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Originally Posted by krwlz
And these whaling countries confided this in you?
We have to be careful not to put words in the other parties mouths, just based on our moral view of the situation.
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Just like the tobacco companies knew smoking was bad.
I think there are enough articles one can Google to see that.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/23/whales/
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Wow.
Well... when they domesticate the whale and have feed lots for whales... let's talk about the equivalence of whales to cows. Until then, realize the whales are still an endangered species.
Greed and avarice will hunt them to extinction. It is always, "what's one more going to hurt?" until they are no more...
You know, I'd love a little passenger pigeon pie... What's one more going to hurt? |
Yup - the sky used to be black with passenger pigeons. Flocks of tens of millions of fastbreeding, widespread birds. Imagine what happens to a few thousand whales that take years to produce litters when hunting resumes (not that the Japs and Norwegians don't already do it under a variety of excuses).