Are these the eskimos that harvest 2-3 whales a year to feed their entire tribe? If so, then I can handle that. It's the commercial whaling that irks me.
Whaling has always been a prominent source of food for Alaskans, and is monitored by the International Whaling Commission. A hunting quota for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission was recently renewed, allowing 255 whales to be harvested by 10 Alaskan villages over five years.
Reading comprehension ftw.
Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
Yeah. While I don't like whaling in general, at least the Eskimos take very few, and they use every last bit of the animal. Blubber for heating and light, etc. etc. etc.
The commercial whaling to sell to restaurants, etc. like the Japanese and Norwegians are doing is the sick-making version. Notice how groups like Greenpeace never say word 1 about the Eskimos and their hunts, but will get flotillas of ships out there to disrupt the commercial fleets.
Arlos wrote:Yeah. While I don't like whaling in general, at least the Eskimos take very few, and they use every last bit of the animal. Blubber for heating and light, etc. etc. etc.
The commercial whaling to sell to restaurants, etc. like the Japanese and Norwegians are doing is the sick-making version. Notice how groups like Greenpeace never say word 1 about the Eskimos and their hunts, but will get flotillas of ships out there to disrupt the commercial fleets.
-Arlos
I guess you weren't aware that the eskimoes have all the modern conveniences as we do... reservations with housing with heat and air, restaurants, fast food restaurants, schools, grocery stores, etc. THEY DON"T NEED TO BE KILLING WHALES.
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Inside each person lives two wolves. One is loyal, kind, respectful, humble and open to the mystery of life. The other is greedy, jealous, hateful, afraid and blind to the wonders of life. They are in battle for your spirit. The one who wins is the one you feed.
Narrock wrote:I guess you weren't aware that the eskimoes have all the modern conveniences as we do... reservations with housing with heat and air, restaurants, fast food restaurants, schools, grocery stores, etc. THEY DON"T NEED TO BE KILLING WHALES.
Yeah, why the hell would someone who lives here:
Need to hunt their own food when they could pay McDonalds corporation to provide all the food their people needs?
On top of their actual use of the whale for food and blubber, I thought it was also part of their culture? Like a traditional hunt? I guess I could be wrong
I feel bad that I want to disrupt that ancient hunting tradition of firing bomb lances from a heavy shoulder gun to kill whales. It obviously has historical significance.
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I wish I were a native, those bastards get like 50k a year just for being native up here. Of course they all spend every penny of that on booze, unless their town is one of the many "dry" towns.
