Thread: Long-range hunting: is it sporting?

"adjective: sporting"

1. Connected with or interested in sport.

Yes it is.

Well that is a poorly constructed argument. The noun has to apply to the activity before you can make the adjective apply.

from Wiki...

The precise definition of what separates a sport from other leisure activities varies between sources. The closest to an international agreement on a definition is provided by SportAccord, which is the association for all the largest international sports federations (including association football, athletics, cycling, tennis, equestrian sports, and more), and is therefore the de facto representative of international sport.

SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]

have an element of competition
be in no way harmful to any living creature
not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
not rely on any "luck" element specifically designed into the sport.

Try telling the duck thats shitting itself whilst leaving as fast as possible after have very recently recieved 2 hot pellets up his rectal canal, that the arsehole with the 12 gauge is only interested in a sporting contest with a legitimate opponent...

Sport my arse.....