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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dolphins have had a brain the size of ours for about 30 million years longer than us and managed to not f*#k up the planet that entire time. Who is smarter?
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2011 - 10:07am PT
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Thanks for the excellent posts Riley and Healyje,
These creatures are self-aware, sentient, and should be considered sovereign. Just as we wouldn't tolerate the invasion and attack of indigenous people in the rainforests of Brasil, it is intolerable for humans to invade the oceans and kill its sentient beings. The hunt is wrong, and the meat isn't even healthy. Figure out a better way to make a living!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Aug 10, 2011 - 11:17am PT
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signed and sent Karen, good on you for doing this
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Boz
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Aug 10, 2011 - 12:44pm PT
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"Killing in the name of tradition is just an excuse to keep on behaving like barbarians. Quote: “ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” ... Mahatma Ghandi "
Wow. WOW! Really?
I would bet, on the whole, the japanese treat their animals a whole HELL of a lot better than we do.
You want to make an argument, don't pull on heart strings.
No one gives a damn if they are smart. That isn't important. Pigs are smart, and I really really want some bacon right now.
There are important points to make, feel free to continue discussing those, the most important being that the Japanese people don't even know this is happening, and they are buying this meat as "Whale Meat".
Educate the japanese people, don't sign petitions. This is the internet age. Revolutions are started by a tweet, and you want to send a petition to Obama?! What the hell is he going to do! HAHAHAHAHAHAA
Edit: Oh and For the Record - I don't agree with the slaughtering, I think it has nothing to do with cultural traditions, it is greed, pure and simple, oh and a little bloodlust, sure. Either way its despicable.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Aug 10, 2011 - 10:59pm PT
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Do they taste as good as pigs?
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 12, 2011 - 11:50pm PT
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NO-thing tastes as good as the LOcker
After slowly turning the withered old locker on the spit for at least 12 hours cut into cubes and serve.
mmmm this locker is the latest rage in Tokyo.
A glass of Johnny makes it go down easy.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Aug 12, 2011 - 11:54pm PT
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Dolphins actually don't make great people...
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Aug 13, 2011 - 02:05am PT
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Where's the "ban tiger penis soup" petition? I'll sign that one.
I used to care about things like this, but that was before the Bush administration.
hint: Getting an account and arguing with a forum regular is not a good way to earn sympathy for your cause.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 13, 2011 - 01:07pm PT
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What if we all gave up because of the Bush administration?
What a sad world this would be.
Hint : I'm not arguing with the locker. I am barbecuing the Locker!
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 14, 2011 - 10:04am PT
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Barbecue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbecue - CachedBarbecue or barbeque (common spelling variant) (with abbreviations BBQ & Bar-B-Q ; Barbie, used chiefly in the United Kingdom and Australia
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Aug 15, 2011 - 12:01am PT
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FACKTOID:THIS SEAMS RELUVENT.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 22, 2011 - 12:03pm PT
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This is a great organization that protects all ocean wildlife.
They are doing great things!!!!!
http://www.seashepherd.org/
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2011 - 04:45pm PT
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Operation Infinite Patience: Return of the Cove Guardians
Photo: Sea Shepherd
How does Sea Shepherd measure success? By the number of marine lives saved. Using this criteria, the original Cove Guardian program from September 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011 was a noteworthy success. An estimated 750 dolphin and pilot whale lives were saved as a result of the pressure applied by the Cove Guardian volunteers (the actuals from previous years averaged around 1,600 dolphins and pilot whales killed during this same six-month period). And if Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardians saved this many lives, than it makes perfect sense to do it again this season.
The Cove Guardian volunteers who traveled from around the world at their own expense managed to non-violently intimidate, intervene, harass, and considerably slow down the dolphin killing. All of those hours of standing vigilance armed with cameras and staring down the brutal killers, chastising them face-to-face, and frustrating the authorities, paid off.
One of Sea Shepherd’s strategies is persistence. Shutting down the dolphin slaughter requires incredible stamina and patience. We have been actively opposing the killing of dolphins in Japan since 1980. During this time, we helped end the dolphin Slaughter at Iki Island in 1982, we released trapped dolphins in Taiji in 2003, and distributed some of the early visuals of the slaughter to international press provoking the Taiji fishermen to erect barriers to hide their shameful slaughter. Ric O’Barry, one of our original crewmembers from 2003, later returned to Taiji and collaborated with documentary filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) to produce the Academy Award-winning film The Cove. And last year, we stood a six-month vigil in Taiji bringing together over 65 volunteers from around the world as Sea Shepherd’s Cove Guardians.
The Cove Guardian program resulted in the Governor of Wakayama Prefecture, Yoshinobu Nisaka, to mobilize over 100 policemen to undertake exercises in preparation for the return of the Cove Guardians for a second year in a row, a costly expense for Japan.
Officially, the shameful and brutal slaughter of the dolphins in Taiji will begin on September 1. Sea Shepherd wishes O’Barry and his team, who plan to be there on this date, the best in their efforts. Thanks to Ric, Louis, Earth Island Institute, OPS, Hardy Jones, Scott and Elora West, and all of the Cove Guardians, we have seen a continuous, unrelenting, and diverse opposition to the slaughter in Taiji for nearly a decade.
Sea Shepherd will follow-up on our original efforts by bringing a second wave of Cove Guardian volunteers to Taiji over the next six months. Our goal for this time period will be to prevent the slaughter of as many dolphins as possible. We will need aggressive, courageous, resourceful, and disciplined volunteers along with passionate and dedicated people to support them.
A Cove Guardian can be any Sea Shepherd supporter willing to travel to Taiji at their own expense to stand guard for the dolphins. Sea Shepherd will provide the leadership and the advice required to maintain the operation within the working guidelines and parameters of Japanese law. It is a delicate line to walk, managing to push the envelope, while being aggressive yet lawful, but most importantly, demonstrating to Japan and the rest of the world that the dolphins of Taiji will never again be slain out of sight and out of mind.
If you want to help Sea Shepherd save lives but cannot get involved as a Cove Guardian volunteer, then you can join as a Cove Guardian supporter. It is a costly campaign to undertake, but well worth it in terms of lives saved. We estimate this investment to be less than a $100 per dolphin life saved.
Join Sea Shepherd’s efforts to defend and protect the dolphins of Taiji by becoming a Cove Guardian or a Cove Guardian supporter today. To join us in Taiji (voluntarily, and completely at your own cost and risk), write us at coveguardian@seashepherd.org.
The dolphins of Taiji need your help.
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