Whales a bit safer

[el_draco (Rom)]

Stunned to hear a court actually made a just decision. Short species up north no longer permitted to murder sentient beings.

Having had the privilege of looking a whale in the eye, all I can say is

BLOODY BEAUTY MATE !!!! :thum bsup:

[Larryp (Laurie)]

A great decision

[raymo]

Rom's remark about looking a whale in the eye reminded me of a time
many years ago when I was on my brother in law's 30ft yacht looking
at one of the large U.S. aircraft carriers moored off of Freo. A whale and
her calf came up alongside with the mother actually resting up against
our hull and her calf resting up against her other side. They stayed there
for a couple of minutes, and all of us were able to look into her eye from a distance of about 1.5 metres. One of the most memorable experiences
of my life.
raymo

[astroron (Ron)]

Beauty mate,at last the decision is made it took a long time but the wait is worth it in the end
This quote from the Japanese defence of whaling submission is in my opinion,shows what a sham their case is.
Quote)
Japan had argued it has complied with the moratorium despite its 2,000-year tradition of whale hunting, leaving coastal communities in "anguish" because they can no longer practice their ancestral traditions

The Antarctic whaling is done over 3000kms from Japan.
"Coastal communities"
It will be interesting to see if Japan leaves the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling treaty, which it is at liberty to do so,and so can continue to do whaling.
Cheers

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

Japan only started eating whales recently.
They do a rather nasty cull of dolphins in one of the bays in Honshu I think it is - they get into the water and beat them to death; the water turns red with the blood. Quite awful.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by astroron

It will be interesting to see if Japan leaves the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling treaty, which it is at liberty to do so,and so can continue to do whaling.
Cheers

I believe the answer to that would be a few dozen 100mm warning shots below the waterline.... Not likely, but I can dream.

I believe the P.C. response is automatic international sanctions.

Just heard they are going to abide by the decision.... RIPPA!

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Yes !!!!!

[johnnyt123 (John)]

Scientific research...pppffffttttt!!!..... What is there that they have learned and advanced the scientific world from the murder and consumption of whales!!!?!?

It's about time this barbaric practice is terminated. !!!

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

some island off Norway still do whale kulls on it's beaches. they drive the pod into a fjord and massacre them with spears and knives along the shore.

it's a shame but they liken this to us eating beef, chickens etc. and they have been doing this forever so I don't know... I think it's wrong. they could just produce synthetic whale meat .. like spam lol

hopefully they can put a ban on shark finning. it's just as barbaric, and it's wasteful, throwing a finless shark back into the water to sink and drown.

matt

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by el_draco

I believe the answer to that would be a few dozen 100mm warning shots below the waterline.... Not likely, but I can dream.

I believe the P.C. response is automatic international sanctions.

Just heard they are going to abide by the decision.... RIPPA!

I think Japan are happy it is over and out of the way,the verdict gives them an out to close down an industry that was costing a lot in both prestige and monetary.
This helps them to save face and get out of a very costly exercise.
Cheers

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Good news indeed. But ummm. What does this mean?

Originally Posted by el_draco

Short species up north no longer permitted to murder sentient beings.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Good news indeed. But ummm. What does this mean?

Japanese people are generaly thought of as being short in stature, is what I think being inferred here.
Cheers

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Japanese people are generaly thought of as being short in stature, is what I think being inferred here.
Cheers

Well. I'm not convinced that's exactly what he meant.

If he was literally calling them short however, when went there I found they were on average quite tall.

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by AG Hybrid

Well. I'm not convinced that's exactly what he meant.

If he was literally calling them short however, when went there I found they were on average quite tall.

Hopefully he will enlighten you when he sees your message.
I would love to hear what you think he meant,then
Cheers

[Shano592 (Shane)]

I still maintain that the Sea Shepherd needs to have a big swivel-mounted (cue Dr Evil) "Laser", so they can cut just enough of a hole in the whaler's hull, that it has to make for port.

Big laser needed, I know, but still ... someone must have a spare CNC machine and some old refractor glass that they no longer need!

[rcheshire (Rowland)]

Having lived and worked in Japan I can verify that they come, as we do, in all shapes and sizes. The older generation is typically shorter, I am led to believe, due to malnutrition - post war.

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Let's hope the Japanese Government doesn't say, sorry April Fools joke.

[el_draco (Rom)]

Originally Posted by astroron

Hopefully he will enlighten you when he sees your message.
I would love to hear what you think he meant,then
Cheers

I'll leave it to your imagination. Suffice to say I am a student of history and, as a result, I occasionally have views that are socio-politically unacceptable; and solutions to problems that, whilst highly effective, do not sit well in the public arena. As a consequence, I generally keep them to myself and let the P.C. rant while I watch history grind inexorably in circles ....

Consider it a slip of an overcrowded mind

Rom

[Ric]

I was just reading about this.

Wonderful news indeed.

[noeyedeer (Matt)]

who's going to protect the whales in the north?! it's a one sided deal. yeah Australia is happy and the whale watching boats and tourism etc .. but the whales still are not happy, they're still hunted.

should we put up dolphin proof nets because some dude got wacked by a dolphin and hurt himself in the sea .. did we hunt down that violent dolphin. I bet if it were a shark we would've ..

don't talk about whaling when we kill more sharks for tourism. on a global scale over 100,000,000 sharks are killed per year

domestic cats and dogs are number one killers of native animals .. etc .. where do we draw the line for the rights for animals? sorry but it's something I pay (donate) money for and feel strongly about.

matt