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11-24-2011 04:26 AM |
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Originally Posted by Scott McD
(Post 18583379)
Umm, and that makes it ok ??
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Of course it does. First of all, The Faroese don't participate in commercial whaling, they do this once a year as part of a cultural tradition, and all of the whale is used. Second of all, they live on a craggy, remote island where not many crops can be grown, this is how they supplement their diet. Third of all, pilot whales are actually overpopulated around the islands and eat the fish stocks which provide the main source of industry and income for the people there. The amount of whales they kill doesn't even put the tiniest dent in the population.
You cannot condemn this while you eat factory farmed beef, chicken, pork, and commercial fished tuna, cod(is that what they use for fish and chips?) and whatever types of seafood you eat without looking like a complete hypocrite. IMO, this is much more humane than any of the techniques I just listed to procure meat and fish. Are you somehow more "civilized" because you don't slaughter your own meat? The most ironic part about this is that they're getting mercury poisoning from the whales because we in "advanced society" have been polluting the fuck out of the water around their island.
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