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blackspade

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11. Harvesting?

Reply to Jgarrick (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 11:46 PM

Apr 2014

So you're seriously for whaling?
Killing whales is like killing the ocean version of us.
A sentient species with a language, etc.
Why hunt them at all?

Unfucking believable.

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Japanese whalers plan new Antarctic hunt [View all] Omaha Steve Apr 2014 OP

Are they in some kind of parallel univers - up is down, red is black, no means yes ???? groundloop Apr 2014 #1

Given that minke whales aren't endangered, I don't see what the big deal is. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #2

Trade of minke whale products AgingAmerican Apr 2014 #3

Why would it be prohibited when minkes aren't endangered? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #4

they dont just hunt Minke MFM008 Apr 2014 #6

Humpbacks aren't endangered, so no big deal. Sei whales are threatened, though, so that is a cause Jgarrick Apr 2014 #7

Harvesting? blackspade Apr 2014 #11

Saying I'm "for" whaling is a bit too strong. It would be more accurate to say that I'm indifferent Jgarrick Apr 2014 #12

"I've never seen any evidence that whales approach human intelligence" Nihil Apr 2014 #15

Your reply is simply a (slightly) more eloquent way of saying, Jgarrick Apr 2014 #16

souna bakana! yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #5

Don't flame me, I'm just trying to understand Phlem Apr 2014 #8

There are many who believe that yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #9

I completely agree yuiyoshida Phlem Apr 2014 #10

Thank you for your comments, yuiyoshida. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2014 #13

Well that was three out of four yuiyoshida Apr 2014 #14