Theos-Talk Archives (February 2008 Message tt00047)

Well, when you are at it, 50 million kangaroos...how's
that for starters...kettle  pot  black



--- MKR <mkr777@gmail.com> wrote:

> Your analogy of cow is a very appropriate one. How
> about the analogy of
> killing and eating Horses. They are a delicacy in
> some parts of the world.
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> On 2/8/08, Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >   One thing the video shows is evidence that the
> Japanese are lying about
> > their reasons for whaling as being research based.
> Someone should ask them
> > what exactly they are researching. They will argue
> that eating whale is no
> > different from eating cow, and they have a valid
> point. I guess the global
> > community can now put pressure on them to limit
> the kills by producing what
> > results have come out of their research. The only
> way to stop this action is
> > to shame the Japanese by showing that this act is
> as barbaric as a savage
> > eating the heart of a lion to transfer its
> strength to the eater.
> >
> > Cass
> >
> > Richard Semock <semockr@hotmail.com
> <semockr%40hotmail.com>> wrote:
> > What if anything can be done? The US govt appealed
> to the Jap govt
> > thru diplomatic channels individually and in
> concert with other
> > govts. Obviously talking and imploring the Japs to
> stop the killing
> > has had little or no effect. What else is there to
> be done then when
> > preaching, imploring, and diplomacy doesnt work.
> Let the whales be
> > killed off because its their destiny, right?
> WWHPBD (What Would HPB
> > Do).
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>, MKR
> > <mkr777@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > BBC News today showed clips from the video made
> by Aussie Govt ships
> > > tracking the Japanese whaling ships hunting and
> killing mother and
> > baby
> > > whales under the euphemism of research. In
> today's world cruelty is
> > hidden
> > > under nice sounding words and those who can see
> these pictures can
> > judge for
> > > themselves. Western world call themselves
> civilized and when you
> > see these
> > > pictures one wonders if the aborigines living in
> remote areas are
> > more
> > > civilized -- they do not resort to mass cruelty
> and killing and
> > destruction
> > > (all one needs to see what is happening in Iraq
> and Afghanistan)
> > and self
> > > inflicted wounds -- physical and mental -- the
> maimed and killed
> > young men
> > > and women coming from war front.
> > >
> > > mkr
> > >
> > > On 2/7/08, nhcareyta <nhcareyta@...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A recent blog contribution to this issue from
> one A. Viirlaid.
> > > >
> > > > "I think the whale hunt is cruel,
> hypocritical, and not worthy of
> > > > humans.
> > > > We need to protect and serve life.
> > > > Otherwise we lose our primary reason for
> living.
> > > > I wrote a poem about the whaling last year and
> it has now
> > happened.
> > > > A mother whale and her calf are gone from our
> midst.
> > > > Please protect all of our friends in the
> oceans.
> > > >
> > > > Lament of Mother Whale
> > > >
> > > > I cry for our shared grace
> > > > I cry for your human family
> > > > I cry for your whaler's family
> > > > I cry for my family
> > > > I cry for me
> > > >
> > > > With your warm hand you could stroke my skin
> like so many of your
> > > > family have chosen to do
> > > > You would feel my warmth and gratitude
> > > >
> > > > Why do you touch me only with your cold
> harpoon as you thrust it
> > into
> > > > my flesh?
> > > > I thought after so much killing that we would
> both crave harmony
> > > >
> > > > That we had learned that we both feel and love
> > > > That we both treasure life
> > > > That we revere our comrades
> > > > That we embrace our children
> > > >
> > > > That we share the same blood of our ancestors
> > > > That our hearts both beat the rhyme of life
> > > >
> > > > How my child will cling to me as you haul my
> dying carcass out of
> > the
> > > > sea
> > > > How she will cry
> > > > Until you kill her too."
> > > >
> > > >
>
http://blogs.thewest.com.au/news/news-blog-should-we-intervene-to-
> > > > stop-this-slaughter/
> > > >
> > > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
>
<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > "nhcareyta" <nhcareyta@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
>
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=28&ContentID=57621
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