Putain wrote:
> "Dan Logcher" <dlogcher*xspam*@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>Putain wrote:
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>>
>>>"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>news:O4E0j.9$Xg.1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>
>>>>Wilson wrote on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:56:07 -0500:
>>>>
>>>>W> sometime in the recent past James Silverton posted this:
>>>>??>> If, like me, you believe in the immorality of killing
>>>>??>> sentient animals like whales for food, you may be appalled
>>>>??>> by this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2vrw5o
>>>>??>>
>>>>??>> Japan's fisheries ministry said the fleet had instructions
>>>>??>> to kill up to 1,000 whales, including 50 humpbacks.
>>>>??>>
>>>>??>> Japan was forced to abandon commercial whaling in 1986,
>>>>??>> but has since carried out whaling for "scientific
>>>>??>> research".
>>>>??>>
>>>>??>> Four whaling ****ps, including the lead craft Nis****n Maru,
>>>>??>> will depart from the southern ****t of ****monoseki.
>>>>??>>
>>>>??>> James Silverton
>>>>??>> Potomac, Maryland
>>>>??>>
>>>>??>> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
>>>>??>> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
>>>>W> Frankly James, I think there should be an immediate response
>>>>W> to this blatant violation of the world wide moratorium on
>>>>W> whale hunting. That's what it is - hunting. I get rather
>>>>W> pissed at all the science that requires the killing of
>>>>W> animals to study them. But this isn't science, it's
>>>>W> harvesting.
>>>>
>>>>I wish it were possible to have such a boycott but I don't think
>>>>it will
>>>>happen :-(
>>>>
>>>>However, the Japanese company that owns the "Gortons of
>>>>Gloucester" fish company did feel pressured into giving up
>>>>whaling so there is hope!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>You two Whale lovers can go boycott Japanese products cause they eat
>
> whales.
>
>>>Me, I'd rather start by boycotting Chinese and Korean products first.
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guVk8TZSgaE&feature=related
>>>I guess it's cause I never had a pet whale.
>>
>>I guess I'd feel worse if dogs and cats were going extinct.. but they
>
> aren't.
>
>>They are an easily managed food source. They can reproduce very easily
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> under
>
>>any conditions.. Whales cannot and are being harvested to extinction.
>>
>>I don't condone the methods the Chinese and Koreans use to butcher their
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> meats,
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>>but its not the same as hunting whales. Just cuz its a dog or cat does
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> not make
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>>it inedible because you look at them as pets. People have pet fish, but
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> here we
>
>>are eating su****.
>
>
> All whales are not going extinct either.
> No nation that engages in whaling today hunts the few truly endangered
> species.
True, not all are going extinct and I have less of a problem with the
Japanese
hunting those. They are going to take 50 Humpback whales, and their
numbers
are rather low.
The larger the mamimal, the slower they are to reproduce. Whales don't
usually
have more than one calf, unlike dogs and cats that have many. I also
don't
believe the Japanese are doing this for science.
--
Dan
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