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Originally Posted by Clancy Lane
Could there be a new thread titled:
"Is it cruel to talk about banning recreational fishing"?
cheers,
Phil
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You are entitled to start one if you wish or if you feel strongly I doubt if Les would object to you saying something here.
But I suspect you are trying to be cheerful by injecting a little humour into this thread.
Nevertheless I will make a comment on the proposition that you raise.
As I mentioned a fair ways back I think the word cruelty is probably best used where there is an intent to be cruel.
I dont think Les has it in him to be cruel or even unkind so I for one do not rate him presenting the subject as cruel.
No doubt when people think about the matter they will reach their own conclusions but I suspect many have not thought about wheter fish feel pain.
It seems there may beacase that they feel no pain although somehow it seems their experience is simply different to humans.
I personally think they must be at least very stressed.
You can dismiss the idea that they feel pain and rate folk who may be, by your standard, overly concerned with animals welfare as folk you could make fun of, and that is up to you.
I have found as the years pass by ones opinion can change and often when we look back think things we said years ago are now foolish.
Anyways if you wish to open a thread that would be great.
Alex