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Hayden Panettiere, Fishermen in Violent Sea Confrontation Over Dolphins' Slaughter
Sky News ^
Posted on 11/01/2007 8:18:22 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
Actress Hayden Panettiere has been involved in a violent confrontation with Japanese fishermen as she tried to disrupt their annual dolphin slaughter.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animalrights; dolphin; fisheries; porpoisedrivenlife; science
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
Flipper changed an entire generation.
Slaughtering dolphins is sickening. I can't even read the article.
61
posted on
11/01/2007 11:00:44 AM PDT
by
MarMema
To: JackRyanCIA
. Never had a dolphin try to cut my throat. Never had a chicken, turkey, cow, pig, deer, elk, moose, duck, goose, bison, rabbit, squirrel, crappie, trout, sunfish, catfish, bass, tuna, swordfish, snapper, crab, shrimp, lobster, clam, oyster, mussel, scallop, octopus, or squid try to cut my throat either.
62
posted on
11/01/2007 11:04:51 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: dfwgator
The question was not meant as a straight one. That is why I added “did they run out of puppies”
63
posted on
11/01/2007 11:41:02 AM PDT
by
lastchance
(Hug your babies.)
To: lastchance
Oh I know, but I was just pointing out how disingenous it is for rich, white Americans, to mess with the livelihoods of people in another country. It’s the epitome of being an “Ugly American.”
64
posted on
11/01/2007 12:53:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: lastchance
Well, I thought it was funny!
To: RichInOC
Harpoon the cheerleader...Yeah, where's Sylar when we need him?
To: dfwgator
More than 22,000 dolphins are slaughtered by fishermen in Japan every year. The hunt continues despite worldwide condemnation. In Taijie, more than 2,000 mammals are slaughtered in the season. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism of this as an attack on their culture. Newsflash for "Beautiful Americans" and oh-so-intelligent Japanese fisherman: Dolphins are mammals, and are also among the most intelligent creatures on this earth. They aren't fish. Fish don't have a complete nervous system and as such don't feel pain. Dolphins do. Aside from the obvious fact that intelligent marine mammals such as orcas and dolphins are different in almost every way from fish, you might consider the line above about "worldwide condemnation." This is the center of the world's dolphin slaughter, and it's almost entirely nonsensical. A few hundred dolphins are slaughtered for food, while the lucky few make it to training centers across the world.
I just find it incredible that people can equate a cow - an animal that cannot survive in the wild and in fact doesn't even exist in the wild any more - to an intelligent wild animal like a dolphin. A cow is essentially beef on stilts. A single wire is often enough to hold them in. Pigs are more intelligent and do have closely related wild cousins, but at least the majority of pigs are slaughtered humanely.
Dolphins simply aren't food animals. They are intelligent mammals, and no amount of chest-thumping by Japanese fisherman is going to change that.
Seriously, when it did become the "conservative" thing to do to be indifferent to animal cruelty?
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To: GOP_Party_Animal
Why can’t Japanese eat Dolphins? Who gives a crap? Ms. Panattiere has no doubt enjoyed a hamburger over her limited years. Has she ever seen a calf? Pretty “cute” too.
To: dfwgator
We slaughter cows and pigs and chickens for food, and nobody raises a stink about that, except for the PETA types, but kill some cute little dolphins and suddenly theres outrage. Exactly. It is idiotic. Dolphins are nowhere near "extinction" levels. We mass-hunt many popular fish that are more endangered. It is shocking to see so many FReepers falling for this crap just because dolphins are "cute". Must be women.
To: flintsilver7
Dolphins simply aren't food animals. They are intelligent mammals, and no amount of chest-thumping by Japanese fisherman is going to change that. Dolphins have no more intelligence than do pigs. Why are pigs "food animals" and not dolphins? Certainly the people of Japan don't need YOU to be the arbiter of what they are permitted to eat, after millenia of doing so. If an animal tastes good, than it should be a "food animal".
To: montag813
Dolphins are NOT cute. Kinda ugly, in fact. But they are smart, and there have been many documented cases of dolphins helping people.
I’d extend them the same courtesy...never know when I might want to take up diving again!
72
posted on
11/04/2007 7:17:04 AM PST
by
Mr Rogers
(I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
To: GOP_Party_Animal
Good for her. A gutsy young woman. In the era of young celebrity women behaving badly, Hayden is a breath of fresh air.
73
posted on
11/04/2007 7:18:51 AM PST
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: GOP_Party_Animal
I like that she has a cause; I don’t like how she handles herself fighting for that cause.
Breaking down and crying isn’t the way to slap those Japanese fisherman around.
74
posted on
11/04/2007 7:20:51 AM PST
by
Porterville
(Don't bug me abuot my grammar, you are not that great.)
To: Puppage
Holy smokes! She gets a pass as far as I’m concerned.
75
posted on
11/04/2007 7:23:08 AM PST
by
anton
To: Porkandbeeny
They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism of this as an attack on their culture. I believe that this is known as "The Michael Vick Defense (tm)."
Mark
76
posted on
11/04/2007 7:49:08 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: Puppage
A 4, maybe a 5. Lourie Dhue is a 10
77
posted on
11/04/2007 7:54:16 AM PST
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: fish hawk
A 4, maybe a 5. Lourie Dhue is a 10If you check out post 59, I thing she rates about 16 on a 1 - 10 scale!
Mark
78
posted on
11/04/2007 8:10:28 AM PST
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: MarkL
To each his own. After looking at that picture I’ve dropped her down to a 3. I live on Maui, maybe where you live the girls are not as good looking. We’ve got house wives and mothers here better than that chick.
79
posted on
11/04/2007 10:54:12 AM PST
by
fish hawk
(The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
To: anton
Holy smokes! She gets a pass as far as Im concerned.LOL
Not bad for, gulp! 18
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posted on
11/04/2007 11:04:43 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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