Posted on 03/17/2010 6:19:53 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
Australia good? Japan bad? History understands that when it comes to whaling, hypocrisy and censorship are more than just friends. In Australia, they’re close allies.
Once we were whalers. Still our whaling history is scrubbed out of textbooks or minimised, without justification. One can also watch hours of Australian television, dedicated to demonising Japanese whalers, without ever learning about the many ways in which our whaling industry contributed to Australia’s prosperity. Along with edited histories, lazy school curriculum standards, and a cosy ignorance comes a new self-righteousness, a new superiority - I sniff therefore I am!
“Tasmania alone in the 1840s built 400 vessels ranging from small cutters to ships of 500 tons that joined the England-Australian run,” wrote Geoffrey Blainey in The Tyranny of Distance. “Whaling was a mainstay of the shipyards, and scores of large whaling ships were launched in Hobart or Sydney, with popular ceremonies and quaint toasts.”
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There is no reason that any nation on Earth should be whaling, none. We don’t need their fat, we don’t need their bones, the meat stinks and Japan and the Soviet assholes can kiss my ass....screw them and their “whaling fleet”.
Your lack of education on this subject is surpassed only by your rudeness.
I'm sorry I was so harsh. Please explain how whale blubber, bone and meat is essential for your daily life.
“There is no reason that any nation on Earth should be whaling, none.”
1. Whale meat
2. Traditions that go back thousands of years
3. They’re there.
Who, in a free country or world, has the right to determine what another person ingests? Would you bestow upon any government the power to make that determination? Do you eat meat? If so, would you accept having someone else legislate what kind of animal meat you eat? The whale population has rebounded to a level that will sustain a scientifically determined fishery quota. You do believe that food resources can be managed by humans don’t you?
Spare me. The Japanese fleets are the most efficent whale killers ever.....this isn't the days of sail. It's a Union thing, get a clue.
Try some....I double dog dare you.
“Try some....I double dog dare you.
If people like you would allow whaling, I’d be thrilled to.
So we have your vote to resume whaling?
Here's an idea, go to Japan and taste it...you can also get dolphin at the same fish market. Let me know if you want a link, pilgrim.
Figured as much. Not a question answered, because your argument is based on emotion. You should keep your uninformed opinions to yourself and stop the histrionic posting on subjects that you are ignorant of.
I asked you a question, how much Whale do you use everyday.....the answer was......zero....try again.
Can’t spend the time or money to go to Japan.
Home delivery would be preferable.
In the meantime, if you could arrange for one of the Alaska tribes that are allowed to hunt whales to offer a travel and hunt package, please let me know.
Whale, the other white meat!
By the way bigmouth, I'll spank your butt all over these forums for that....let's go, "whale expert".
Uh, how about Freedom? How about, if someone feels like whaling? How about, I'll go whaling if I bloody damn well feel like it?
Apparently, you have never seen a Japanese Whaling ship. It doesn't look like a canoe from Eskimos. Try google.
Belittling other posters is not nearly as clever as you apparently believe. Rather, it tends to prove the vacuity of your position.
Oh, no. I am game for the small boat + native crafted harpoon. It makes it far more sporting.
How about if the Chicoms, Japanese and Soviets fish out the fishing grounds next to the US.....we used to shoot vessels for that....but now we have all you......sissies....kissing their ass for a can of tuna. Perhaps I can stick some whale bluber in a can......just for you.
Well thanks for that Lucky. I noticed you didn't post an opinion, one way or the other. You remind me of Obama.
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