Founder of Sea Shepherd Arrested in Germany

[tsig]

Al that will take years

Meanwhile, the unbridled and unnecessary slaughter will continue.

Someone has to act on behalf of the whales otherwise the political efforts would amount to nought anyway.

Why are whales special?

 

[Cleon]

Why are whales special?

They take the short pod to school?

 

[Sam.I.Am]

And apparently the 9th US Federal circuit court of appeals has declared the Sea Shepherds as pirates and has recused the previous judge off of the case as he was showing bias in favor of the Sea Shepherds (as shown by this ruling where several points of law were ignored in the case that was being appealed).

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Appeals-Court-Sea-Shepherd-pirates-judge-4309993.php

 

[NoahFence]

Why are whales special?

Intelligence.

 

[Ryokan]

Intelligence.

Intelligence varies from whale species to whale species. The minke whale, for example, has a rather small brain.

Pigs are also very intelligent, but I've not seen anyone suggest we don't eat them for that reason.

 

[philkensebben]

Intelligence.

So its morally ok to eat stupid animals? Poor cows, they'll never win.

 

[Metullus]

So its morally ok to eat stupid animals? Poor cows, they'll never win.

It might put some truthers at risk as well...

 

[philkensebben]

It might put some truthers at risk as well...

Well quite.

Anyway, wasnt the problem just one page ago, that whales were being hunted in a sanctuary? Now its because they are intelligent? Which is it?

 

[Wildy]

I'd say it's that people are trying to come up with reasons to force their values upon others.

 

[Damien Evans]

Well, this thread has certainly taken a turn for the yellow peril...

Did it get turned back to 1930 while I wasn't looking?

 

[NoahFence]

Well quite.

Anyway, wasnt the problem just one page ago, that whales were being hunted in a sanctuary? Now its because they are intelligent? Which is it?

Two different things, sort of.

1) Why the outrage, period?

2) Why the outrage in the Southern Ocean?


Some people see the family dynamic in a pod of whales and see something that humans should strive to achieve. I'm one of them.

 

[Ryokan]

Well, this thread has certainly taken a turn for the yellow peril...

Did it get turned back to 1930 while I wasn't looking?

Don't you know? Everything you need to know about the Japanese you can learn from WW2.

 

[tsig]

Intelligence.

But not smart enough to realize they're being killed and do something about it?

 

[tsig]

It might put some truthers at risk as well...

Oh, noes, the low score on the IQ test is soylent green!

 

[tsig]

Two different things, sort of.

1) Why the outrage, period?

2) Why the outrage in the Southern Ocean?


Some people see the family dynamic in a pod of whales and see something that humans should strive to achieve. I'm one of them.

Then do it.

You are anthropomorphizing the whales.

 

[NoahFence]

But not smart enough to realize they're being killed and do something about it?

???

 

[tsig]

Don't you know? Everything you need to know about the Japanese you can learn from WW2.

Whales is good, Japs are evil. Simples.

We don't kill whales because they're intelligent but a few dead Japanese is OK.

 

[tsig]

???

Ability to recognize danger is a sign of intelligence.

 

[tsig]

They take the short pod to school?

 

[Empress]

They take the short pod to school?

Nom'ed.