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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GmanJoe on October 29, 2003, 07:16:03 AM
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I feel sorry for the striped dolphins. IMO, fish tastes better. But then again, cultural differences make it sick to me....but okay for them. So, who am I to argue? I\'m just the messenger.
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Sick whatever way you look at it. :iono:
These Jap fisherman should be "nipped" in the bud
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How dare they?Those bastards :mad:
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Holy shit. I thought those images were photoshopped until I read the article.
That\'s horrible.
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They do this with whales on the island of Faro. They make it a family outing where they drive the whales onto the beach and kill them with large metal hooks. The kids watch it and enjoy it too.
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this is brutal!!Inhumane!!!These people need to be sentenced to jail permanently!!And have their penises cut off!!
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Originally posted by nataku
Holy shit. I thought those images were photoshopped until I read the article.
That\'s horrible.
It\'s definitely "embellished" for emotional purposes. The boat is blood free coz they forgot to embellish the water in the boat. But beyond the media hype, it really happened.
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What\'s all the fuss, it\'s just a big fish. :D
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What is that supposed to be?Black humor?
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http://www.theinformationminister.com/press.php?ID=612332935
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:laughing:
LOL!!!!!!!
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Samwise - It\'s a big fish that has the intelligence of an advanced primate. Close family relations, lifetime pod membership, one of only 4 animals in the world who is self-aware (will recognize it\'s own reflection for what it is, etc), with humans. That\'s what makes it different from animals.
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Originally posted by FatalXception
Samwise - It\'s a big fish that has the intelligence of an advanced primate. Close family relations, lifetime pod membership, one of only 4 animals in the world who is self-aware (will recognize it\'s own reflection for what it is, etc), with humans. That\'s what makes it different from animals.
I was kidding, I love Flipper as much as the next guy.
BTW, it\'s a mammal. ;)
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they have shown the footage in the news.....I was so disturbed :(
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That water makes me thirsty.
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KOOL AID!!!
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Ahh I was gonna say that muddafuk.
this is brutal!!Inhumane!!!These people need to be sentenced to jail permanently!!And have their penises cut off!!
Your almost worse than them. Cutting off a males genitals because he did something bad?
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That water is way too red. I don\'t care how many whales. Wouldn\'t the blood be much much darker?
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those crazy Japanese...
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Originally posted by Spudz
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Ahh I was gonna say that muddafuk.
Your almost worse than them. Cutting off a males genitals because he did something bad?
Bad???Thats.....bad?Its not like taking a candy from a baby.They desreve punishment!!!they are slaughtering lives!!!AND CUTTING THEIR GENITALS FOR DOING SUCH A BRUTAL THING IS WORSE?
Perhaps they are just animals :rolleyes: Who cares e?
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It not a f~@*ing fish at all! It`s a Mammal and it probably has more intelligence than most of the idiots on this site.
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Originally posted by magepaster
It not a f~@*ing fish at all! It`s a Mammal
Yes, that\'s what I said above.
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Originally posted by magepaster
It not a f~@*ing fish at all! It`s a Mammal and it probably has more intelligence than most of the idiots on this site.
Tell it to mr spudz who doesnt seem disturbed enough
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Let\'s not be too harsh with our judgement here. Unless yer a vegetarian, you can\'t be too critical of what the Japanese do. It\'s their culture. In India, they revere the cow and would never think of harming one. The way we view the slaughter of dolphins is similar to how they view us at McDonalds.
Cultural differences. It\'s okay for most of them but for us, it\'s disgusting. Just keep that in mind.
Yes, the dolphins are intelligent animals. But did you know that the pig is among the highest intelligent creatures in this planet? It ranks up there with chimps, dolphins, ravens and and dogs. Actually, pigs are more intelligent than dogs.
But bacon tastes good and aren\'t as cute as dolphins. It seems we prefer to eat non-cute animals.
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Actually I think pigs are kinda cute. At least when they\'re small. :)
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Originally posted by Samwise
Actually I think pigs are kinda cute. At least when they\'re small. :)
I have "Babe" on DVD. :p I like to eat a BLT while watching it. :p (For those of you outside of the US and don\'t know what a BLT is - bacon lettuce tomato sammich)
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Let\'s not be too harsh with our judgement here. Unless yer a vegetarian, you can\'t be too critical of what the Japanese do. It\'s their culture. In India, they revere the cow and would never think of harming one. The way we view the slaughter of dolphins is similar to how they view us at McDonalds.
Cultural differences. It\'s okay for most of them but for us, it\'s disgusting. Just keep that in mind.
Yes, the dolphins are intelligent animals. But did you know that the pig is among the highest intelligent creatures in this planet? It ranks up there with chimps, dolphins, ravens and and dogs. Actually, pigs are more intelligent than dogs.
But bacon tastes good and aren\'t as cute as dolphins. It seems we prefer to eat non-cute animals.
DOLPHINS ARE ALSO NEARING EXTINCTION FOR GODS SAKE!!!What does dolphin slaughtering have to do with their culture btw?
Also......just because killing pigs and cows for consumption is something that happens in our everyday lives would that mean an excuse for slaughtering dolphins?Lets leave it as it is eh?Intead of leaving our conscience to judge we happen to excuse everything just because its common or just because they are written in papers we call LAW.
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Originally posted by Unicron!
DOLPHINS ARE ALSO NEARING EXTINCTION FOR GODS SAKE!!!What does dolphin slaughtering have to do with their culture btw?
Also......just because killing pigs and cows for consumption is something that happens in our everyday lives would that mean an excuse for slaughtering dolphins?Lets leave it as it is eh?Intead of leaving our conscience to judge we happen to excuse everything just because its common or just because they are written in papers we call LAW.
Your reaction is very common to people outside of Japan and Iceland. It\'s what they do. Native Americans also used to hunt down whales until Western laws were enforced upon them. What this has to do with culture....is that it\'s ~in~ their culture to eat dolphins. That\'s the point. The law was to keep the number of slaughters down, but not to completely stop the consumption of dolphins and whales.
BTW....those dolphins are not near extinction.
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Originally posted by GmanJoe
Let\'s not be too harsh with our judgement here. Unless yer a vegetarian, you can\'t be too critical of what the Japanese do. It\'s their culture. In India, they revere the cow and would never think of harming one. The way we view the slaughter of dolphins is similar to how they view us at McDonalds.
Cultural differences. It\'s okay for most of them but for us, it\'s disgusting. Just keep that in mind.
Yes, the dolphins are intelligent animals. But did you know that the pig is among the highest intelligent creatures in this planet? It ranks up there with chimps, dolphins, ravens and and dogs. Actually, pigs are more intelligent than dogs.
But bacon tastes good and aren\'t as cute as dolphins. It seems we prefer to eat non-cute animals.
Actually I am a vegitarian. But not because of Animal rights just because I vomit at the taste of any meat/fish/poultry. You could say I`m a natural born non-killer. Dolphin is not part of mans natural diet. Culling Dolphins because they eat fish is bollocks.
The lets kill Dolphins because they eat fish attitude stinks.
Would a lets kill the Japanese because they eat fish attitude stink any less?
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Yeah they are not near extinction so perhaps they should keep slaughtering them until they become.Just like what happened with whales.
Oh well.Perhaps its very right to cut out women\'s clitoris at the age of 9 in some arabian countries and destroy their lives.Its their culture.Their religion. :rolleyes:
Its not right!Why do we people have to be so depentent on culture or law or whatever?Why cant be aware if somnething is right or wrong?
Its either right or wrong!It cant be both.Who is right?People outside Japan or Iceland or people inside Japan or Iceland?
Why is it so necessary in their culture to eat dolphins?Culture is just used as an excuse for money.
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There\'s no right or wrong, no absolute moral. There\'s only the world as you see it.
That being said, I agree this is bad.
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Ofcourse you agree this is bad because you judge by consience.Not by culture or history or whatever belief is made by man as a more "intelligent" animal.Thats why your belief is more valid IMO.
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I think it\'s bad as well. I\'m just playing the middle man here. "Dolphin Free Tuna" is the tuna cans I buy. Hell, I even say "Oops! Sorry!" when I run over a poor squirrel (but I sure as hell ain\'t gonna swerve away from one and kill myself).
Well....there is hope. More and more Japanese are finding that dolphin as food to be disgusting. Only the oldies are eating them. Like Videoholic. :p
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I used 2 b vegetarian for 2 years. As good as my intentions were I couldn\'t keep it up any more. From the day we are born and fed, most of us were given meat to eat. There\'s nothing wrong with that in itself imo. But the problem is balance. I read that these dolphin harvests are for mass produced dolphin meat market, in cans. That\'s the problem ; it\'s not about food anymore but mass market profits. Remember the huge cattle diseases from not too long ago here in Europe ? A direct result of an unhealthy mass production bio industry.
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saw it in paper today, is sick
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I think the problem here is just having respect for something so intellegent. If they stopped doing lab treatments on apes why should they keep killing dolphins? It\'s not like people will starve...
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Bad???Thats.....bad?Its not like taking a candy from a baby.They desreve punishment!!!they are slaughtering lives!!!AND CUTTING THEIR GENITALS FOR DOING SUCH A BRUTAL THING IS WORSE?
Perhaps they are just animals Who cares e?
First learn grammar if you are going to argue with me.
Second; Honestly I couldnt care less what happened- sure its terrible to do a genocide of any sort, but you think complaining and yelling about it will bring back their lifes? :rolleyes:
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^ No, but as long as there\'s debate, other ppl\'s consciense can be called upon. I mean, if you\'d see someone murdered in front of you, you ain\'t saying nothing to nobody ? :o A dialogue, vocal action about evildoing is the right thing to do, even if you can\'t directly stop it from happening. Better than doing nothing, caring only about your damn self.
This dolphin/whales thing calls for UN to speak up about it.
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Originally posted by Spudz
First learn grammar if you are going to argue with me.
Real nice Spudz... how about you learn Greek or whatever, and continue the discussion from there.