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Post by Art Vandelay on Mar 26, 2009 2:36:58 GMT -5
Jeez, that shit still goes on? And for what? Human vanity? Gawd I hate people.  Then join me in my newest project: Clubbing humans. It's quick and painless and quite practical, and humans have many uses. Plus, most of them are nowhere near as cute as baby seals.  Now that's something I'd be more than happy for the government to subsidise. |
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Post by JonathanE on Mar 26, 2009 6:02:06 GMT -5
You have to factor in that the Canadian sector most involved in the seal hunt is from Newfoundland, where, until recently, unemployment became endemic after the collapse of the cod fishery. The seal hunt, in many cases, is one of the few sources of income for this sector. As an aside, the hunt is one of the "hot button" issues there, where the Newfoundlanders see outsiders as a threat to their culture, which, until recently, was tied directly to the sea and its animal resources. Until there is a viable alternative to earn a living, the seal hunt will go on. I suppose that even the off-shore oil drilling is tied to the sea, so it reinforces their (Newfoundlanders) attachment to ocean resources.
I have eaten seal fin stew. It tastes like shit. I have owned seal skin mukluks, years ago, and they were warm and water repellant. The fur is far less valuable than it once was, since the European and American markets dried up a few decades ago. To Newfoundlanders, the seal hunt is still a part of their culture.
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 26, 2009 7:07:27 GMT -5
I'm torn on this issue.
I have never seen hunting as evil, so long as it is done in a responsible manor. Before I moved I use to hunter deer, not for trophes but for meat. With the seals it is a bit differnet it is for fur, even though they do use the whole seal, and it is the young. For deer and most other animals you are prohibited from taking young animals and restricted from taking females.
All in all I don't know where to stand on this one.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 26, 2009 11:10:48 GMT -5
And from where I stand, over-harvesting is not going to be a problem. I could go for a pair of bill o'reilly snowshoes right about now. Or a toilet seat warmer. A cover that'll make sure you forget to lift the seat to pee! Now that's something I'd be more than happy for the government to subsidise. We need a lobbyist. |
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Post by Aqualung on Mar 26, 2009 11:28:59 GMT -5
Jeez, that shit still goes on? And for what? Human vanity? Gawd I hate people. Then join me in my newest project: Clubbing humans. It's quick and painless and quite practical, and humans have many uses. Plus, most of them are nowhere near as cute as baby seals. Soylent Green anyone?? |
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Post by gotpwnt on Mar 26, 2009 13:55:35 GMT -5
If you are going to save the seals, just don't do what PETA did and paint them red. That incident was both tragic and hilarious at the same time. Yes I know I'm fucked in the head. There is a term for this, it's called horrormirth.D: |
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Post by canadian mojo on Mar 26, 2009 19:05:11 GMT -5
To Newfoundlanders, the seal hunt is still a part of their culture. I can really sympathize with the Newfoundland situation, but I have never been one to accept 'a cultural way of life' as a reason to continue doing something. If it is destined to become a historical footnote, so be it. If it's viable, that's fine by me too. |
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Post by trike on Mar 27, 2009 15:09:11 GMT -5
What I'm wondering is, why bashing in the heads? Surely there are more humane ways to go about this hunting, if the hunting will still go on.
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 27, 2009 15:15:00 GMT -5
If you can just walk up to something and hit it, I don't think that is hunting.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 27, 2009 15:21:01 GMT -5
What I'm wondering is, why bashing in the heads? Surely there are more humane ways to go about this hunting, if the hunting will still go on. I'm pretty sure they do it to make sure the rest of the pelt isn't damaged. If you can just walk up to something and hit it, I don't think that is hunting. Yeah, otherwise I totally kick ass at hunting salad at my local grocery store. |
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Post by m52nickerson on Mar 27, 2009 15:41:42 GMT -5
....and here I alway thought a salad hunter was something totaly different.
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Post by dantesvirgil on Mar 27, 2009 16:32:07 GMT -5
If you can just walk up to something and hit it, I don't think that is hunting. Yeah, otherwise I totally kick ass at hunting salad at my local grocery store. You hit your salad? Trying to make sure it's really dead? ;D |
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Post by Vene on Mar 27, 2009 17:09:27 GMT -5
You never know, a tomato could always jump up at hit you in the eye. Don't get me started on the actual lettuce, conniving bastards the lot of them.
They're after me, I know it. Especially after the horrific treatment of their kin, oh what a fool I was. I've been performing cruel experiments on them for too long, I fear any day now they'll rise up. I must keep the round-up close to me at night, it's my defense, but I fear it's not enough.
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Post by canadian mojo on Mar 27, 2009 17:21:59 GMT -5
Round-up isn't enough. It takes a couple of weeks to work so if they are willing to make a suicide attack you're done for. If you've been experimenting on them they will be desperate enough to do it.
I just hope you haven't been gene splicing, we're all in trouble if you have. We nearly lost Saskchewan a few years ago after some madman made round-up resistant corn. The hard winter was the only thing that saved us.
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Post by Vene on Mar 27, 2009 17:28:03 GMT -5
Thankfully I haven't done much with their genes...yet. But I don't think they'll appreciate grinding them up, spinning them at 10,000 times the force of gravity, and then poisoning them. Because that's what I've been doing for the past few weeks.
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