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People in the countryside feel like their way of life has been needlessly interefered with based on prejudice and misunderstanding, and would like to reverse the ban to stick one in the eye of the 'townies'
Kudos for sticking your neck out on this. I've found I was wrong to make the assumption, based on my own experience, that it was just ignorant, predjudiced 'townies' that opposed hunting, just as it's wrong to assume it's only the posh who hunt, or are involved in hunting. It's not been brought up yet that many who support hunting don't hunt themselves, but are part of the economy that relies on it. None of this, however, diminishes people's perfectly valid moral reaction against bloodsports.
William.
Fair enough - I don't any any evidence beyond anecdotal about fox populations pre and post ban right now so will look in to it later. TBH I think that's symptomatic of the whole debate - largely based on emotions and with scant evidence. In terms of the hunting, most people who partake don't do it for the sick thrill of seeing an animal killed (the vast majority of the field are nowhere near when a fox is killed). Rather, they do it as it's damn good fun thundering around the countryside at high speed with your mates. That's a key misunderstanding, encapsulated by the cunt-slinging brigade in here, because it immediately writes off a large number of decent people (who might have different views towards the death of animals due to the nature of living in the countryside, but are by no means psychopaths) as bloodthirsty lunatics. People in the countryside feel like their way of life has been needlessly interefered with based on prejudice and misunderstanding, and would like to reverse the ban to stick one in the eye of the 'townies'