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[RACETRAITOR]

Anyone know what the Canadian far left thinks of the seal hunts? Do they see the necessity or are they a bunch of tofu-eating vaginas like the lefties south of the border?

[Bulsajo]

Your ambiguous post has left me wondering exactly where you stand on the issue...




Anyway, how far left do you want to go?

I can't find a link but I believe the NDP has mumbled words to the effect that they support a 'sustainable hunt'.

The Green party, which is now arguably less 'left' than the NDP, explicitly supports ending 'Federal Subsidization of' the seal hunt, so while they don't call for a ban they indicate that they wouldn't be unhappy if the govt took that route.

http://www.greenparty.ca/mediarelease81.html

And then on the far left there's the guy who all groups have disowned as he supports killing the hunters and anyone else who abuses and tortures animals (it's a wonder that the extremist anti-abortion gruop recruiters haven't snapped him up already- he's a man they could do business with).

My own feeling is that I'd also like to see the end of the hunt, provided that A. there was some other available means to supplement lost income (probably do-able through some sort of Federal program) and B. there were some other way of controlling the harp seal population (there isn't. However, I have an idea that animal rights activists could go around fitting condoms on male harp seals at the appropriate time... we probably wouldn't lose more than a dozen activists a year, tops).

Bottom line: we have already *beep* ed with and *beep* ed up the environment and animal populations that to stop doing so now would create a new eco-catastrophe and therefore be incredibly irresponsible. It's a "two wrongs don't make a right" situation.

[khyber]

HEY...i TOTALLY GOT IT!!!!

They should ship a few polar bears down there....then put huge nets all the way along the river so none of the seals can escape...
BOOM!!! happy bears!

[red dog]

[Bulsajo]

Search Google news. He's in jail in Charlottetown right now, serving time for offenses committed during last year's hunt because he refused to pay a fine on principle.

EDIT: Jerry Vlasak.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/29/seal_protest060329.html

[Bulsajo]

Now Pam Anderson has spoken out against the hunt.

This is disturbing news, because I've always admired and respected Pam Anderson.
As a Cdn intellectual, some would even place her up alongside of Michael Ignatieff...












... but of course crackheads, they'll say anything for rock!

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=177554764&p=y7755547x&n=177555524

[red dog]

[Bulsajo]

[Roch]

[whatever]

[peppermint]

don't you have anything better to do? At least when TB revives threads, he digs up interesting ones.

[skindleshanks]

My thoughts on the issue is that it is a terrible waste to use only the seal skins, when the meat is absolutely delicious! Ask any Inuk, the fresh liver is a delicacy the world has not yet woken up to. Unfortunately, the one time I got to go on a seal hunt with my uncle, we actually did not catch any ourselves, but our hunting companion was kind enough to share some of the meat with us.

Don't knock it until you've tried it.

It's easy enough to make naive judgments and rationalizations from the comfort of a southern vegan cafe, but if you actually lived on the land where these animals live and understood the issues, you would quickly realize that there is room--no, there is a necessity--for careful human management of animal populations.

[jajdude]

I could go for some seal meat, or caribou. Good stuff indeed. Cuter than squid and octopus, and taste better, in my opinion.

Stop killing cute animals, people. The ugly ones are the ones to eat.

[laogaiguk]

[skindleshanks]

There is no meat in the world that beats caribou, IMO!