In article .com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> Katra wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> > "aem" > wrote:
> >
> > > Charles Gifford wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The study does not say "no". Also it is from the same people who
> > > still hunt whales for food.
> > > >
> > > > Charlie
> > >
> > > Yes, they are allowed a quota of 500 minke whales per year. The
> > > population of these whales is estimated at in excess of 100,000.
> Since
> > > they are not endangered or threatened, how does eating a sea mammal
> > > differ from eating a land mammal?
> > >
> > > -aem
> > >
> > Sea mammals are sentient.
> >
> > It's tantamount to cannabalism.......
> >
> > Just MHO.
> >
> > :-P
>
> You are entitled to your opinion, and it is shared by many others. I
> don't agree with it, but that's just MHO. Land mammals are sentient,
> too.

The only land mammals that are sentient AFAIK are primates.

> I was just tweaking Charlie, who wrote "...people who still hunt
> whales for food" as though that were a self-evident refutation of
> anything the Norwegian government says or does.
>
> Don't ever read The Secret Life of Plants or you may wind up with
> nothing left to eat. <smile>

Oh I'm a carnivoir, and even kill my own meat sometimes!
I just cannot bring myself to eat a fellow sentient.
Whales and dophins are the "humans" of the sea!


>
> -aem
>

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