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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:21 AM Original message |
Sea Shepherd has Japanese Whaling Fleet Is On the Run |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. But my question is, would even the vegans of DU heave a rancid butter bomb? |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. that actually is a big question -- not just vegans -- but the whole lot of us |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. First time I really became aware of them was that movie Sharkwater. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. i will totally put that in my que. gotta say one more thing on the subject of direct action... |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It has moments of drama that are riveting. And the underwater scenes are breathtaking. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. With both hands. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. that's what I'd hope you'd say. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Do they do anything |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The "butter" ruins the whale meat |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. interesting |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. kewl nt |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Maybe it has something to do with most Japanese being Lactose Intolerant? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. AFAIK it's not actually sourced from butter, it's just the chemical that makes it stink |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It can be from butter/cheese or from a plant oil. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
2. We need stronger enforcement of fishing regulations and treaties. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No the problem is changing the laws themselves. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If they're not breaking the law, you're right...the law needs to be changed. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. to me, this is the yawning chasm in the whole debate -- why indeed, isn't there |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree...but that's an inelegant and inefficient "solution". |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. absolutely. they've been at this for 30 years. it's amazing that no one has stepped in |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Not amazing, really. Just common sense. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. right -- i'm totally with you. it's amazing to me b/c it's a giant ambiguity that's left dangling. |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Not if the ships are in an economic exclusion zone. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. You simply can't butcher another intelligent species. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. 'Paul Watson is an idiot'??!! |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. He rams whaling ships in open waters. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. like I said |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I've seen the videos. I know what I'm talking about. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The whalers are wiping out an intelligent,sentient race and they know it |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Agreed, but whales are still animals. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. don't bother |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is the earliest they've ever found them, I think. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. i can't help but think that they've been able to raise money for better equipment, and have |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I agree |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They were supposed to have two ships this year. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. Hooray for the Whales!!! |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-20-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Hmm. A highly developed brain. Let's eat it" Japanese Scientific Research |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. We need Obama to do what Clinton threatened to do in 2000 |
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life long demo (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. GOD SPEED SEA SHEPHERD |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Ack, too late to rec. |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-21-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm curious, why aren't they in the Atlantic chasing Norwegians and Icelanders around? |
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