Posted on 03/02/2006 7:00:04 AM PST by LouAvul
So these two baby seals walk into a bar, and one of them says to the bartender,"I'll have a Canadian Club on the rocks..."
Sir Paul is not a Canadian, so he should butt out of Canadian affairs. We don't like it when foreigners try to interfere in US affairs.
LOL.
Let them eat cake? Or, medical experiments for the lot of them?
Your post mentioned nothing about the seals eating the fish the people are trying to catch. The hunt is an effort to keep species in balance, including humans.
A lot of those Newfies are Irish Catholics but you don't see them down here in front of Rockefeller Center protesting American abortions.
Let's keep our nose out of other people's business in minor matters where we have no national security stake.
You probably couldn't pass a 10-question quiz on Newfoundland, anyway.
When and where do you find the Newfoundland Hour?
You are absolutely right, murder is a wonderful way to handle the problem of overpopulation. With so many homeless and starving people in the world, perhaps this would work for humans as well. Where do you suggest we start?
bravo, bravo ,bravo!!!!!
Yes. Read Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" for details.
To equate the murder of people with the brutal harvesting of animals places you beyond the realm of respectablility. There are many horrible descriptors that can be applied to this annual killing of baby seals, but murder is not an appropriate word.
Who are you going to go after next? The Gorton's fisherman?
Beyond the realm of respectability? We are all god's creatures and I hardly think that my support of creatures who cannot speak for themselves places me in this category! Have you read the sickening jokes and comments others have posted regarding this issue? And you speak to ME of respectability? Is it easier to make light of the situation than to take a stand against it?
As for the Gorton fisherman, fear not, he'll be hearing from me as well!
I am a man. To me was give by God dominion over all living things. I am to be held responsible to how I handle my dominion over all living things. Fishing cod for food, raising sheep for meat and wool, exterminating mosquitoes for control of malaria are all examples of man managing the resources he has been given dominion over.
Now unless you advocate for cod, sheep and mosquitoes I assume you have another agenda than the opposition to the mass destruction of animals. I propose that you are interested in the "cute factor" surrounding baby harp seals. As a result, you use the hyperbole of "murder" to describe this very brutal cull.
Of course my talk of God giving dominion may be rejected by you, in which case your talk of us all being "god's creatures" is rejected by me as a logical tool not believed by yourself.
Ah, you assume incorrectly. While it is hard to ignore the 'cuteness factor' I became a vegetarian because I could no longer live with the fact that I was perpetuating the suffering of other living creatures. While I admit I WILL kill a mosquito in self defense, I will also go out of my way to carry a spider, ant or moth safely outdoors as opposed to squashing it. I also will not wear clothing consisting of animal skin or fur, and I will not use any product that has been animal tested. (Trust me, this is not always easy!) I just feel that in this day and age it is not necessary to torture and kill animals for our own use. There are alternatives available. I also feel that both hunters and slaughterhouse employees no longer go out of their way to kill animals as humanely as possible. I've seen footage that will haunt me for the rest of my days. Perhaps if you view some of the things I have seen, you will understand where I am coming from. I am not here to attack you, I just want people to be aware of the murderous acts (that's right, murder, "to kill brutally or inhumanly") that are inflicted on so many creatures.
The word murder when referring to the killing of an animal is about as correct as calling Nelson Mandela an African-American South African. Nelson Mandela is black, not African-American. But Political Correctness has destroyed what the meaning of the "word" African-American really means.
Likewise, you cannot murder an animal. You can kill it, butcher it, hunt it, trap it, poison it, strangle it, drown it, or club it, but not murder it. Murder has a meaning beyond "kill", it means specifically "the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought". (See here: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/murder ) Can an animal be killed cruelly? Yes, and many are. But the definition of murder is specific to a person, a human.
This may seem like semantics to you, but letting things be defined by hyperbole leads to a lot of the nonsense our society has to deal with today.
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