you don't find it interesting that non-human life has been performing behaviors humans think unique to themselves, well that's your problem.
- hombre_fatal 2y ago
  > It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. All the behaviours that we have in common with other mammals are natural and eternal. They can never be legislated away We outlaw all sorts of things that can be found in nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide_(zoology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide_(zoology)
lukas099 2y ago
Additionally, “natural” =/= “necessary to life”. Millions if not billions of people have the means to hunt if they wanted to, yet choose not to. And they are just fine.

That doesn't make any sense. What makes hunting any more natural than agriculture? Isn't exerting control over our environment one of the defining characteristics of humanity?

Drakim 2y ago

That's an odd view, were hunter-gatherers less human than us?

carlosjobim 2y ago

It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. Together with mating, hunting is one of the foundations of life itself for the predator or omnivore class of animals. All the behaviours that we have in common with other mammals are natural and eternal. They can never be legislated away, even though many have tried and they have died. Including kings trying to ban hunting certain game for commoners and having them for themselves.

adolph 2y ago
"Creatures in nature" also "farm" and have symbiotic and/or co-evolutionary relationships with other species. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-first-non-human-meat-farmers/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-f...
- carlosjobim 2y ago
  That's an uninteresting reach, isn't it?
  - adolph 2y ago
    >>> What makes hunting any more natural than agriculture? >> It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. > "Creatures in nature" also "farm" Thus "hunting" is not "more natural" than agriculture and domestication of other species. If you don't find it interesting that non-human life has been performing behaviors humans think unique to themselves, well that's your problem.
hombre_fatal 2y ago
> It is more natural because creatures in nature do it. All the behaviours that we have in common with other mammals are natural and eternal. They can never be legislated away We outlaw all sorts of things that can be found in nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide_(zoology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide_(zoology)

lukas099 2y ago

Additionally, “natural” =/= “necessary to life”. Millions if not billions of people have the means to hunt if they wanted to, yet choose not to. And they are just fine.