Thousands pay respects to dead whale in Vietnam - These People Get It

[NewHampster]

These villagers know how to respect a great animal. Let it decompose then build a temple in its honor from the bones.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/05/bc.deadwhaleworship.ap/index.html

CNN.com

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Thousands of Vietnamese are making pilgrimages to a beach in southern Vietnam to worship a dead whale.

More than a thousand people -- many from hundreds of miles distant -- have journeyed to burn incense near the whale carcass discovered on the beach Friday, said a police officer in the Thanh Phu District of Ben Tre province.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/04/05/bc.deadwhaleworship.ap/index.html

[stopthegop]

1. 'whorship a dead whale'...

what is it you think they 'get'?

[NewHampster]

2. Respect for the whale

They can worship what they please, I like that they treat it with respect rather than grinding it up for cat food.

[stopthegop]

4. 'whorship' goes WAAAYYY beyond 'respect'..

but I see the point

[MadinMD]

3. You know

I actually think it's kind of wierd that they are worshipping a dead whale. What is to be gained by going through this exercise? I mean, really, wouldn't life be better for everyone if they just pushed it back into the ocean so other things could eat it? Really, that would be the most environmental thing to do.

[ohiosmith]

5. The fishermen think a dead whale on the beach will bring good luck

and good fishing

[NewHampster]

6. I know people who worship Dead Humans

Some 2000 years dead.

But I don't want to get into this so, I'll just leave and go back to the lounge.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Touche....

you're right though, best not to open up this can of worms again.

[gulfcoastliberal]

7. Over 100 Porpoises Washed up Dead Here in NW Florida...

And it's barely mentioned anywhere. I strongly believe that when a Naval Carrier Group entered the Gulf a few of weeks ago, culminating with a port-of-call in Pensacola 2 weeks ago, is the cause. Carrier groups include submarines, which use a new, more powerful form of sonar that basically destroys the "ears" of dolphins and whales. They haven't found any diseases at all in the dead dolphins - all of a sudden when this carrier group is doing war games in the gulf, over 100 dolphins wash up dead. Interesting.