Actually, while it might be [well] thought out, your argument has a lot of holes in it. Including, but not limited to;
*There's no overwhelming evidence that fish don't enjoy life.
*You're projecting your emotions to other people.
*You're a predator (albit not a good one), the fact that you let others do the actual killing doesn't make you less responsable for that death.
*Hunting is about a lot more then the actual killing of the animal.
You make a big deal out of the supposed enjoyment of the act of killing, completley neglecting that for a lot of folks, (or at least me) It's more taking responsbility for myself then anything else. In a couple of ways. First, if need be I can feed me and mine. If the store dissappears tommorrow, I can still get meat. If you think shooting silluettes makes you a hunter, I can only say try it. Those pesky animals can be pretty hard to find. Second, if someone is going to kill for me, I should at least be able to do it myself. By never having killed for food, you don't actually know anything about the morals of doing it.
Speaking only for myself, I am always a little sad when I shoot an animal. Be it a pigeon I'm clearing out of a warehouse, or a moose I'm going to eat. The stalk is challenging, and I enjoy that, but the actual watching the animal die I'm not that fond of. It's needed to continue my life, but it's not actually that much fun.
I would suggest you find someone to take you hunting at least once. You might very well find that there's some thinking you have yet to do on the subject.
*There's no overwhelming evidence that fish don't enjoy life.
*You're projecting your emotions to other people.
*You're a predator (albit not a good one), the fact that you let others do the actual killing doesn't make you less responsable for that death.
*Hunting is about a lot more then the actual killing of the animal.
You make a big deal out of the supposed enjoyment of the act of killing, completley neglecting that for a lot of folks, (or at least me) It's more taking responsbility for myself then anything else. In a couple of ways. First, if need be I can feed me and mine. If the store dissappears tommorrow, I can still get meat. If you think shooting silluettes makes you a hunter, I can only say try it. Those pesky animals can be pretty hard to find. Second, if someone is going to kill for me, I should at least be able to do it myself. By never having killed for food, you don't actually know anything about the morals of doing it.
Speaking only for myself, I am always a little sad when I shoot an animal. Be it a pigeon I'm clearing out of a warehouse, or a moose I'm going to eat. The stalk is challenging, and I enjoy that, but the actual watching the animal die I'm not that fond of. It's needed to continue my life, but it's not actually that much fun.
I would suggest you find someone to take you hunting at least once. You might very well find that there's some thinking you have yet to do on the subject.