Hunting is no mere pastime
From Julia Pickles
Sir: So Anthony Famularo thinks those of us who care about fox-hunting are ‘silly’ (Letters, 26 February). Much has been written in similar vein by those who care nothing and understand even less about the countryside. Such people are wrong to mock. Hunting is a great deal more than a mere ‘pastime’ — a word so often used to trivialise the sport, as though it were of no more significance than watching football on telly.
Football-supporting really is just a pastime and results in a great deal of bigotry and harm. But would anyone dare to call football supporters ‘silly’ for making a fuss if it were their sport that had just been banned by a spiteful government in order to pacify a bunch of chippy backbenchers?
Julia Pickles London SW1
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