UN orders Japan to halt whale hunts

[eynon81]

[John Galt]

[eynon81]

[uebermann]

[John Galt]

well texas must be spared the infestation that the northlands all have of deer. in wisconsin you have to earn a buck -- you have to shoot a doe before you can take a buck

i don't know why you care that some parts of an animal go for cheaper price than what you think it's worth. it's japanese buinsess what industries they prop up. i only care about the idiocy of banning whaling. dead whales are extremely useful, mainly in their lubrication applications. the hubble runs on dead whales.

more dead whales == more space lubricant. more space lubricant == more space travel. more space travel == awesome.

conclusion: kill whales

you have to look at it this say: what do whales do for you? well, they provide lubricant. i think their population needs to be stable enough IN ORDER to hunt them, not just so they can keep on living unmolested. as these populations of individuals are so large, why not?

also the designation of the area as a "whale sanctuary" was unilateral and did not ask the japanese input. when they complained the appeal was denied without looking at it. as i've said, japanese should just withdraw from the organization and go hunt all the whales they want, instead of the small limited number they do now. that'll show you what happens when you are entirely unreasonable and don't allow some hunting.

[uebermann]

[John Galt]

they aren't hunting them until they are dead. they are taking hundreds of individuals out of hundreds of thousands, and that's just select species, not "all the whales"

here's an article about how we're not doing enough, even though species like the humpback isn't o nthe endangered list anymore. but it does mention their uses in space http://www.independent.co.uk/environmen ... 35193.html

my point is simply, they shouldn't be banned for no reason. responsible hunting (which would be MORE than the nips are doing now, mind you, as they barely are doing anything) shouldn't be out of the question

[uebermann]

[eynon81]

[John Galt]