If that's all they want:Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
"I hereby give all Japanese permission to commit honourable Seppuku"
There's their out. I hope they take it.
If that's all they want:Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
"I hereby give all Japanese permission to commit honourable Seppuku"
There's their out. I hope they take it.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Hmmm.. Not too sure I'd want to eat something that just up and died without knowing why it died.. I don't remember seeing a special on 'unexpectedly dead house cow' at the butchers - probably for similar reasons.Originally Posted by oldrider
Personally - this is a crock of crap. The world currently generates enough food to feed us yet it will be a poorer place without the great apes, the elephants and whales etc. I have no real intellectual reason for this other than knowing once they are gone, they are gone forever and I feel 'good' when I see them.. besides, what would national geographic report on without the big beasties...
I say if they can kill them with their bare hands then they can hunt them.
How's that for a solution?
Originally Posted by placidfemme
That pretty much sums up my view of wild animals - they are not really much use to us so they may as well disappear so there is more room for useful animals like cattle and sheep.
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All the Japanese, Norwegians and Icelanders moaning that "Nature" has put a permanent moratorium on whaling on account of there being none left to hunt - inconsiderate bitch, Nature, making whales take so long to breed that they can't keep pace with Japanese, Icelandic and Norwegian "requirements".Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
They've wiped them all out in "their" waters and want to come into our territory and kill the last of them.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
Pleeeaase just one comment, pretty pleeeeaaase.Originally Posted by placidfemme
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
This issue, unfortunately, has little to do with whaling. And therein lies the problem. The underlying issue here is sovereignty -- the ability of a nation or state to do what it likes; such as hunting whales if they feel like it (or invading nations you don't like).
Japan has shamelessly played the sovereignty card, garnering support from a whole host of "Wear The Fox Hat" nations who, under International Whaling Commission rules, have exactly the same voting rights as the big nations.
This is too hard a truck to back up. By voting with Japan, smaller nations are able to stick it to The Man. It will take shit loads of aid and other "considerations" over many years to make them change their minds.
Politics. You've got to love it. Unless you're a whale...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
My concerns are twofold. HAve you thought about the way they are killed? A lingering, painful death to an intelligent and gentle creature. I think the record was 8 1/2 hrs for a Blue while it towed the 90ft catcher boat at 1 1/2knots while the catcher boat had its engines in full reverse. Makes one sick, watching such awesome and beautiful animals being harpooned! At least for farm animals there are very strict conditions re: potential suffering in death.
Secondly, even if there was a need for the meat, and it's been clear for decades that there isn't, previous postings pointing out that the hunters/consumers do not care about extinction are in line with man's lack of concern for the environment in general. A few weeks ago it was on the news that so far, man has obliterated 90% of the world's rainforests and is cutting down the equivalent of two football fields per second! No-one is going to stop that, either, until they are all gone. WHo cut down the last tree on Easter Island? (Who killed the last Moa?) An Earth Scientist stated 20 years ago, that if this doesn't stop, within our lifetime, all or most air-breathing life on Earth will become extinct. Some Scientists are now saying that it is already too late to save the planet, that the damage has gone beyond the point of no return. We are not insulated down this end of the world. I can't remember at the moment but it was also pointed out how many species are becoming extinct each year. Yeah, I care!
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Well I think that we ought to arm the whales and make it a fair fight....Originally Posted by Wolf
Some people are like wild animals.....who cares if they live or die, hopefully you will never be classed as one of these people, or put in a situation where someone makes the decision for you.Originally Posted by Fairlie
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lol... I eat fish (and shark) shaped jelly lollies if that countsOriginally Posted by Lou Girardin
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I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
I'll be first in line to fit titanium reinforced barbs on Narwhal horns if we could convince them to attack the whalers...Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
I like The Dover's idea - they have to kill them by hand... Watch it turn into a game of "Who can hold their breath the longest".
Motorbike Camping for the win!
There were two lesbians in a fish shop............................Originally Posted by Lou Girardin
Shame... you guys must know some really skanky women if they smell like fish... pick them up on K Rd did you?Originally Posted by Winston001
I'm not a complete idiot... some pieces are missing![]()
Originally Posted by DingDong
mucho papoosa bueno no panocha
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