Knowlton, I will not say anything negative about you but I will disagree with your opinion.
IMO Hunting has nothing to do with selfishness. I ask you one question, What is selfish about going out into wilderness and relying on only yourself and your own abilities to survive for a few days and bring home some meat?
You may say that you can buy meat in the store for half the price, and that there is no logical reason that I need to hunt to survive. Well I say to you. Show me a store I can buy bulk quantities of elk or deer. Show me a church that brings you closer to god than sitting on a hillside he created in the sun he provides and having a private conversation with him, without a congregation or group listening in, without being judged by a school mate or co-worker for my beliefs. The nutrient factor the meat may provide my body is only one reason I hunt. It has more to do with my own spritual and mental health than anything.
If all you see is selfishness in hunting than you are doing for the wrong reasons.
A quick story- This year while hunting I had an oppurtunity to sit within 10 feet of some deer feeding through the area I was hunting. I could have shot a couple of in this group but chose not to. It was not becasue they were to small or a shot was not presented. It was because those are the moments I hunt for. That did more for my health (Physical, mental, and spiritual) than any meat or church meeting could have provided.
So for you to say that we all hunt and that it is because we are selfish is not only wrong but bit selfish of yourself to think we are all doing it for the same reasons you are.
So let it fly, do your worst.