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Holymonkey
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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:06 am Post subject: Whaling- For or Against? |
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Well it seems whaling is becoming bigger and bigger in the world. What do you guys think of it? Is it acceptable? Its been going on for hundreds of years but does that make it acceptable?
I personaly don't agree with it because the suffering it causes for the animals but I can see how some people need it to survive |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| its wrong holymonkey why dont you put up a poll |
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Fine_Rabid_Dog
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:29 am Post subject: |
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Against it.
Obvious reasons really. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: |
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I hate it, it shoudln't be done. And I love animals a lot. To see an innocent such a big rare, innocent animal killed simply for money or fun is stupid. And It saddens me.  |
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Anorithias
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: |
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its ok i guess if you only do it for food for yourself.
in one of our coastless states its illeagle to whale. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:33 am Post subject: |
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How do you know that it is on the incline?
As long as it has a use, then I have no reason to be against it. If whatever they get from the whale is useful, it seems to be ok.
If the whale population goes down too far I have a problem, but as long as it doesn't dip too far, no problem here. |
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Fine_Rabid_Dog
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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The problem being that there is little to no justification for it.
The blubber they use for soap, candles, wax, all that jazz can be taken from any iother source, and the meat, so I hear, tastes pretty rank.
Though I've never heard of whaling for fun either... |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| I must say that I find it barbaric and useless. |
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Anorithias
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Fine_Rabid_Dog wrote: |
| The blubber they use for soap, candles, wax, all that jazz can be taken from any iother source, and the meat, so I hear, tastes pretty rank. |
this may be the only source for some people. that is when i find it acceptable. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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I think its wrong,
It should not be done,
Its of no point.
Indian groups here claim its there right, So I hope the whale comes and drowns them all. |
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Fine_Rabid_Dog
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Anorithias wrote: |
| Fine_Rabid_Dog wrote: |
| The blubber they use for soap, candles, wax, all that jazz can be taken from any iother source, and the meat, so I hear, tastes pretty rank. |
this may be the only source for some people. that is when i find it acceptable. |
If a company can afford to buy a wahling fleet, pay wages, buy fuel, maintain equipment, then they can very much provide a different means to an end.
Besides, whales are not the only resource on this planet, funnily enough. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| But if it is a ready resource, cheap for them to do, as long as whale populations don't die too low, I see no problem. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| they are endangered, arent they? [Joke]who would use whale blubber, when u can suck it out of some fat guy?[/joke] |
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danizduhman
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| Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Nice, nice.
Mean, but nice. |
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Fine_Rabid_Dog
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| danizduhman wrote: |
| But if it is a ready resource, cheap for them to do, as long as whale populations don't die too low, I see no problem. |
Oh I love this attitude. 
Look, just becuase this has only really just been brought to your attention via the media only recently, doesnn't mean that this hasn't been going on for a long time.
Whaling has pretty much gone on since boats have bene around.
And there haven't been that many regulations, which means over fishing, which means, that's right, the population does "die too low".
And aren't whales a protected species?
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| as long as whale populations don't die too low, I see no problem. |
Just to put htis into some prespective, doesn't this reasoning freak peiople out?
If someone was to say "hey, there are lots of people, lets farm and kill them for products and resources that we could easily aquire from somewhere else."
There would, of course, be severe outrage. Why this is different for whales, or any other species hunted for no real specific reason (other than, say, providing "regenetive materials" for the Oil of Olay your mum uses), is somewhat bizzare.
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| cheap for them to do |
Whaling isn't cheap.
And again, if it was cheap to make glue using the remains of human beings, would people do it?
Whoa.... that was fairly ranty... |
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