a beautiful tradition

[immerlustig]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fe20051130a1.htm

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[JMD]

Wow, thats the most horrific thing I've ever seen. I'm speachless...

 

[Freediver81]

Its terrible! I've read about it a year and a half ago on the Sea Sheperd website, and I was seriously considering to volunteer for half a year on the Sea shepard ship!
Just look at the colour of the water! Horrible! :rcard

 

[Erik]

Vile.
I would not comment if this was done humanely and was monitored by government observers, but obviously it's not.
Peace,
Erik Y.

 

[BatRay]

I saw a tv show on that - it showed the dolphins being slaughtered and fishermen chasing off the camera crew. Sickening.

 

[Erik]

I always find it amusing that some will justify horrific actions with the 'It's traditional" argument.
In North America, the aboriginals use this for personal and commercial harvesting of whales, lobsters, fish, moose, deer, etc etc. As if a tradition of subsistence hunting even remotely resembled chasing a Grey Whale down with a GPS/Loran/Radar/Depthfinder-equipped powerboat, shooting the whale with a .50 Cal rifle, then selling the meat to the Japanese market :rcard ...or netting salmon in a river and selling them at the roadside :ban
When faced with this argument, my reply is something like, "Well, the tradition of my white ancestors was to enslave, torture, rape and commit genocide as well as all other crimes against nature and humanity....should I be allowed to carry on my tribe's traditions, or should I evolve?"
"Tradition" is not an argument unto itself- merely a justification, usually displaying a lack of actual reason/reasons for the behaviour.
Peace,
Erik Y.

 

[Freediver81]

I always find it amusing that some will justify horrific actions with the 'It's traditional" argument.
In North America, the aboriginals use this for personal and commercial harvesting of whales, lobsters, fish, moose, deer, etc etc. As if a tradition of subsistence hunting even remotely resembled chasing a Grey Whale down with a GPS/Loran/Radar/Depthfinder-equipped powerboat, shooting the whale with a .50 Cal rifle, then selling the meat to the Japanese market :rcard ...or netting salmon in a river and selling them at the roadside :ban
When faced with this argument, my reply is something like, "Well, the tradition of my white ancestors was to enslave, torture, rape and commit genocide as well as all other crimes against nature and humanity....should I be allowed to carry on my tribe's traditions, or should I evolve?"
"Tradition" is not an argument unto itself- merely a justification, usually displaying a lack of actual reason/reasons for the behaviour.
Peace,
Erik Y.

Good Arguement!

 

[BatRay]

True true, Erik. "Tradition" often protects cruel people and their actions. For some reason, most people back off at the word 'tradition', and really, it doesn't make much sense. If more people saw this traditional dolphin slaughter, things would probably be different.