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Kaiine's mother killed

Postby Guntaag Gorefeast » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:22 am

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06 ... index.html

terrible. She was a gentle beast, but her time had come




On a more serious note, i personally had no idea whales lived that long. Thats unfuckinbelievable to me
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Postby Lyion » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:12 am

Nice. It lives 200 years to be carved up for blubber.
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Postby Narrock » Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:17 am

Stupid ass eskimos.
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Postby Eziekial » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:10 am

I thought Japan was the only country still whaling. What a waste :(
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Postby 10sun » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:12 am

How is it a waste? They are going to use the meat & blubber.
It isn't going to be stuffed and mounted over someone's fireplace.
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Postby Narrock » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:24 am

10sun wrote:How is it a waste? They are going to use the meat & blubber.
It isn't going to be stuffed and mounted over someone's fireplace.


No, they are going to sell it for big $$$. Don't be so naive.
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Postby Eziekial » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:28 am

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.
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Postby Martrae » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:35 am

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.
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Postby Arlos » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:39 am

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.

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Postby Eziekial » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:49 am

I'm pretty sure those countries subsidize their whaling industry.
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Postby Narrock » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:30 pm

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.

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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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Postby Martrae » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:33 pm

You really are clueless.
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Postby Tossica » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:51 pm

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:

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Need to hunt their own food when they could pay McDonalds corporation to provide all the food their people needs?
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Postby Naethyn » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:58 pm

Is it just me or does that picture look like shit? I don't mean the crappy little houses either.
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Postby Gaazy » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:58 pm

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
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Postby Tossica » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:10 pm

Naethyn wrote:Is it just me or does that picture look like shit? I don't mean the crappy little houses either.



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Postby Guntaag Gorefeast » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:14 am

im saddened that the culture of these natives wasnt raped as completely and utterly as the people who used to live in the consecutive states.
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Postby Lyion » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:49 am

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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Postby Alphonso » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:16 am

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.
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