Originally Posted By: AuntyM
It certainly seems to be "sport" among some.

The fact is, you are all looking at this from your own narrow perspective and passing a judgement on others, when in reality, the so called "elite" own no moral high ground in this discussion and never will.

Step outside your comfort zones and ask yourselves honestly, is catching a fish (torturing, harassing and possibly maiming) a fish for perverse pleasure more morally correct than catching a fish to feed yourself and your family? The answer is probably not, as all humans have a basic need to feed themselves to stay alive, but they don't need to fish for fun.


This thread isn't about morals, or ethics. It is about sports fishing, on a sports fishing website. There is a widely accepted definition of sports fishing which is the fish bites at your hook for some reason. We all realize that cnr sportsfishing could be considered torture for our own perverse pleasure. I consider it that way, and I do get immense pleasure from it (sorry fish).

Nevertheless cheating at sports is each individual's decision, and trying to justify it based on moral or ethical grounds is pointless. We do this sh!t for fun. For most of us, we have the most fun when we catch the fish using legitimate sports fishing methods. I don't like to cheat at Monopoly, Golf or Mario Kart either.
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