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| Thread ID: 70164 | 2006-06-24 07:37:00 | Japan and whaling. | martynz (5445) | PC World Chat |
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| 465664 | 2006-06-25 01:26:00 | I hear recently in India, with the disparity of the women to men ratio, that some husbands are leasing there wives to other men for a length of time. I wonder if that'll ever happen in NZ :D |
Myth (110) | ||
| 465665 | 2006-06-25 01:42:00 | Nut why can't human eat human. I mean eating the smart person brain will get your smarter right? Wrong. Its more likey to give you Kuru. Metla - you like to stir but come on, we don't NEED to eat whales. Even the Japanese aren't that keen on it, thats mainly why I think this sucks. They have warehouses full of the stuff, they give it to the schoolkids to try and get rid of it, who then bin it. Its just a face-saving exercise now. Theres plenty of sheep, cows and pigs around.... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 465666 | 2006-06-25 02:13:00 | I have difficulty reconciling the ethics of eating sheep, pigs and cows, versus that of eating whale meat. The human race is doing it's best to remove the food sources of the seas' mammals, so even if there is a continued moratorium on whaling, their food chain may be in danger anyway. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 465667 | 2006-06-25 02:26:00 | I have difficulty reconciling the ethics of eating sheep, pigs and cows, versus that of eating whale meat. There are sheep farms etc. Haven't heard of whale farms yet. Yes, I sometimes wonder about eating meat, but then nature is one big food chain, so even if humans didn't eat meat, animals would (at least the ones that are supposed too). The problem is that man is greedy and so they kill animals for short gains (like tusks etc). Man will get his come upance one day. |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 465668 | 2006-06-25 02:28:00 | That is a really really good idea and to demonstrate how keen I am on the idea I'll start with you. Would you like to be barbequed, roasted or fried? I think you just put me off me lunch... :xmouth: |
dolby digital (5073) | ||
| 465669 | 2006-06-25 03:18:00 | The Japanese have been conducting genuine research on whales. They have discovered: (1) whales are big animals which live in the sea. Until the research ships come along. (2) if you land an explosive harpoon in them, they die. After a while. (3) we can make money selling the meat left over from our research. (see (1) and (2)). |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 465670 | 2006-06-25 04:32:00 | You forgot (4) Dogs like [surplus] whale meat. | Myth (110) | ||
| 465671 | 2006-06-25 04:56:00 | I have difficulty reconciling the ethics of eating sheep, pigs and cows, versus that of eating whale meat. The human race is doing it's best to remove the food sources of the seas' mammals, so even if there is a continued moratorium on whaling, their food chain may be in danger anyway. Last time I looked, sheep, cows and pigs weren't scarce. And because we are stripmining the ocean that makes it ok? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 465672 | 2006-06-25 05:33:00 | I have difficulty reconciling the ethics of eating sheep, pigs and cows, versus that of eating whale meat . Terry, you are stirring, surely? :stare: Whales only reproduce every two or three years and their gestation is at least 12 months so it's not like they breed faster than sheep, pigs and cows . Apart from that the method of slaughter is not exactly humane as they don't always die immediately, but often up to an hour later after goodness knows how much suffering . :( |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 465673 | 2006-06-25 06:18:00 | >>Last time I looked, sheep, cows and pigs weren't scarce . So, if we raised and 'factory farmed' whales in large numbers, then it would become OK to slaughter them 'humanely' ?? >>And because we are stripmining the ocean that makes it ok? I never said that was ok, and implied quite the opposite . >>Terry, you are stirring, surely? No, I'm not stirring, I have as much objection to the raising and killing of vast numbers of land animals as with the killing of whales . In the west, much of this meat food goes to bloat the obese, or to make 'gourmet' meals, or gets discarded from restaurants . There is an element of hypocrisy in this whaling business . I just wonder how many anti-whalers go fishing, or enjoy duck shooting, or enjoy going out to shoot a deer and watch it die . Edit: I forgot to add this site: . ethics . org . au/ethics_forum/forum_posts . asp?TID=1617&PN=1" target="_blank">www . ethics . org . au |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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