Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!ken-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "thegoons" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.japan References: <3FA96001.74A0DB35@yahoo.co.jp> <3FAA4BFE.4426A1C1@yahoo.co.jp> Subject: Re: Shameful Slaughter of Dolphins in Japan Lines: 44 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <3lMqb.908$aT.896@news-server.bigpond.net.au> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:36:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.138.25.165 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1068208575 144.138.25.165 (Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:36:15 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 23:36:15 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:7413 "Bryce" wrote in message news:Ygzqb.62$Fa7.33241@news.uswest.net... > > wrote in message > news:MPG.1a144b17ec1b68989817@shawnews.vc.shawcable.net... > > In article , > > cpasuneadresse@spam.com says... > > > Well either you consider it's Japan's problem, in that case, you have to > > > admit that's absolutely not the business of Canadian (?) dolphinophiles > > > (Should they not worry about the ESB and slaughter of lobsters ?) > > > > > If you mean BSE, there are more recorded cases of BSE among Japanese > > cattle (at least 8) than Canadian (only 1). > > > > As for lobsters vs. dophins, it's a tough choice. I like lobster better. > > ;-) > > > > Seriously, though, the slaughtering of "animals" (including fish and > > crustaceans) seems harder to justify the more "intelligent" the animals > > are. Do crustaceans and fish feel emotions? Are they terrified at the > > prospect of being killed? Do their "families" miss them? What about > > cows? Sheep? Dolphins? Apes? I don't think anyone knows the answers > > yet. > > > > At this point, I'd have to say that as long as the animals are not > > endangered, are slaughtered humanely, and the meat is safe for human > > consumption, I can't bitch whether it's dogs, dolphins or cows. > > > > Verno > > It comes down to your definition of endagered though. The definition is > usually bullshit and costs the economy. Who gives a shit about the brown > freckled owl with two spots on his butt. They can all die. In fact, if no > one had ever told anyone they existed, no one would have known and it > wouldn't have mattered. Millions of species have bit the dust in billions of > years and the world is still turning. One could only hope that your type was extinct Bryce. You buffoon.