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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:05 PM Original message |
Japan wins whaling motion |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh well... Whales were nice when we had them. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. shit |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ! |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. whoops |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Greenpeace has abandoned the whales for 2006 |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Sometimes, quite literally... |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
74. please send Sea Shepherd a donation. I just did |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. They won a criticism and lost 3 others. |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I saw a quote in another story |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It's very true. Same goes with the seal hunt in Canada. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Or blaming Native Americans for the slaughter of the buffalo herds. |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. it already has been proven |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Overfishing is a human-caused problem |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Science has *already* proven that humans deplete fish stocks |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Right, but the |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. I wonder how many species that they plan to hunt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
81. Besides, whales eat krill, not fish |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Evil bastards |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Six of those votes |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. ... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. And here at home |
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President Kerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Just don't punish Nokia - they're Finnish and have little to do with |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Sorry 'bout that, I was in mid brainfart |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Interesting connection between St. Vincent's and whaling ... |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. What the hell is that? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. We'll take a lot of the biosphere with us on our way to extinction. n/t |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Blamed whales for depleting fish stocks" !?! Wow, just wow... n/t |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I am simply livid reading this |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Is there famine in Japan that I haven't heard about? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. No, they have so much whale meat in cold storage already |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Sea Shepherd has documented the brutal dolphin hunt at Taiji: |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Have you seen the dolphin slaughter sequence in Earthlings? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Ugh. Was that in Japan? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes to both. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks for the link. I'll watch when I'm less depressed. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. That's a good idea |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. So, why exactly are they doing this? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. National pride, as far as I can tell. |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yes, there is. They don't have enough cheese for all their whines... n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. Assholes!!!!!!!! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Pretty much |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And they have the audacity |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. as a biologist, you don't know how badly it hurts to read this being... |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So, in your opinion, how long until we kill the oceans? |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. the oceans are fucked. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Right. I'm sure that some new climate/biosphere regime will arise... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. many of my bio minded friends and professors have talked about this... |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The long-term problem is horrendous indeed |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. So, how to go about organizing a boycott? |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. The Security Council thing |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The cruise lines, good idea |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. It's cold comfort to imagine a future biosphere after the extinction |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. stephen j. gould had an essay on this |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. I was well into my junior year of an Ecology oriented Biology major... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Here's another question |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I'm not sure I know enough to answer this with enough detail... |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. It very much depends... |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:45 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. The planet will survive. |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. That's the beauty of it |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:20 AM Response to Reply #56 |
63. isn't the standard answer 25 million years? |
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Celefin (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
62. I feel with you |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
66. Deleted message |
zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. Time for a consumer boycott of japanese goods. Here's a link |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Welcome to DU |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. I'd love to see a world-wide ban on sushi. |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. This is Heart-Breaking! |
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Bombero1956 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. what |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #54 |
76. Huh? |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-18-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. Whaling is poaching, and these poachers should face the same fate as |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. It's a good idea, but you're targeting the wrong people. |
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goodboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Nice double entendre. "target" I see the point you're making, and... |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Not trying to justify their actions. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
58. Yesterday we read the Japan had lost the vote. Today we read |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. They lost two votes but then |
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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. Australia promises whaling fightback |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Color me skeptical -- there's that free-trade agreement with Tokyo |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Except |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #60 |
80. Oh, really. Is this the same Australia that did Jack Shit last year? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. St. Kitts Declaration is an Insight into Human Ecological Insanity |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
72. HEY JAPAN!!! |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
75. fuck japan -a nasty dirty country |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
82. Japan's delegation celebrates their victory |
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