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![]() clifto wrote: http://www.lookaboutusa.com/ wrote: Also thanks to Greenpeace who have alreadysunk nine whalinf ships Goddamned ****ing terrorists. -- If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin. If terrorism is required to make sure that another species doesn't get delegated to the heap on non-existence then so be it! JB |
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![]() "John Barnard" wrote in message ... clifto wrote: http://www.lookaboutusa.com/ wrote: Also thanks to Greenpeace who have alreadysunk nine whalinf ships Goddamned ****ing terrorists. -- If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin. If terrorism is required to make sure that another species doesn't get delegated to the heap on non-existence then so be it! Does Greenpeace attack Inuits who go whale hunting? Just curious. --Mike L. |
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Does Greenpeace attack Inuits who go whale hunting?
Just curious. --Mike L Greenpeace, AFAIK, harasses the big factory whaling operations that massacre hundreds at a time. While I am certain that many of them sympathize directly with the whales (I know I do), their fundamental goal is species and oceanic preservation. The same is essentially true of Sea Shepherd, although I think their people may even more strongly identify with the plight of the whale being hunted. I don't think they bother the Inuits or others who hunt on a subsistence basis, although if the target species is truly endangered they work to find other options. Bruce Jensen |
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![]() bpnjensen wrote: Does Greenpeace attack Inuits who go whale hunting? Just curious. --Mike L Greenpeace, AFAIK, harasses the big factory whaling operations that massacre hundreds at a time. While I am certain that many of them sympathize directly with the whales (I know I do), their fundamental goal is species and oceanic preservation. The same is essentially true of Sea Shepherd, although I think their people may even more strongly identify with the plight of the whale being hunted. I don't think they bother the Inuits or others who hunt on a subsistence basis, although if the target species is truly endangered they work to find other options. Bruce Jensen Bruce, All the above that you state is right on the money. No one should ever begrudge an indigenous people their chance to eke out a living on extremely limited resources (such as with the Inuit). It's the commercial whalers or thugs that slaughter rhinos and elephants for horns and tusks that p*sses me off to no end. Humanity has killed off enough species on this planet and sooner or later such extinctions will come back to haunt us. JB |
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![]() "John Barnard" wrote in message ... clifto wrote: http://www.lookaboutusa.com/ wrote: Also thanks to Greenpeace who have alreadysunk nine whalinf ships Goddamned ****ing terrorists. -- If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination, my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin. If terrorism is required to make sure that another species doesn't get delegated to the heap on non-existence then so be it! I bet you're a PETAphile too. |
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I bet you're a PETAphile too.
Don't know about JB, but I am. If it's opposed to cruelty to, or exploitation of, children or critters, I'm for it. Bruce Jensen |
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![]() "bpnjensen" wrote in message oups.com... I bet you're a PETAphile too. Don't know about JB, but I am. If it's opposed to cruelty to, or exploitation of, children or critters, I'm for it. You DO realize PETA is a major contributor to known domestic terrorist organizations like ALF and ELF. So you're all for firebombing car dealerships as well then. |
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MnMikew wrote:
"bpnjensen" wrote in message oups.com... I bet you're a PETAphile too. Don't know about JB, but I am. If it's opposed to cruelty to, or exploitation of, children or critters, I'm for it. You DO realize PETA is a major contributor to known domestic terrorist organizations like ALF and ELF. So you're all for firebombing car dealerships as well then. I do not know this for certain; if you can provide some proof, either rmaterial, an eyewitness account or a conviction in a court of law, I will accept it. Having said that - Unless a human being is harmed by one of these groups, I do not consider an organization "terrorist." Civilly disobedient, certainly. Guilty of property destruction, yes, sometimes. Terrorist? *No,* as long as no humans are physically. As far as property destruction goes, I am not in favor of bombing car dealerships or people's homes. If, however, you consider it a terrorist organization despite lack of human injury or death, then count me among the terrorists. Animals are terrorized, abused, vivisected, cruelly beaten and murdered every day in thousands of ways and circumstances, at the hands of humans who have no special claim to any right to do so. I feel little sympathy for a person whose pertinent property is destroyed when he or she shamelessly abuses and tortures pain-feeling creatures on a business-as-usual basis. This is fascism, true blue unadulterated fascism by definition at its terrifying worst, and the animals have no voice, no vote, no recourse whatsoever - except by those who stick up for them. I am solidly in favor of working to educate and legislate compassion and rights for animals. When this fails, as it so often does in the ethically corrupt human political world, then it is fair to fight fire with fire - so long as no human is physically harmed. Yes, I believe that, and make no apology whatsoever. I know in my heart that the sanctity of material possessions cannot compare with the sanctity of a living creature's freedom from abuse. There are various related issues, and I will be happy to discuss them in private, not on this messy forum. Bruce Jensen |
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![]() bpnjensen wrote: MnMikew wrote: "bpnjensen" wrote in message oups.com... I bet you're a PETAphile too. Don't know about JB, but I am. If it's opposed to cruelty to, or exploitation of, children or critters, I'm for it. You DO realize PETA is a major contributor to known domestic terrorist organizations like ALF and ELF. So you're all for firebombing car dealerships as well then. I do not know this for certain; if you can provide some proof, either rmaterial, an eyewitness account or a conviction in a court of law, I will accept it. Having said that - Unless a human being is harmed by one of these groups, I do not consider an organization "terrorist." Civilly disobedient, certainly. Guilty of property destruction, yes, sometimes. Terrorist? *No,* as long as no humans are physically. As far as property destruction goes, I am not in favor of bombing car dealerships or people's homes. If, however, you consider it a terrorist organization despite lack of human injury or death, then count me among the terrorists. Animals are terrorized, abused, vivisected, cruelly beaten and murdered every day in thousands of ways and circumstances, at the hands of humans who have no special claim to any right to do so. I feel little sympathy for a person whose pertinent property is destroyed when he or she shamelessly abuses and tortures pain-feeling creatures on a business-as-usual basis. This is fascism, true blue unadulterated fascism by definition at its terrifying worst, and the animals have no voice, no vote, no recourse whatsoever - except by those who stick up for them. I am solidly in favor of working to educate and legislate compassion and rights for animals. When this fails, as it so often does in the ethically corrupt human political world, then it is fair to fight fire with fire - so long as no human is physically harmed. Yes, I believe that, and make no apology whatsoever. I know in my heart that the sanctity of material possessions cannot compare with the sanctity of a living creature's freedom from abuse. There are various related issues, and I will be happy to discuss them in private, not on this messy forum. Damn, I'm sure hungry for a steak! Meat: It's what real DX'ers have for dinner. dxAce Michigan USA |
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Meat: It's what real DX'ers have for dinner.
dxAce Michigan USA It's what fools use to clog their arteries. BJ |