But no, I wasn't attempting to use a fallacy in support of killing elephants. I was flat-out pointing out that his stance on some killing is hypocritical.
I agree that shooting the elephant was a dick move. I'd just go so far as to extend that to chickens.
I agree that killing for sport and eating meat are both unnecessary, do harm healthwise on an individual and social scale, and produce much suffering in the world.
But no, I wasn't attempting to use a fallacy in support of killing elephants. I was flat-out pointing out that his stance on some killing is hypocritical.
I agree that shooting the elephant was a dick move. I'd just go so far as to extend that to chickens.