Re: What's wrong with deer hunting

<amacmil304@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:53:13 +0100, usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (sarah)
> wrote:
>
> ><amacmil304@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:56:51 +0100, usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (sarah)
> >> wrote:

[-]
> >> >Save our woodlands: eat a muntjac.
> >> >
> >> Why are they "our" woodlands?
> >
> >We (as in the population of the UK, or even the world (if it cared))
> >share responsibility for them. Remember the tragedy of the commons.
>
> If I remember correctly the tragedy of the commons was about
> exploitation of common ground which ruined the land. A bit like
> conservationists that exploit woodlands for recreation.
>
> That's not responsibility, that's abuse.

Yes.

regards
sarah


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