Whales - Who Cares?

[Wolf]

They won't back down until we can give them an easy out.

If that's all they want:

"I hereby give all Japanese permission to commit honourable Seppuku"

There's their out. I hope they take it.

[Paul in NZ]

The thing that really pisses me off in NZ about whales and the attitude of whale savers especially is.

When whales beach themselves and despite all of the best efforts to save them, they come back and die,

We dig big holes and waste them by burying the bloody things!

That has to be the silliest behaviour of them all, to me they are just bloody stupid greeny hypocrites.

Maybe I am wrong, enlighten me why this should be the correct practice of the day! John.

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.

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...

[The_Dover]

I say if they can kill them with their bare hands then they can hunt them.

How's that for a solution?

[Flatcap]

By saying they don't affect your life, so you don't care is like saying well I've never seen an elephant or rhino, so I don't care if poachers kill them all, or lions or any wild animal for that matter. They are a part of this planet, some of them have been around longer than us, it was thier home first and we fucked it for them.
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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.

[Wolf]

besides, what would national geographic report on without the big beasties...

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".

They've wiped them all out in "their" waters and want to come into our territory and kill the last of them.

[Lou Girardin]

Don't eat seafood (no comments),

Pleeeaase just one comment, pretty pleeeeaaase.

[Hitcher]

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...

[Edbear]

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!

[Paul in NZ]

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".

They've wiped them all out in "their" waters and want to come into our territory and kill the last of them.

Well I think that we ought to arm the whales and make it a fair fight....

[SimJen]

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.

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.

[placidfemme]

Pleeeaase just one comment, pretty pleeeeaaase.

lol... I eat fish (and shark) shaped jelly lollies if that counts

[Wolf]

Well I think that we ought to arm the whales and make it a fair fight....

I'll be first in line to fit titanium reinforced barbs on Narwhal horns if we could convince them to attack the whalers...

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".

[Winston001]

Pleeeaase just one comment, pretty pleeeeaaase.

There were two lesbians in a fish shop............................

[placidfemme]

There were two lesbians in a fish shop............................

Shame... you guys must know some really skanky women if they smell like fish... pick them up on K Rd did you?

[HDTboy]

sAVE THE WHALES, HARPOON A FAT BITCH!!!