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What is the problem with whaling if done in a sustainable way?
by Thlom 6y ago
What is the problem with whaling if done in a sustainable way?
- gwbas1c 6y agoIs it sustainable or "sustainable?" (As in, not really sustainable, but spun so people think it's sustainable?)
- Thlom 6y agoAt current catch rates it's very sustainable.
- kleer001 6y agoCitations?
- TooDarkToRead 6y agoNo, cetaceans.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoThat’s genuinely funny but HN frowns on posts that are only jokes or puns, FYI.
- nullsense 6y agolmaooo
- Thlom 6y agoEven IWC says on their website that current catch rates are not a threat to whale populations. Fisheries (bycatch/entanglement) are a much bigger threat.
- fennecfoxen 6y agoWell, what's the problem with eating, say, gorillas, if done in a sustainable way? You don't need to be a card-carrying PETA vegan to find it quite off-putting to eat self-aware social animals with some of the world's largest brains.
- cgh 6y ago> Well, what's the problem with eating, say, gorillas, if done in a sustainable way? There's no problem with eating these animals if it's a cultural norm. Many indigenous peoples in Africa, eg the Bari of Sudan, eat monkeys and other apes. Whales have been hunted in Canada by aboriginal peoples since time immemorial. It doesn't matter how smart or social you are. Someone or something unsympathetic is going to eat you, and it just might be humans who don't share your (actually our) ethical ideas.
- WalterBright 6y agoMaybe humans can be better.
- rixed 6y agoThis defense of anthropophagy (or, why stop there and not include also human sacrifices) in the name of cultural norm, was intended to be sarcastic, wasn't it?
- nullsense 6y agoI like the dish "Whale bacon". It's pretty un-PC, but would eat again.
- fomine3 6y agoI wish christians not to regulate all over the world in their way.
- jaspax 6y agoI'll happily bite that bullet: in principle there is nothing wrong with eating gorillas. Or whales, or dolphins, or whatever other non-human species we're projecting onto today.
- wavefunction 6y agoThere's no real purpose to whale and it seems unethical. Why not eat humans?
- Thlom 6y agoWhaling is much more humane than industrialized animal farming.
- wavefunction 6y agoOk but non-industrialized animal farming is much more humane than whaling or industrialized animal farming. Reducing meat consumption is more humane than all of the above.
- Thlom 6y agoNot sure if non-industrialized farming is more humane than whaling, but I agree on your last point. :-)