Poll: Environmental Issue: Japanese Whaling
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ARG! BAFOONS, ALL OF YOU!
Don't you know that it's the peace loving hippy pro-whale people who keep the poor creatures down?
Whales evolved from land mammals millions of years ago, and they only want to return to the safety of the land. I hear about whales trying to climb back onto the land weekly in these "beachings", only to be forced back into the sea by "marine biologists" and hippies.
My whale friend Pete said that his family was only trying to immigrate into Australian land to escape the warzone that has become his watery home. He didn't know that we would kick them right back off our land and treat them as alien and unwelcome.
Am I serious? I'm not sure.
Don't you know that it's the peace loving hippy pro-whale people who keep the poor creatures down?
Whales evolved from land mammals millions of years ago, and they only want to return to the safety of the land. I hear about whales trying to climb back onto the land weekly in these "beachings", only to be forced back into the sea by "marine biologists" and hippies.
My whale friend Pete said that his family was only trying to immigrate into Australian land to escape the warzone that has become his watery home. He didn't know that we would kick them right back off our land and treat them as alien and unwelcome.
Am I serious? I'm not sure.
The one thing I dont see in the OPs post is the ecological effects that removing whales causes.
There is a balance that needs to be maintained in the ocean and whales are apart of that, whales eat krill and plankton and a number of other marine species.
I dont think there has been any studies as to the effect taking whales out of the equation would do to the oceans balance, while whales aren the only species to consume such things they do consume alot of it, so its hard to say what an overabundance of krill and plankton would do to the oceans, especially considering all the other damaging effects humans have had on them already.
So long answer would be no, let the whales be, its not worth fucking up yet another ecosystem just because a few thousand people might suffer. Besides people suffering is a long human tradition, if whalers are too wussy to fight through it and adapt then they dont belong in the gene pool.
There is a balance that needs to be maintained in the ocean and whales are apart of that, whales eat krill and plankton and a number of other marine species.
I dont think there has been any studies as to the effect taking whales out of the equation would do to the oceans balance, while whales aren the only species to consume such things they do consume alot of it, so its hard to say what an overabundance of krill and plankton would do to the oceans, especially considering all the other damaging effects humans have had on them already.
So long answer would be no, let the whales be, its not worth fucking up yet another ecosystem just because a few thousand people might suffer. Besides people suffering is a long human tradition, if whalers are too wussy to fight through it and adapt then they dont belong in the gene pool.
As opposed to, say, being slowly eaten by cancer over a period of 5 years?VitalSigns said:
Nobody cares about the mass genocide of an insect nest by exterminators. But one whale killed and it's a tragedy. Stupid environmentalists with their double standards. Hell, even fishing is allowed without much protest. What makes whales so special?
It's not an environmental/cruelty issue, they're obviously just culturally killing them for science. And shampoo.
Incidentally, here's a game I found on TIGsource: Harpooned: Japanese Cetacean Research Simulator [http://harpooned.org/]
Incidentally, here's a game I found on TIGsource: Harpooned: Japanese Cetacean Research Simulator [http://harpooned.org/]
It really depends. I mean if you regulate it and put strict, strict restrictions on what can and what cannot be hunted, then yes. Problem is, this would be too difficult to regulate, hence, I cannot see it as feasible, so whaling should be outlawed until someone can figure out the logistics of regulation.
