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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:43 PM Original message |
Whale Wars helicopter pilot tells about the Japanese Harpooning the Minke Whale |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. It has become more and more difficult to watch |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, I had watching whales die, but hopefully it will encourage people |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
103. when will we finally BOYCOTT JAPANESE GOODS & SERVICES? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Next campaign Watson will have a water cannon on the Steve Irwin plus |
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Parker CA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And they need some kind of air cannon to shoot the bottles at them high enough to go over the nets. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. seems like wrist rockets would do the trick -- maybe there's a reason why they're not |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I thought they were concerned about losing their registration is they did direct attacks from |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. We have the nukes. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. That can play both ways. Didn't there used to be a vessel called the Rainbow Warrior? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yep, and lots of people know |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
163. Thank you for not taking my post literally. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:52 PM Original message |
If it escalates japan will be unwilling |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
29. Australians? I was thinking between Watson and the Japanese |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Japan is on its own. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Watson refrained for attacking directly from the Steve Irwin, but when |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I would hardly call the whalers actions hyper agressive. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
141. All who sail with Watson know the risks and they publicly admit that |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #141 |
151. The so called shooting of Watson was never backed up by any investigating agency. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. earthrace: |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "An animated music video directed by the late Heath Ledger has had it debut on the web...... |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. This is a very powerful video. n/t |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. They pulled it from your link. Here's one that's working still: |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I think they need to redesign their prop fowlers too. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Or...weight the whole thing so it settles just a couple feet under the surface |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Good idea! |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Correct. |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. A covert operation is needed to disable the ships |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. When "The Cove" goes to DVD, there will be outrage. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Nisshun Maru would look so peaceful sitting at the bottom of her harbor. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. And eventually, over many years on the bottom, she might become a sort of reef. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. It would be beautiful. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I like pirates. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
105. +1 |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. while watching this season |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. i was trying not to get all emotionally involved in it -- trying to "watch" it from a distance... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I don't think it's the crew that's disorganized |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Its pretty poorly run and there is clearly a lot of playing to the cameras n/t |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. so WHAT? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Because amateurs make mistakes, mistakes at sea can kill people, especially in those latitudes n/t |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Most of the crew are volunteers and may not have much sailing experience |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It was very hard to not cry at last week's episode |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Several lasers directed into the eyes of a harpooner might incapacitate him. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. A technology waiting for regulation.. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. We already know it works on pilots |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Those are guys with green laser toys. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Seen similar videos. Its was a real problem with targeting lasers to make them eye safe. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The best way to collapse a problem |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Watson or the Japanese? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. A vessel. not people. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Any butchering is. Cow, horse, pigs, chickens, and whales |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Exactly |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. NO cows are raised on a farm.. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:31 AM Response to Reply #57 |
153. An abattoir is never a pleasant place |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You don't even need all that shit. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. You must not know much about Japan and her people n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Know enough to get under their skin. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Outside agitation & astroturfing will pull them together even tighter behind the whalers |
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tj2001 (685 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. See |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. So that means they are already agitated. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
108. how about the Japanese racism against the highly intelligent whale race? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:35 AM Response to Reply #108 |
155. You choose your terms poorly |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Arguably more advanced than humans. The Japanese gov. knows it, too. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #108 |
159. ...+ |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
142. You sound like a Japanese whaler or a spokesperson for their industry |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:25 AM Response to Reply #142 |
150. You need a course in basic reading comprehension |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #150 |
173. You sound like a birther, not me |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. Birthers are characterized by blind devotion to a position, regardless of facts |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #174 |
180. You have a blind devotion to defending the Japanese whalers illegal acts |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #180 |
181. Miore binary thinking...it is possible to oppose whaling and Watson at the same time n/t |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
68. Psy-ops are less ethical than just sinking the Nisshin Maru. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
138. I don't think it's less ethical than killing a sentient living creature. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #138 |
154. I assume you are a vegetarian at some level |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #154 |
157. But they don't work for the Navy. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:01 AM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Which whales work for the USN? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Can't name them individually. Google Navy, dolphins, whales. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #154 |
182. You assumed wrong. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-21-09 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. Just saying... |
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harvey007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
47. Animal Planet needs to do more programs like "Whale Wars" |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
48. if I ever hit the lottery |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. Is whaling at this rate going to cause whale extinction? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Not according to the IWC |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. What is wrong then? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. there is nothing wrong as such i believe |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. yeah, real enlightened of you there, Bodhi |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. +100000 |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
111. + 1,000,000 |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:14 AM Response to Reply #111 |
144. +10,000,000 nt |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. They really are eco-terrorists then |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #63 |
143. And I donate to Sea Shepherd every year, so that must make me a eco-terrorist sympathizer |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #63 |
158. Scientific research? Selling off their (large) brains for sushi? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #63 |
171. No...they are not eco-terrorists...they have the right to defend the whales: |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
178. I love when people parrot right wing memes. |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. It is not quick. It takes 20-25 agonizing minutes to kill a whale. n/t |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I don't believe there is a better way |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
109. "as quickly and efficiently as possible"---chasing whales with modern ships & blowing them up with |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
123. So was this video fast and efficient enough for you? |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. There is no responsible way to hunt whales... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. People eat the whale meat |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Whale meat is a boutique food...wholly unnecessary for nutrition... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. So you only eat and wear the bare minimum? |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Ahh...the tried and true tactic of moving the focus... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Except it is neither transient or ephemeral |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. I can only come to the conclusion you are arguing for arguments sake... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #78 |
88. I support the whalers and the seal hunters |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
112. Your profile says you hunt and fish. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. None just for the antlers |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #121 |
127. So you'd call yourself an ethical (or whatever) hunter, right? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. I don't "hunt to feed yourself" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Thanks for your straightforward answer. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. I guess I have nothing left to say to you |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
90. Rennet (which is in many cheeses) is made from calf stomach |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. Never claimed it was... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #90 |
147. You're not a farm type, obviously. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:43 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. harvesting cotton is akin |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Harvesting cotton is akin to harvesting seals |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Ummm bullshit |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. It is exactly the same |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Are you serious? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Doesn't matter to me |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Good for you. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I watched whale wars |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #87 |
113. why don't you have someone try it on you and get back to us on that, OK? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. I don't think I'd mind being shot in the head with a cannon |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #117 |
122. and you think those harpoons always hit the whales right in the "painless" head? Yeah, right. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
126. What more could they do??? Um..... Not kill it. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. It was over with MUCH FASTER than many animals die in the wild |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Yeah. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. Oh now stop |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #99 |
177. Humans are natural predators. nt |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #94 |
176. Actually that is natural selection. Does not make the behavior ethical, but it is natural selection, |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. I saw a fox kill a gopher before |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #91 |
128. Wait... What? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. That fawn did not have a chance |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. All animals have somewhat of a chance against their predators. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. Natural selection. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. Zema. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I'm a little short on pit bulls right now |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #91 |
162. But they don't have more nerves going to more brain cells than even humans do... |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
124. Right, let's do everything like it was done in the past. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Sorry. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. Obviously one is a plant and one is an animal |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Fancy doesn't make it not food |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. bullshit. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. Just because it is a delicacy doesn't mean..... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #95 |
116. +1 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Is there isinglass in your wine? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. xema. I really respect you |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. I know the difference between harvesting cotton and slaughtering a whale. |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. and you know what? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #107 |
148. "ANY ANIMAL"? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. Any animals except the ones they are inconvenienced by |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:33 AM Response to Reply #149 |
152. I find it tends to vary. |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. Yes there is... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #66 |
146. "there is no responsible way to make fur coats." |
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S_E_Fudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #146 |
169. I am perfectly happy to have fur companies... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. Having seen animals die naturally in the wild |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-24-09 03:00 AM Response to Reply #169 |
179. I've looked. I know more than most people complaining about it. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. Every year the Japanese claim to harvest between 1/2 and 1/2 of a percent |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
102. "Harvest" is an interesting word. n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. flvegan, don't fear the reaper. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #102 |
110. Kind of like soldiers "engaging" the enemy |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. same as "collateral damage" where "slaughter" = "research" of whales |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #85 |
140. Yeah and they also claim to do it for research |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
80. I'm just as worried about the mile long Pollock nets that are hurting the salmon runs |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
145. The crew of Sea Shepherd are amongst my many heroes. |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
164. A peaceful and classic video: Carl Sagan on whale communication. |
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AllenVanAllen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
165. Watching that whale die |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
166. Are we talking strictly about cruelty here? No endangerment issues? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 05:55 AM Response to Reply #166 |
167. Some estimates put the whale population at 1% of it's former population. |
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life long demo (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
168. THANK YOU AGAIN |
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life long demo (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
170. Forgot to post a Youtube video |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
175. Just so everyone knows, there are at least 10 countries which hunt whales. |
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