[ RadSafe ] Marine safety and whaling

[Doug Huffman]

Forcing moral equivalency between beasts and men is waay above my pay 
grade.  Racism stems from a false premise.  Culture-ism will out. 
Species-ism is death.

On 3/12/2010 19:37, Jess L. Addis III wrote:
> I watched as a big Japanese "research" commercial whaling vessel ran over a
> protestor vessel (ecological terrorist?) and I have a question that's been
> on my mind a lot lately. Yes, I am an omnivore, but:
>
> I know this is a safety list, but soooo many things have come and gone as of
> late that have stood up to scrutiny and were not strictly safety related, I
> want to ask a question.
>
> How many here think it's OK to harvest/kill/murder, whales?  Pick the word
> that makes you most comfortable/uncomfortable?
>
> Some "first world" industrialized nations that are high tech, generally very
> well educated nations, the Japanese and maybe Norway come to mind, think
> it's good, as in good to eat whales, to kill/harvest whales.
>
> It has dawned on me over time that whales have huge brains, big eyes that
> see very well (day or night under water or above) and their species have
> been around much, much longer than bipedal primates (humans) of any stripe.
>
> These mammals, air breathers,  have been on the planet and have watched the
> sun and moon go up and go down and watched the night sky with all its stars
> for millions of years longer than our species have, may be really "smart"
> and self aware, much (just) like we humans are.
>
> They sing their songs and may exchange stories and pass on history to
> successive generations just like we do and may have been doing it for
> millions of years longer.
>
> Most of their species didn't kill each other for any reason and make war,
> much less cut hearts out and throw people down steps of pyramids and such,
> to make the sun come up and make rain fall.
>
> Just sayn'
>
> What do ya'll think?
>
> I'll understand if you guys want to throw me down the steps for asking.
>
> LA
>
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