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Pretzel_Warrior

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10. pigs are really smart. but they taste like bacon and are kid of ugly

Reply to G_j (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:39 PM

Jan 2014

so dolphins win.

I'm not minimizing this--just finding it odd the woman on CNN was practically getting the vapors and slamming her hand on the desk in what seemed like theatrical outrage.

meanwhile....they will NEVER seriously cover the epidemic of gun deaths in our cities.

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Herded dolphins being slaughtered at Japan's Taiji Cove.. [View all] G_j Jan 2014 OP

Sea Shepherd Live Stream: G_j Jan 2014 #1

Kick.... daleanime Jan 2014 #2

SCREW TRADITION AND CUSTOMS!!! democratisphere Jan 2014 #3

Absolutely. I can't watch the videos. Triana Jan 2014 #19

That is sickening. Dolphins are intelligent animals. RC Jan 2014 #4

Page link to Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project (co producer of The Cove) Mika Jan 2014 #5

Oh, well, it's a "custom" so I guess that makes it OK. arcane1 Jan 2014 #6

should Native Americans in Washington be allowed to kill Orcas? Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #8

What are you talking about? Which tribe kill Orca? countryjake Jan 2014 #12

this feels like another distraction by the 1%. what is different about these animals vs. cows, Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #7

so it's either/or? G_j Jan 2014 #9

pigs are really smart. but they taste like bacon and are kid of ugly Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #10

I agree about CNN G_j Jan 2014 #11

Dolphins have more cortical surface area and larger, more complex brains then our species of ape. Nika Jan 2014 #13

Most of us are able to follow more than one story at a time. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #33

That was not really my point Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #34

Since you brought it up what are you doing about the abuse of farmed animals? LeftyMom Jan 2014 #35

Horrific! MoonRiver Jan 2014 #14

I agree G_j Jan 2014 #16

I'm trying day and night! MoonRiver Jan 2014 #17

so much under stress right now G_j Jan 2014 #20

Me too. MoonRiver Jan 2014 #22

This seems to be annual event and I cannot bear to watch it. n/t RebelOne Jan 2014 #15

"Hunting"? How the hell is that "hunting" Triana Jan 2014 #18

Kick...but, I can't view the video... KoKo Jan 2014 #21

Their dolphin killing "tradition" started in 1979. MoonRiver Jan 2014 #23

I don't condone the practice, but Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #29

Of course there are a few who do, but most of the meat is being stored MoonRiver Jan 2014 #37

I once read that it was the US who encourage dolphin and whale hunts CFLDem Jan 2014 #30

Why are the Japanese still so out of touch on this? Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #24

Stubborn bastards MoonRiver Jan 2014 #25

I'm sure it's more than that and honestly I'd like to understand. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2014 #28

Are they still doing that in the Faroe Islands also? jsr Jan 2014 #26

Yes, those scum are also massacring intelligent, social, highly sentient beings. MoonRiver Jan 2014 #27

C'mon now you sick fucks Blue Owl Jan 2014 #31

BTW, if you go to parks with whale and dolphin exhibits/shows you're paying to support this. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #32

Absolutely! That is the reason this evil exists. MoonRiver Jan 2014 #38

Kick ellisonz Jan 2014 #36

kickety...Hi ellisonz! countryjake Jan 2014 #39

Thanks ellisonz Jan 2014 #40