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So, I was reading The Sun "newspaper" today, because it's the only comic that's ever in the office, and I read a story that instantly filled me with disgust. It was about Japanese whalers. No, I wasn't disgusted because these whalers had just killed a mommy and baby whale, I was disgusted because these whalers were called "sick" by the paper in question.
There has been a long standing hypocrisy when it comes to humanity and the animal kingdom regarding which animals are okay to kill and mistreat and which animals aren't, but nowhere is that hypocrisy more apparent than with attacks on whalers, so-called "sick" individuals who are doing their jobs. Jobs that are no more different from say, a cow slaughterer or a farmer who wrings chickens' necks for a living. I think it's pretty rich for a nation who happily carves up thousands of cute bouncy lambs to wheel around and call whalers "sick" and all manner of other words for killing a bunch of creepy looking undersea mammals who, to be fair, look like sex offenders. Whales are ugly and disturbing things with their big mouths and beady little eyes, and I fail to see the appeal. They might be more, apparently, "intelligent" than other animals, but by the same token, pigs are supposed to be pretty smart too and nobody feels like a monster for tucking into a ham sandwich. This arbitrary assignment of sacredness to certain animals is pretty fucking stupid, and I think it's pretty fucking arrogant to deride one group of people for killing a certain species of dumb animal while munching away on another. Also fuck the whales they're cunts.
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In conclusion,
I think the japanese fail (once again) for trying to hunt a species which we already decided we should not hunt, under some lame pretense. If a species is very low on members, they should be protected. If they are not, they are shit out of luck. I don't think that hunting the few remaining whales to "study" them while having 1 million cows, really matters for whether you should hunt a species to extinction though.
Seals though, fuck those critters and club them to death! There's enough of them to go around, and there's definitely not enough comfy warm seal-fur loafers for me to lurk the cold floors in.
You eat labrador? Eww... Evenyone know that Collies have the quality meat.
Nail on the head right there.
Even though it actually appeared after yours. Took me a while to write my blog, y'know. Quality over quantity Sterling, quality over quantity.
Also, fuck the pandas.
I agree, the pandas must die.
No matter where they are.... Period.
ZOMG! Breakdancing pandas!
I bust a spleen watching that. teheehehehe
I doubt that there's anyone on any side of the argument who isn't a hypocrite in some sense. I have no issue with eating meat, but at the same time I could kill a person if they harmed my dog.
Then you have those that are all for animal rights, but those feelings are always conditional, and rarely apply to what we would consider "pests".
Enjoy that cake while you can mr.panda....it shall be...your last!
No matter where they are.... Period."
Really? Animals go extinct all the time. Sometimes it's their time. I take no great joy in the extinction of an animal, but I don't weep for it either.
Take the panda for example. If they want to stop being extinct they can start fucking again. It's foolish for us to intervene when it seems that the pandas are intent on dooming themselves.
Orcas aren't even proper whales, are they? Or am I thinking of something else. I'm sure they're not strictly whales.
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I should clarify that whalers themselves aren't morally reprehensible -- people's gots to food on the table. But I feel is the government's responsibility to intervene and regulate, not only to save a diminishing number of animals, but because it's in their best economic and social interests. Sustainability and conservation pay off in the long run.
And you think it's ok for a extinguish a species that has been around for millions of years so humans can have some whale soup?
If their extinction was natural I could see your point, but we are causing many of these extinctions.
I know its the human way to be short sighted but in the long term its all not going to matter. Lets get that money, thinking and manpower going towards something that really matters. An anti-godzilla gun.
And I guess getting the fuck off this planet might help. Change is inevitable and the dominant species always has first dibs. Thats just the way it is. I may seem like a heartless cunt but Ive realised as ive gotten older (note:more cynical) that whats going to happen is going to happen, change can only be slowed, not prevented.
I'm pretty damn sure we can get a discount if we go as a group. We'll say we're British tourists and let Jim do all the talking.
If we continue the reckless "man-first" attitude then eventually we won't have a habitable planet, which will ultimately end in our demise. Food for thought.
And the only whaler nations nearby is Norway and Iceland.
Norway has a quota of 1000 whales every year and barely catch a little over 500. Iceland being 20 times smaller than
Norway probably has even lower quotas.
Those groups aiming towards saving the whales are bleeding terrorists! They've sunk plenty of whaler ships and have threatened whalers with their life! Calling the whalers sick would be completely idiotic!
They complain about the way of killing them being "unhumane". So what is an "humane" way to kill anyway? Strapping a person to the electric chair or injecting a poison needle is? But we kill whales because we eat them! Lions kill zebras in order to eat them! Its nature!
Welch's?
We didn't beam down in a spaceship, we're part of nature too. Fact of the matter is, what we're doing? That, also, is natural. If whales were the dominant sentient species on Earth, you bet you're ass they'd hunt us into extinction too.
Again, I'm not saying that means we need to kill everything, and that moderation isn't the best solution, because it is. However, I'm really sick of the whole "Humans are doing such evil things to animals HEY CHICKENS NOM NOM NOM" bullshit that goes on.
These eco-hippies are more damaging than whalers, by far. And fucking unhinged.
There is no human/nature divide. It's human nature to absorb and expand. We can't stop it because it's NATURAL for us to do it. I love this assumption than man isn't actually a part of how the world works, like we're some weird alien creatures that came and took the Earth away from the cats that were ruling it first.
The country Wales. The Welsh people.
@Jim Sterling
Exactly!
The moral of the story is -- eat an apple, kids. Take a break from chicken McNuggets every once in a while. Yeah? Everyone agreed?
Good.
Now onto the real topic at hand. Midget porn
Unacceptable.
Even if it is natural, wouldn't it be better for us to not be selfish fucks who act more like viruses than animals? I'm just saying.
Also, I'm not a hippie or an emo.
I'm not saying I condone humanity absorbing and destroying everything on the planet, I just think it's gonna happen one way or another.
I agree that we are part of nature and sure, the law of nature dictates that the strong will rule, but in this case it is like the incredible hulk versus a retarded child. Unlike any other species before us, we have the ability to wipe everything out, and we should be smart enough to realize what that will mean for us.
It just starts with whales or pandas or whatever, but this cavalier attitude about destroying everything in our path so we can live a little more comfortably has far-reaching consequences. What will they move on to once the whales are gone?