"Haluk" <yokoolebiri@spam.net> wrote in message
news:bobkpe$1bt1a7$1@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de...
> "GOD BLESS AMERICA" <spreading_nippon_news@yahoo.com>, haber iletisinde
> sunlari yazdi:d48745bb.0311050715.2f62d85b@posting.google.com...
> > Japanese are responsible for the extinction of many Sea creatures.
> > Soon there will be no more fish, dolphin, whales, crabs, tuna etc left
> > in the ocean and thanks to Japan for all this.
> >
>
> Well, I personally think it is perfectly OK to kill animals for eating or
> obtaining raw materials. We've been doing this all around the world for
> lamb, chicken, cows, pigs, almost all fishes... List goes on.
>
> What's the difference with dolphins or whales? If they (Japs) eat it or
use
> it for some other purpose, It is perfectly fine. Japanese can consume a
> whale fully, without no leftovers. They can use meat, fat, bone,
> intestinals, everything. So, economically it aint wasting.
>
> Other people are killing animals just for fun. Opposing sport hunting I
can
> understand, but this is different.
>
> What's next? Are we going to ban picking vegetables or herbs? They are
alive
> too?!?

I agree except when a particular species is threatened with extinction.

It's common sense, really.  For example, whales are a great resource--for
food, raw materials, etc-- and they are self-replenishing, unless they are
all killed.  Since whales are self-replenishing, they are a theoretically
infinite resource.  To throw away such a resource is incredibly foolish.

Same with any species.  Even is a species of plant or animal is not
currently being used, the potential is there.  Plants and animals are
chemical factories more efficient than anything we can build.  Allowing a
plant or animal to go extinct without first studying every possible use it
could have for mankind now or in the future is like throwing away large
sections of the earth because they are in your way, without checking to see
if they have any valuable raw materials first.

Admittedly, this is a humanocentric way of thinking, but it ultimately
justifies conservation of species in terms even the most hardcore "humanity
first" people would have a hard time disagreeing with.