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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fstop" data-source="post: 3370448" data-attributes="member: 134523">With all due respect to your position and personal feelings, John, I must respectfully disagree with your post.Short story at end, long story below: I live in the US; we have guns, we hunt; I do not care to hunt for sport alone, however I fully support those who hunt animals for food that are not endangered or exotic, such as our exploding population of white tail deer; I know those who help to feed their families in this way. Having seen animals led to the slaughter house and killed in a not very humane, but rather terrified manner, a skilled hunter's clean kill without suffering is far more humane. Now, to the crux of the matter: whether a manufacturer supports hunting or not, has no bearing whatsoever upon how the optical product will be used; the same manufacturer who states nothing about hunting could have their product used to spot and kill endangered animals for sport, or could have their product used for spotting and reporting upon whale population/activity. Conversely, because a manufacturer supports hunting doesn't mean that product will be used for that purpose, it might well be used to spot birds in the garden. Take it a step further, I personally don't care for dropping a lobster into boiling water, but I can't very well hold every pot manufacturer liable for people who choose to cook in this way. Short story: I respect your views, but not your method.</blockquote>

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