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| Move to ban online hunting of real animals |
| 2005-06-07 |
| Edited for brevity. The [Pennsylvania] state House Judiciary Committee today moved to outlaw "computer-assisted hunting,'' also known as "Internet hunting.'' The high-tech practice lets computer users in, say, Pennsylvania, pay a fee and log onto a Web site in Texas. Computer users can shoot captive animals on a fenced-in game ranch simply by clicking a mouse. Touching a computer in Pennsylvania fires a rifle on the game farm and the shooter can see on his computer whether he hit the animal. Has anyone here heard of this before? How sick is this to shoot a captive animal on a whim by remote control? I am a strong advocate of hunting, but this isn't hunting--this is just wanton killing. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #5 Migratory Byrd Stamps maybe |
| Posted by: ima paranoid 2005-06-07 20:09 |
| #4 This is stupid, cruel and useless. But if we tried to make a law for everything that was stupid,cruel and useless, the congress would have time to do little else. Arent there other things we should be working on? |
| Posted by: bigjimky 2005-06-07 18:12 |
| #3 I imagine we could all suggest more rational uses for this, otherwise, insane idea. For instance, setting these rigs up in the Senate Bldg strikes me as a capital idea. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-07 16:42 |
| #2 Muck4doo posted on this a few days ago. It first came to light for me a couple of months ago as it was in the planning stages. 15 states have banned or are in the process of banning this and there is a bill in the House, I believe, to ban it nationally. I do believe it should be illegal. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-06-07 16:27 |
| #1 The only possible justification for one of these places would be if they dressed and then shipped the meat to you. I could almost accept it then; there is something to actually having to kill what you are going to eat, rather than have someone else do it out of sight/out of mind. Otherwise, I don't know if I would make it illegal, but I have nothing but contempt for the customers. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-07 16:14 |