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Sun Aug-23-09 12:05 AM
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| 142. You sound like a Japanese whaler or a spokesperson for their industry |
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Only those favoring the Japanese whaling industry would say such nonsense.
Watson is hated by his native Canadian government for his work in exposing the brutal and senseless slaughter of baby seals in the Canadian maritaime provinces. He has helped drive the market for seal products almost into the ground. Sea Shepherd is also working with local law enforcement to protect the Galapagos Islands from poachers. He's in the Mediterranian Sea trying to protect fish there. He is also working to stop shark finning.
So your assertion that Watson is racist because he is willing to challenge Japanese whaling ships is BOGUS!!!
And the movie "The Cove", which details the brutal slaughter of dolphins by Japanese fishermen will do more to turn the world against Japan's fishing industry than Japanese propaganda by the likes of you. And since "Whale Wars" is one of Animal Planet's top rated shows, I suspect that Watson will be getting more help, not less. In fact next year, the fastest ship in the world, Earthrace, is joining Watson to hunt Japanese whaling ships and do what they can to sink the Japanese whaling industry.
The Japanese made adjustments to Sea Shepherd's previous tactics. Sea Shepherd will respond in kind.
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| -Whale Wars helicopter pilot tells about the Japanese Harpooning the Minke Whale |
Annces |
Aug-21-09 02:43 PM |
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It has become more and more difficult to watch |
grantcart |
Aug-21-09 02:50 PM |
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Yes, I had watching whales die, but hopefully it will encourage people |
Larkspur |
Aug-21-09 02:57 PM |
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when will we finally BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS & SERVICES? |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:06 PM |
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Next campaign Watson will have a water cannon on the Steve Irwin plus |
Larkspur |
Aug-21-09 02:56 PM |
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And they need some kind of air cannon to shoot the bottles at them high enough to go over the nets. |
Parker CA |
Aug-21-09 03:08 PM |
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seems like wrist rockets would do the trick -- maybe there's a reason why they're not |
nashville_brook |
Aug-21-09 09:14 PM |
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I thought they were concerned about losing their registration is they did direct attacks from |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 07:15 PM |
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We have the nukes. |
Cetacea |
Aug-21-09 09:01 PM |
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That can play both ways. Didn't there used to be a vessel called the Rainbow Warrior? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 10:51 PM |
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Yep, and lots of people know |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:55 PM |
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Thank you for not taking my post literally. |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 03:25 AM |
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If it escalates japan will be unwilling |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:52 PM |
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Australians? I was thinking between Watson and the Japanese |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 10:55 PM |
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Japan is on its own. |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:59 PM |
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Watson refrained for attacking directly from the Steve Irwin, but when |
Larkspur |
Aug-21-09 11:58 PM |
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I would hardly call the whalers actions hyper agressive. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-22-09 09:21 AM |
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All who sail with Watson know the risks and they publicly admit that |
Larkspur |
Aug-22-09 11:51 PM |
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The so called shooting of Watson was never backed up by any investigating agency. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 01:30 AM |
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earthrace: |
Gabi Hayes |
Aug-21-09 07:34 PM |
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"An animated music video directed by the late Heath Ledger has had it debut on the web...... |
Gabi Hayes |
Aug-21-09 07:37 PM |
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This is a very powerful video. n/t |
onestepforward |
Aug-21-09 10:34 PM |
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They pulled it from your link. Here's one that's working still: |
Doremus |
Aug-21-09 11:24 PM |
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I think they need to redesign their prop fowlers too. |
onestepforward |
Aug-21-09 10:27 PM |
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Or...weight the whole thing so it settles just a couple feet under the surface |
flvegan |
Aug-21-09 10:33 PM |
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Good idea! |
onestepforward |
Aug-21-09 10:39 PM |
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Correct. |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:50 PM |
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A covert operation is needed to disable the ships |
Submariner |
Aug-21-09 03:01 PM |
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When "The Cove" goes to DVD, there will be outrage. |
Cetacea |
Aug-21-09 09:04 PM |
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The Nisshun Maru would look so peaceful sitting at the bottom of her harbor. |
flvegan |
Aug-21-09 03:12 PM |
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And eventually, over many years on the bottom, she might become a sort of reef. |
Withywindle |
Aug-21-09 10:42 PM |
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It would be beautiful. |
flvegan |
Aug-21-09 11:24 PM |
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I like pirates. |
Withywindle |
Aug-22-09 02:12 AM |
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+1 |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:08 PM |
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while watching this season |
Coexist |
Aug-21-09 07:44 PM |
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i was trying not to get all emotionally involved in it -- trying to "watch" it from a distance... |
nashville_brook |
Aug-21-09 09:16 PM |
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I don't think it's the crew that's disorganized |
XemaSab |
Aug-21-09 09:34 PM |
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Its pretty poorly run and there is clearly a lot of playing to the cameras n/t |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 10:53 PM |
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so WHAT? |
Gabi Hayes |
Aug-21-09 10:56 PM |
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Because amateurs make mistakes, mistakes at sea can kill people, especially in those latitudes n/t |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 11:23 PM |
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Most of the crew are volunteers and may not have much sailing experience |
Larkspur |
Aug-21-09 11:51 PM |
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It was very hard to not cry at last week's episode |
tammywammy |
Aug-21-09 10:17 PM |
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Several lasers directed into the eyes of a harpooner might incapacitate him. |
arcadian |
Aug-21-09 09:48 PM |
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A technology waiting for regulation.. |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:48 PM |
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We already know it works on pilots |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 10:52 PM |
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Those are guys with green laser toys. |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 10:57 PM |
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Seen similar videos. Its was a real problem with targeting lasers to make them eye safe. |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 11:06 PM |
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The best way to collapse a problem |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 11:12 PM |
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Watson or the Japanese? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-21-09 11:17 PM |
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A vessel. not people. |
Pavulon |
Aug-22-09 08:58 AM |
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Any butchering is. Cow, horse, pigs, chickens, and whales |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-22-09 09:13 AM |
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Exactly |
spiritual_gunfighter |
Aug-22-09 09:43 AM |
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NO cows are raised on a farm.. |
Pavulon |
Aug-22-09 02:21 PM |
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An abattoir is never a pleasant place |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 02:31 AM |
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You don't even need all that shit. |
arcadian |
Aug-22-09 12:48 AM |
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You must not know much about Japan and her people n/t |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-22-09 09:32 AM |
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Know enough to get under their skin. |
arcadian |
Aug-22-09 11:42 AM |
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Outside agitation & astroturfing will pull them together even tighter behind the whalers |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-22-09 11:55 AM |
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See |
tj2001 |
Aug-22-09 12:13 PM |
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So that means they are already agitated. |
arcadian |
Aug-22-09 04:24 PM |
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how about the Japanese racism against the highly intelligent whale race? |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:12 PM |
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You choose your terms poorly |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 02:35 AM |
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Arguably more advanced than humans. The Japanese gov. knows it, too. |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 02:42 AM |
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...+ |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 02:50 AM |
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You sound like a Japanese whaler or a spokesperson for their industry |
Larkspur |
Aug-23-09 12:05 AM |
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You need a course in basic reading comprehension |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 01:25 AM |
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You sound like a birther, not me |
Larkspur |
Aug-23-09 09:05 PM |
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Birthers are characterized by blind devotion to a position, regardless of facts |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 10:20 PM |
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You have a blind devotion to defending the Japanese whalers illegal acts |
Larkspur |
Aug-24-09 12:14 PM |
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Miore binary thinking...it is possible to oppose whaling and Watson at the same time n/t |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-24-09 02:29 PM |
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Psy-ops are less ethical than just sinking the Nisshin Maru. |
BreweryYardRat |
Aug-22-09 05:33 PM |
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I don't think it's less ethical than killing a sentient living creature. |
arcadian |
Aug-22-09 08:42 PM |
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I assume you are a vegetarian at some level |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 02:32 AM |
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But they don't work for the Navy. |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 02:45 AM |
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Which whales work for the USN? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-23-09 03:01 AM |
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Can't name them individually. Google Navy, dolphins, whales. |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 03:11 AM |
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You assumed wrong. |
arcadian |
Aug-24-09 02:36 PM |
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## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
DU GrovelBot |
Aug-21-09 10:57 PM |
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Just saying... |
Pavulon |
Aug-21-09 11:06 PM |
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Animal Planet needs to do more programs like "Whale Wars" |
harvey007 |
Aug-22-09 09:14 AM |
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if I ever hit the lottery |
backwoodsbob |
Aug-22-09 09:15 AM |
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Is whaling at this rate going to cause whale extinction? |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 12:07 PM |
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Not according to the IWC |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Aug-22-09 12:16 PM |
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What is wrong then? |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 03:17 PM |
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there is nothing wrong as such i believe |
Bodhi BloodWave |
Aug-22-09 04:17 PM |
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yeah, real enlightened of you there, Bodhi |
arcadian |
Aug-22-09 04:27 PM |
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+100000 |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 04:35 PM |
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+ 1,000,000 |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:16 PM |
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+10,000,000 nt |
Lorien |
Aug-23-09 12:14 AM |
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They really are eco-terrorists then |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 04:45 PM |
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And I donate to Sea Shepherd every year, so that must make me a eco-terrorist sympathizer |
Larkspur |
Aug-23-09 12:09 AM |
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Scientific research? Selling off their (large) brains for sushi? |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 02:46 AM |
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No...they are not eco-terrorists...they have the right to defend the whales: |
Subdivisions |
Aug-23-09 11:59 AM |
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I love when people parrot right wing memes. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-23-09 10:55 PM |
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It is not quick. It takes 20-25 agonizing minutes to kill a whale. n/t |
onestepforward |
Aug-22-09 04:50 PM |
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I don't believe there is a better way |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 05:03 PM |
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"as quickly and efficiently as possible"---chasing whales with modern ships & blowing them up with |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:16 PM |
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So was this video fast and efficient enough for you? |
Shell Beau |
Aug-22-09 07:35 PM |
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There is no responsible way to hunt whales... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 05:07 PM |
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People eat the whale meat |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 05:24 PM |
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Whale meat is a boutique food...wholly unnecessary for nutrition... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 05:36 PM |
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So you only eat and wear the bare minimum? |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:00 PM |
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Ahh...the tried and true tactic of moving the focus... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 06:11 PM |
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Except it is neither transient or ephemeral |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:26 PM |
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I can only come to the conclusion you are arguing for arguments sake... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 06:30 PM |
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I support the whalers and the seal hunters |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:45 PM |
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Your profile says you hunt and fish. |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 07:17 PM |
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None just for the antlers |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 07:31 PM |
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So you'd call yourself an ethical (or whatever) hunter, right? |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 07:39 PM |
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I don't "hunt to feed yourself" |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 07:50 PM |
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Thanks for your straightforward answer. |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 07:52 PM |
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I guess I have nothing left to say to you |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 08:09 PM |
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Rennet (which is in many cheeses) is made from calf stomach |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 06:50 PM |
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Never claimed it was... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 06:59 PM |
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You're not a farm type, obviously. |
boppers |
Aug-23-09 12:38 AM |
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harvesting cotton is akin |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 05:43 PM |
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Harvesting cotton is akin to harvesting seals |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:04 PM |
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Ummm bullshit |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 06:13 PM |
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It is exactly the same |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:29 PM |
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Are you serious? |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 06:31 PM |
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Doesn't matter to me |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:37 PM |
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Good for you. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 06:40 PM |
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I watched whale wars |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:44 PM |
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why don't you have someone try it on you and get back to us on that, OK? |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:18 PM |
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I don't think I'd mind being shot in the head with a cannon |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 07:22 PM |
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and you think those harpoons always hit the whales right in the "painless" head? Yeah, right. |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:33 PM |
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What more could they do??? Um..... Not kill it. |
Shell Beau |
Aug-22-09 07:39 PM |
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It was over with MUCH FASTER than many animals die in the wild |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 06:53 PM |
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Yeah. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 06:57 PM |
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Oh now stop |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 07:02 PM |
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Humans are natural predators. nt |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-23-09 10:48 PM |
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Actually that is natural selection. Does not make the behavior ethical, but it is natural selection, |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-23-09 10:48 PM |
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I saw a fox kill a gopher before |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 06:59 PM |
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Wait... What? |
Shell Beau |
Aug-22-09 07:41 PM |
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That fawn did not have a chance |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 07:50 PM |
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All animals have somewhat of a chance against their predators. |
Shell Beau |
Aug-22-09 08:07 PM |
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Natural selection. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 08:24 PM |
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Zema. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 08:30 PM |
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I'm a little short on pit bulls right now |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 08:35 PM |
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But they don't have more nerves going to more brain cells than even humans do... |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 03:20 AM |
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Right, let's do everything like it was done in the past. |
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Sorry. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 07:06 PM |
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Obviously one is a plant and one is an animal |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 07:20 PM |
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Aug-22-09 07:30 PM |
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Fancy doesn't make it not food |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 07:39 PM |
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bullshit. |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 08:29 PM |
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Just because it is a delicacy doesn't mean..... |
Taitertots |
Aug-22-09 08:42 PM |
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+1 |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:21 PM |
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Is there isinglass in your wine? |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 06:55 PM |
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xema. I really respect you |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 07:01 PM |
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I know the difference between harvesting cotton and slaughtering a whale. |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 07:07 PM |
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and you know what? |
Texasgal |
Aug-22-09 07:10 PM |
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"ANY ANIMAL"? |
boppers |
Aug-23-09 12:51 AM |
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Any animals except the ones they are inconvenienced by |
Taitertots |
Aug-23-09 01:13 AM |
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I find it tends to vary. |
boppers |
Aug-23-09 01:33 AM |
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Yes there is... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-22-09 07:23 PM |
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Aug-22-09 07:19 PM |
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"there is no responsible way to make fur coats." |
boppers |
Aug-23-09 12:33 AM |
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I am perfectly happy to have fur companies... |
S_E_Fudd |
Aug-23-09 07:47 AM |
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Having seen animals die naturally in the wild |
Taitertots |
Aug-23-09 12:15 PM |
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I've looked. I know more than most people complaining about it. |
boppers |
Aug-24-09 03:00 AM |
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Every year the Japanese claim to harvest between 1/2 and 1/2 of a percent |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 06:41 PM |
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"Harvest" is an interesting word. n/t |
flvegan |
Aug-22-09 07:06 PM |
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flvegan, don't fear the reaper. |
XemaSab |
Aug-22-09 07:09 PM |
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Kind of like soldiers "engaging" the enemy |
wtmusic |
Aug-22-09 07:16 PM |
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same as "collateral damage" where "slaughter" = "research" of whales |
wordpix |
Aug-22-09 07:23 PM |
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Yeah and they also claim to do it for research |
spoony |
Aug-22-09 09:57 PM |
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I'm just as worried about the mile long Pollock nets that are hurting the salmon runs |
XOKCowboy |
Aug-22-09 06:31 PM |
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The crew of Sea Shepherd are amongst my many heroes. |
Union Yes |
Aug-23-09 12:28 AM |
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A peaceful and classic video: Carl Sagan on whale communication. |
onestepforward |
Aug-23-09 04:01 AM |
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Watching that whale die |
AllenVanAllen |
Aug-23-09 04:08 AM |
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Are we talking strictly about cruelty here? No endangerment issues? |
DaveinJapan |
Aug-23-09 04:10 AM |
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Some estimates put the whale population at 1% of it's former population. |
Cetacea |
Aug-23-09 05:55 AM |
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THANK YOU AGAIN |
life long demo |
Aug-23-09 07:00 AM |
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Forgot to post a Youtube video |
life long demo |
Aug-23-09 07:58 AM |
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Just so everyone knows, there are at least 10 countries which hunt whales. |
ZombieHorde |
Aug-23-09 10:41 PM |
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