Aren't those waters claimed by Australia, anyhow? How can the navy and coast guard sit around when other nations are trampling on Australia's territorial integrity? What is our defense budget good for?
As a planet with life, Earth is rare, if not unique. An unbiased outside observer would undoubtedly realize that the future of Earth as a life-bearing planet would most easily be ensured by eliminating just one species - **** sapiens.
If we could behave as if such a judgement could occur tomorrow with immediate consequences, maybe we'd be able to find the courage to confront those among us who abuse the planet and its inhabitants, including other humans.
I see nothing wrong with hunting whales from time to time. There is nothing wrong with killing animals for their fur. The real problem is there are too many people on the earth. Not enough resources for everybody.
Exactly, there are too many people on the planet, were a plague and competing for resources not only amongst ourselves but with everything that exists on earth. And it's for this very reason, among others, that there should be an enforced global ban on on commercial and "scientific" whaling. The only people that should still be allowed to hunt the occasional whale are the indigenous people who need to hunt whale out of necessity, not out of greed and or because its a delicacy. Anything that is on the verge of extinction is a delicacy in Japan...
THE CITIZENS ACTED SO BRAVELY AND HONORABLE IN WAKE OF THE RECENT TSUNAMI TRAGEDY AND YET THEY COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT THE POOR WHALE. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH...YEAH, UH HUH. WANNA BUY A BRIDGE IN BROOKLYN?
No country needs to hunt down these beautiful beasts in this day and age.
No country (Asian) should still be so ignorant to beleive a Rhino's horn can enhance virility,- that's what Viagra is for - need a monkey's hand for an ashtray, need ivory from elephants to make decorative objects, a lion's skin/head to throw on a floor, etc.
Animals are being slaughtered because of ignorance.
It was proved several years ago that for the Japanese whale hunting is an economic endeavor, not a scientific one as they repeatedly claim. They sell the whale meat in Japan and export the majority to other countries. It is wrong on so many levels....There was a TV show done that tracked the whale meat exported to other countries thru DNA thus proving it came originally from the Japanese whalers. I certainly don't understand why they can't follow the morotorium like other countries do. Perhaps we need to ban their goods and hit them where it hurts....their pocketbook!
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If we could behave as if such a judgement could occur tomorrow with immediate consequences, maybe we'd be able to find the courage to confront those among us who abuse the planet and its inhabitants, including other humans.
No country (Asian) should still be so ignorant to beleive a Rhino's horn can enhance virility,- that's what Viagra is for - need a monkey's hand for an ashtray, need ivory from elephants to make decorative objects, a lion's skin/head to throw on a floor, etc.
Animals are being slaughtered because of ignorance.