Now this pushes the reasoning that hunting is considered barbaric solely down to the treatment of the animal, which if the shot is good and hunter skilled could be considered to be very humane

I find it barbaric not because an animal gets killed, but because of the mindset of the individual in a 1st world nation who wants’ to kill something for his or her pleasure, that I find fits the definition of barbaric

If the public have no expectations, then I think they have been met..

They have a choice to care, on this subject many choose not to..

That may result in standards being set at a level some find too low, but set high enough that the majority no longer bother to give it a second thought or in some cases no thought at all!

Playing devils advocate for a minute, Humans have hunted things for millions of years, it was a necessity for survival, its really only in recent history that its not been a factor in many peoples lives.

Just because we now get our meat in the artificially bloodless clingfilm wrapped world of the supermarket shouldnt mean that we have any right to condemn those that choose to keep that connection to the past of hunting and killing. Just cos we consider it distasteful, why does that give us the right to condemn others for doing what people have done for generation upon generation? At least they are connected in some way to land and the reality of "blood and guts" that we are able to lead our lives with a degree of separation from.

I think to condemn those hunting as brainless morons or barbarians is far too simplistic, but easily done from the comfort of our suburban lives. There is definitely a connection through hunting to a past that we might like to dismiss as barbaric just because our encounters with animal consumption mostly involve a polystyrene tray.

In the same way we now condemn those that think slavery is acceptable, that marriage to 14 yrs olds is acceptable, that segregation by race is acceptable, that execution for heresy is acceptable.

Things that were once normal day to day (and may still be in some backward 3rd world places), have changed over the years in our world, because we know more than we did, have improved our living conditions, improved our understanding of others and are better educated..

Hunted and poorly unhygienically butchered food was once a major reason for lower mortality, the advent of the public health standards in abattoirs and the high street butcher was one of many steps to improve the greater public health..
With progress comes new standards, new expectations and new positions from which to judge

I'm sure within my lifetime things that I did in my youth, will be frowned upon in my later years
Drink driving spring to mind, along with smoking... more recently driving gas guzzlers

I would like to know where you get that from. Those marksmen must be the best in the world. To be able to wait until the client has shot, shoot and still ensure the clean kill of an animal that is moving after having just been shot.

Are they Robin Hood?

There was a thread recently that alluded to the fact that lost of teenagers are sexually active at such an age. If that is correct, why is marriage between 14 year olds not acceptable?

Probably for the same reason that being sexually active at that age is unacceptable ( and illegal ) I guess.

Faster than a speeding bullet..... have you ever heard such shit ?

It certainly used to be and I think they still turn a blind eye to Mennonites, Hutterites etc that marry there girls at that age,?
I think that was because they are biologically from a hormone’s, all bits working, sort of active, but in todays more complex world you’re no longer considered mentally mature enough to make the right choices at that age
Sort of used to be OK when your parents were setting you up for it and making or being heavily involved in the choices and life expectations was husband, housekeeping and children with a lower life expectancy.
But not OK for you to choose today when you have college, career and a much longer life ahead of you

As you may be aware, I am a family lawyer. From what I see each day, I doubt many of such age could possibly make choices that are more logical than many of my clients.

Age of consent is different in many jurisdictions. Which one is correct, and why?

Illogical, innit? Or "don't doubt".

I suppose I was thinking that barbaric was meant in the sense of savagely cruel whereas you are saying that it was meant in the sense of uncivilized. I really don't know if the pleasure for the hunter is just in the kill or killing something you can eat.

But I do know that people get upset by the thought of hunting but don't give a second thought to where their own food comes from. Is it uncivilized to eat your own kill when nowadays you can pop to the store for your pre-packaged cow?

The one you live in I suppose because that's where you are.