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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:45 PM Original message |
Canadian Seal Hunt Inspires Local Boycott |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry guys, but I just can't get excited about this seal hunt thing. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Not even close to the same thing. Seal pups aren't eaten! |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So, ya' don't wear shoes? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I don't kill anything. Live trap mice. I accepted the realities of raising |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Not leather shoes I don't |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I grew up on a farm too and this isn't the same at all |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I don't eat boneless chicken breast, |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good on you. You talk the talk and walk the walk. nt |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's not all that hard |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. So if something doesn't have a name it is acceptable to kill it? |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Compassion for all creatures, is that such a bad thing to strive for? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Okay, here's some perspective: Baby seals are killed for vanity only. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. seals are not "farm animals" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good. Hit 'em in the pocketbook. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-23-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. That is the cruelest reaction ever. This is a despicable practice |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. Canada says annual seal hunt to start Saturday |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Boycott Canadian maple syrup |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Why is it OK for an Inuit ? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. because I can understand he needs some meat |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. LOL! Le mythe du bon sauvage ! |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I imagine that you are right, my post wasn't explicit |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Most people totally rule out monitored regulating of populations. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. The Canadian government insists it's not a "cull" |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Oh that's so damned disgusting. It seems like 30 |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. It's not the Inuit doing it |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. O Canada |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I've signed petitions from three |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Well, most Americans at this point are against |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. K&R -- Thanks, flvegan. |
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President Kerry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. it's beyond me why they call it "hunting". |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So very true. |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Ok, so I looked stuff up after reading "95% will be 2 weeks- 3 months" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Well then, it would appear that you concede |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'm saying it's not like 95% of the seals killed are white pups. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Seals are still pups, still dependent on their mothers |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I meant, never seen a seal clubbed up close and personal. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Guess I'll go again... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. It's too bad that a great Country like Canada still condones |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. THIS WOULD BE JUST AS BAD |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. It's not an "either/or" |
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peacebuzzard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. too sad for words.... |
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Number9Dream (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Humane - characterized by kindness, mercy, compassion |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. There's no profit in smashing in a puppy's head |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. Heather and Paul McCartney Issue Statement on Start of 2006 Seal Hunt |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-24-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
45. If we boycotted every nation with practices we disagree with |
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