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Not_Hunting

Date: May 15 2009

Themes: Hobbies, Sports

Grammar: Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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Around, say, 15,000 years ago, hunting was necessary for human survival. But we’ve come a long way since the caveman days. For most of us, bringing meat home involves little more than a trip to the local supermarket.

But plenty of people still hunt, whether it’s for pleasure, tradition, or the thrill of the chase. Even Mason is thinking about giving it a try, but Marni doesn’t think that’s a good idea at all.

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Mason

Mason

Marni

Marni

Mason:  So I think hunting season is opening up soon, and I might go this year.

Marni:  What? Are you serious? I didn’t know you were such a sportsman.

Mason:  No, I mean I’ve been fishing. You know, I did the whole catch-and-release sort of thing, like trout fishing at the farm and whatnot. But no, I mean, I’ve always kind of wanted to actually go hunting hunting.

Marni:  For what purpose? I mean, you want to hunt big game? You want to know the thrill of the hunt and the chase? And because you want to kill an animal?

Mason:  I feel that people these days, we’ve been so removed from the food chain because of the supermarket and, like, the mass production of food that if I wanna be a meat-eater, if I wanna eat things that had to get killed at some point, I need to claim that right.

Marni:  OK. I have heard that argument and I do understand it. But it just seems, like, at such a great cost. I mean hunting…I just can’t get behind it. I mean innocent animals dying…

Mason:  Is it a humane thing, like you just think it’s inhumane?

Marni:  I do think it’s inhumane. And I feel like killing something for sport just seems so…I just can’t even comprehend it.

 

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Discussion

Mason tells Marni that he wants to try hunting. Most people are very far removed from the source of their food. They eat meat without really thinking about where it came from. Mason has decided that if he’s going to eat meat, he should kill it himself.

Marni is against hunting for any reason. She feels bad for the animals and can’t imagine killing an animal for sport. To her, hunting seems violent and inhumane.

Have you ever gone hunting? Do you think that hunting is inhumane, or do you agree with Mason?

 

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emmashow1280

China

i do not like hunting . i dont like to see animals dead.i think maybe can dind another sport insted of hunting.like use fake animals if might be.

01:20 PM May 15 2009 |

venomic

venomic

Azerbaijan

Yeah.I think that It isnt inhumane.

01:00 PM May 15 2009 |

Radiowagner

Brazil

I think that hunt to eat is necessary, a lot of people eat meat. But hunting for hunting isn't good, because competition crieate competition and more challenges,being harmful to the ambient and to then planet.

12:58 PM May 15 2009 |

Liaa

Liaa

Russian Federation

I have never gone hunting. Sometimes in my childhood I went fishing with my father. I also saw people killed domestic animals like cow or pigs in the village where my grandma live.

12:03 PM May 15 2009 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

It's a good discussion! I don't like to practise it but I'm not hypocrite saying that it's inhumane, because I eat meat, so I just think if you like to do it, just do it by responsabilllty and rules!!

11:50 AM May 15 2009 |

azibock

azibock

Benin

cool its very eary to memorize

10:54 AM May 15 2009 |

yimuyi

China

i don’t think hunting is inhumane,except the greedy people hunt wild animals only for money.both human and animals have the rights to live on the earth,and human don’t have the right to deprive animals’ lives

10:21 AM May 15 2009 |

yimuyi

China

i don’t think hunting is inhumane,except the greedy people hunt wild animals only for money.both human and animals have the right to live on the earth,and human don’t have the right to deprive animals’ lives

10:21 AM May 15 2009 |

YOlanda

YOlanda

China

it is a good idea for hunting, but for me ,i don't like it.

10:00 AM May 15 2009 |

OlgaSummer

OlgaSummer

Ukraine

I don’t understand and don’t like people who kill animals not for their needs. It hurts me much.(((

09:26 AM May 15 2009 |

tanchik

Russian Federation

almost all people eat meat but say that hunting is inhumane action…very interesting really?and Im not acception

09:12 AM May 15 2009 |

zhzloverzy

zhzloverzy

China

it must be a cool activity!but I have never hunted before!    I would like to try if I  have get a chance~I guess it 's fun,,, by the way  ,haha,but I am afraid if I have gift for hunting~

09:06 AM May 15 2009 |

mukashi

mukashi

Myanmar

It is not a good idea for recreation  by hunting, I think. We love our family and don't want someone kill one of my family or frineds. Right? If you think like that way I hope you will never go hunting.

08:28 AM May 15 2009 |

mallik1185

mallik1185

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

this is is the instinct life based on the others death 

hunting represnt the conflict of the old generatios to survive .

 

07:26 AM May 15 2009 |

bartek

bartek

Poland

I haven't ever gone hunting, but I don't think that hunting is inhumane – people kill animals for thausend years to eat them, so this is quite normal. Come on, we are all predators :) ok, maybe except vegetarian :P It doesn't matter, that you kill a animal yourself, or someone kill it for you

06:56 AM May 15 2009 |

sofree

sofree

China

Never get a chance to hunting, but I would like to give it a try. It must be fun!

 

Inhumane? Come on, when you eat meat every day, you can't pretend it's not your fault, it's someone else killed those innocent animals. Ok, you are vegetarian, so humane, but you are not plant, how could you know they can't feel hurt? And when you breath, the microorganism in the air might suffer.

 

Yes I agree with Mason,  but I might not play catch and release, I don't like torture.  I hope people don't over hunting to break the nature balance.

 

There's no 100% equal, I just want to say thank god we are on the top of  food chain!

05:01 AM May 15 2009 |

alice197

alice197

China

we all say that we don't actually want to kill the animals ,but we are still enjoying the perfect taste of the food cooked by the animals,so…....human is human

03:47 AM May 15 2009 |

harbor zhang

China

it's too hard for me to kill animals except that i hate it very much,such as fly, or it will threaten the humanity.the humanity have evolved for a long history,we all talk about "culture" today,hunting is become a job or type of entertainment by humanity.so the hunting is not necessary for humanity survival.

if the hunting is catch and release,no blood,no die,i will support it.

03:39 AM May 15 2009 |

pizzachuwave

Thailand

it reminds me of some fw mail

that they hunt seals

...i think it's too cruel

02:21 AM May 15 2009 |

alexa1

alexa1

Saudi Arabia

i think…..... when we need to eat some meat we most need kill some animal then the human need to learn right hunting and i like the trip hunting !!

01:53 AM May 15 2009 |

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