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| Would you eat whale meat? |
| One double mobyburger with fries, thanks. |
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11% |
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| I might give it a try so I can brag about it later. |
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2% |
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| I will try it purely out of curiousity. |
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28% |
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| I will abstain, but the choice is up to the individual. |
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8% |
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| I would like to see it banned. |
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48% |
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Barking Mad Lord Snapcase
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Yes. I'd try it. |
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Axl Rose
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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many whales and dolphins are killed accidentally in tuna nets, are they not? if that's the case, they may as well be eaten.
so under those circumstances, yes, you betcha!
i'd probably still eat even if it was killed deliberately for food though. i don't wanna see them go extinct but eating an intelligent or endangered species isn't the kind of thing i'm likely to loose sleep over, to be completely honest.
dolphins are a kind of whale aren;t they? so let's include them too. dolphins are similar to dogs in the following respect: people in the west have a trivial, sentimental affection for them because they're cute....altogether now....awwwwwwwww! probably whales too. i hate those kinds of people so, hell, i'd eat it all with gusto. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| where's the option for 'i'd do it just to piss off vegetarians'? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Axl Rose wrote: |
many whales and dolphins are killed accidentally in tuna nets, are they not? if that's the case, they may as well be eaten.
so under those circumstances, yes, you betcha! |
By that logic, would that make human roadkill fair game? If not, why not? |
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Axl Rose
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Axl Rose wrote: |
many whales and dolphins are killed accidentally in tuna nets, are they not? if that's the case, they may as well be eaten.
so under those circumstances, yes, you betcha! |
By that logic, would that make human roadkill fair game? If not, why not? |
well, no. that's never gonna happen is it?
i'd eat human though personally. i'd be curious.
but advocating eating whales because they''ve been killed accidentally hardly commits one to the view that we should eat dead folks killed accidentally as well. frankly that's the silliest thing i've heard in ages!  |
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inspector gadget
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Location: jeollanam-do in the boonies
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Where is the Yes I have tried it option???
I lived in the northwest territories and had the opportunity to go on a variety of hunting trips with the locals.
Its not bad, not a lot of taste to it, good for your health apparently |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Why not...I'm a carnivore and I'd just be hypocritical if I became selective in my meat choices! Does this make sense?  |
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Barking Mad Lord Snapcase
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| Why not...I'm a carnivore and I'd just be hypocritical if I became selective in my meat choices! Does this make sense? |
There is nothing wrong with being selective, so long as you don't ram your values down other people's throats.
Would you call someone a hypocrite for quietly refusing one type of meat while accepting another? |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| I suppose it's as good a protein as any other. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:39 am Post subject: |
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I'd try it. Probably will.
I know a restaurant that serves it. 40,000 won/serving, though.
I think the owner was telling us it comes from beached whales.
They also serve beef galbi and spicy grilled eel. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| Axl Rose wrote: |
many whales and dolphins are killed accidentally in tuna nets, are they not? if that's the case, they may as well be eaten.
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Don't eat it. The "accidental" bycatch in Korea is too large to be a mistake. It has the largest "unintentional" bycatch of whales of any country!
Its deliberate, and is threatening several whale species that are verging on extinction. But the Korean govt doesn't care about endangered species- too keen to ressurect an illegal trade in whaling and revitalise the seaport of Ulsan, for example. so..unofficially, the trade goes on indiscriminately and under the table. Massive driftnets are left for days out at see, drowning and killing everything from Turtles, dolphins to whales. Koreas seas are extreme in this way, they resemble a gigantic trap for any marine life. By eating whalemeat you are encourageing it. there is no need in this day and age for people to eat great whales that are now so few in number...go get yourself a bibimbap or something instead.
http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/news2005/0526-22.htm
Greenpeace and KFEM say that building a whale meat factory will hasten the decline of Korea��s few remaining whales, by industrialising the trade in whale meat, a trade which scientists predict will push Korea��s whales to extinction. In Korea, whales can be brought ashore and sold for meat only if they are accidentally caught. However Korea has accidental bycatch rates up to a hundred times higher than nations that do not have a whale meat trade.
��It does not take a genius to see that in a country where dead whales are worth up to $100000, that this industry will encourage the deliberate targeting and illegal hunting of Korea��s disappearing whales��, said Wickens. "It is a bit like building an ivory factory in Kenya for elephants that have accidentally died." |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:40 am Post subject: |
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| Thank-you rapier. A good and valid reason not to eat it. |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:49 am Post subject: |
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Bloody whales are a nuisance.
Better off being eaten they are. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| Whale eh....why the heck not...can we have dog soup as an entree.... |
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