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Originally Posted by big_dav_2001
As i said, i'm a butcher, not a scientist. I have no idea of the gestation period/ reproduction rate of whales, i simply said that if a sustainable way of killing them can be found, regardless of the purpose, whats the harm?? As you've pointed out, sustainability may be close to impossible, so perhaps the practice should be extremely limited (although that may also prove to be impossible).
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That's why decisions regarding whaling are better left to those that know about the biology of whales and not to people who don't. Most of the public isn't informed enough, or knowledgeable enough, to make the right decision unless they're given completely unbiased information and helped in understanding the issues.
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Originally Posted by big_dav_2001
Makes sense to whom??. What gives me or anyone else the right to change try and change another cultures practices and beliefs just because i don't understand them? The practices make sense to them that's the important part. When cultures start questioning the importance of their own values/beliefs/practices, then it should be up to them to change them, the change should not be forced upon them by an outside culture because simply because the outside culture doesn't understand.
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It's upto the people concerned to change, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't listen to others in order to gain information and to make decisions based on new ideas and ways of doing things. Just because something makes sense to someone doesn't make it right, moral or ethical. Nor might it actually make any real sense when it's looked at in the cold hard light of logic and reality. Sometimes people won't change unless they're prompted to, or educated differently. Sometimes people have to be pushed into it because they're intransigent and just don't want to change. If in not changing they possibly jeopardise the well being of everyone else, then they should be forced to change. If any country acts like a spoilt and unwilling child, then they should be treated as such.