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Could you educate us as to where the barbed hook goes?
by boston_clone 4mo ago
Could you educate us as to where the barbed hook goes?
- r053bud 4mo agoBarbed hooks are not allowed most of the time anymore.
- boston_clone 4mo agoAnd which would you prefer through your lip? Barbed, barbless, or nothing the fuck at all because people let you live your life undisturbed?
- groundzeros2015 4mo agoFish are not people and you’re projecting on to them. Do we need to start with whether you eat meat or own pets?
- boston_clone 4mo agoAnimals other than humans feel pain and do tend to avoid it. And nope, no eating meat for me (and like half a billion other people). It’s both easier and more empowering than one might think!
- groundzeros2015 4mo agoGreat, then this really isn’t a debate about fishing. We completely disagree about the roles of animals in our life.
- boston_clone 4mo agoI’m sure we both have cared for and loved animals at some point! There’s nothing wrong with recognizing that a fish can feel pain much like a cat or a dog or a rabbit or a horse.
- groundzeros2015 4mo agoSure. And I think your lifestyle is a valid and respectable choice. Angling is just far downstream of topics to look at!
- ryoshoe 4mo agoCan an insect feel pain? What about a mushroom, or a plant? What things are conscious enough to feel pain? I'm genuinely asking because I because it seems arbitrary as to where the line gets drawn. Before the 1980s it was the medical consensus that babies weren't capable of feeling pain even though this is now widely recognized as untrue.
- boston_clone 4mo agoI don't think the line is quite so arbitrary! Virtually all animals (with a few exceptions!) have a central nervous system, which is required to "feel" pain, to my understanding. The good news is that we can adapt our thinking and behavior in light of new evidence.
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- rayiner 4mo agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/HardcoreNature/comments/13jabzl/not_oc_bear_skins_a_salmon_alive_and_it_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HardcoreNature/comments/13jabzl/not...
- boston_clone 4mo agoBears are people when you’re on grindr, but that bear there isn’t a person, friend.
- rayiner 4mo agoWhat difference does that make to the salmon?
- boston_clone 4mo agoobtuse and so dense; fish swim happily upstream, while rocks sink down fast.
- constantius 4mo ago[dead]
- groundzeros2015 4mo agoIn the fishes mouth. That’s how you catch them. Is your claim that anglers decimate fishing population?
- boston_clone 4mo agonope, i don’t think that claim holds water. my claim would be something like how the recommendation of fishing in response to news of conservation efforts is as absurd as recommending spankings in response to news of more babies being born: stupid, harmful, and self-serving.
- constantius 4mo agoI was surprised by the level of replies here and didn't have the energy to answer: thanks for the support, comforting to see after a long day.