Safe the whales!!! WTF... - Eternal Allegiance

Rigeri · 08-20-2003, 03:16 PM

Article from CNN... http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu....ap/index.html

I´ll take the most important part of it and post it here...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- One of three vessels commissioned by the Icelandic government to hunt minke whales sailed out of harbor early Sunday, Icelandic news media reported.

The hunters are to take 38 minke whales for research during August and September. The government says the cull is needed to study the stomach contents of the minke whales and see if they feed too much on fish stocks such as cod, which are vital to the national economy.

Several nations and animal rights groups have criticized Iceland's decision.

Nations opposed to whaling, including the United States, say there is no scientific basis for the tests. Welfare groups fear Iceland is using the scientific whaling to gauge international reaction before it resumes commercial whaling, as it has said it may do after 2006.

Ok fine its easy to say "safe the whales" when you live in a country like the US... but its not that simple here...

We all know that whales eat fish = less fish in the oceon.

Fish is very important here.. why ? Its a HUGE part of our economy that makes this nation rich and modern...

Its not 4% of our economy.. or 12% or 20%... ITS 70% of our economy!

So more whales = bad economy in the future.

Its not like we are gonna make it instinct.. We have over 100.000 minke whales just here around the coast of Iceland. And we are talking about killing like a 100 a year in special areas... how will that make them instinct ?

Sure if you live in a area where you don't have many of them.. and it doesn't affect your economy... Sure do that "safe the whales" thing and watch Free Willy on TV... but hey its not that simple over here...

I mean there were boats from some foreign news channel trying to get it on tape when the first whale was killed,

I think people should find something better to do with their time than run around with "safe the whales" sign. But hey thats just my opinion. I´m glad our government just ignored the international community and allowed this because its very important for us.

And they don't even say on the news in other countries how important this is... they only talk about the negative part since people are more interested in that.

So whats your opinion ? Should it be banned worldwide or should it be allowed in some areas ?

FantaOrSprite · 08-20-2003, 08:22 PM

If Its overpopulation , then yea, it is okay to kill those whales. I mean America CANNOT talk about it. We kill deer every year so that overpopulation isn't a problem. Some of those animal activists people are crazy....

midnightman · 08-20-2003, 09:43 PM

It just proves that every country is unique and has its own needs for its security...and that's how the news is; very one-sided. We saw that alot in recent times. Anyway can you eat the whale meat?

FantaOrSprite · 08-20-2003, 10:00 PM

^ you can eat anything if you are hungry enough.

Chewie · 08-21-2003, 12:45 AM

'save' the whales it is btw

But yeah, 38 out of 100000 isn't going to kill them off... but whales are 'cute', so you can't kill them

Rigeri · 08-21-2003, 05:47 AM

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Originally posted by Chewie
'save' the whales it is btw

See this is what happens when your summer break is for 3 months

argh!

Rigeri · 08-21-2003, 05:53 AM

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Originally posted by midnightman
It just proves that every country is unique and has its own need...

Yes and Its like the US doesn't get that... I've heard there are more killed in the US ilegally than in the countries where it is legal.

I just read this morning that there might be some plans in the US government to cut off Iceland in the business world... or something like that. Be buy like 1/3 of our stuff from the US (including computers and cars) so ehmm not good news.

But I also heard that they SAY IT everytime but don't actually do it... well they didn't to Norway and Japan so it would be kinda dumb to start with Iceland... But still just thinking about it makes me so mad because there is NOTHING wrong with what we are doing.

FantaOrSprite · 08-21-2003, 07:25 AM

^ Geiri I doubt they will cut off Iceland. The US usually only cuts countries off like Iraq ,places where the leaders are totally corrupt and the US tries to get them to change by 'starving it out of them'. Of course it never works,because the corrupt leaderdoesn't care that his people are starving.
If The US cut Iceland off b/c of WHALES I would seriously consider moving to Canada! I would be so ashamed.

midnightman · 08-21-2003, 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by Geiri
Yes and Its like the US doesn't get that...

Well it's happened to us with the war in many ways (ignoring "international opinion"). It's all about roles and politics, and in politics being hypocritical isn't ruled out.

Rigeri · 08-21-2003, 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by midnightman
Well it's happened to us with the war in many ways (ignoring "international opinion"). It's all about roles and politics, and in politics being hypocritical isn't ruled out.

Yeah and its not even like all countries are against it... We have almost as many that support it as the ones that are against it.

And the thing is our government has been so supportive to the US... put Iceland on the list that supported the war on Iraq while 80% of the nation was against it. Then they stab us in the back because of few whales

But anyway I still think everything will work out fine