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]]> By: uraeus http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/01/04/back-from-the-yuletide-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 uraeus Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:56:24 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/01/04/back-from-the-yuletide-vacation/#comment-1388 There are a couple of important issues here. First of all Norway only hunt sperm whale which is not on the endangered animals list. So while anti-whaling activists tries to blur the issue by showing images of the great blue and orca's, the fact is Norway has probably the best wildlife management policies in Europe. Unlike the rest of Europe for instance we have managed to get normal fishing under control and are not overfishing like the EU is for instance. So instead of pretending to be on the moral high ground for opposing whaling I don't think anyone from Europe who are fishing their oceans black (and through that destroying the ecosystem all whales depend on) really has much of a claim here. As a sidenote I remember eating a lot of salami made from horse meat as a kid, but I haven't seen it for a while. Think nobody breeds horses for food anymore due to lack of demand and not being very cost effective compared to cows. There are a couple of important issues here. First of all Norway only hunt sperm whale which is not on the endangered animals list. So while anti-whaling activists tries to blur the issue by showing images of the great blue and orca’s, the fact is Norway has probably the best wildlife management policies in Europe. Unlike the rest of Europe for instance we have managed to get normal fishing under control and are not overfishing like the EU is for instance. So instead of pretending to be on the moral high ground for opposing whaling I don’t think anyone from Europe who are fishing their oceans black (and through that destroying the ecosystem all whales depend on) really has much of a claim here.

As a sidenote I remember eating a lot of salami made from horse meat as a kid, but I haven’t seen it for a while. Think nobody breeds horses for food anymore due to lack of demand and not being very cost effective compared to cows.

]]> By: Angry Whale http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/01/04/back-from-the-yuletide-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 Angry Whale Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:40:56 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/01/04/back-from-the-yuletide-vacation/#comment-1387 It's sad to see that it's still ok in Norway to kill whales for food. Can't you just use fake whale meat or some other fish for your meatcakes and leave these endangered species alone? I read that killing whales is part of your culture and the reason why Norwegians are more than reluctant to stop killing whales. It's disappointing that the risk of extinction does not even dent that. What do you tell your grandchildren when they are gone? Here's a picture. Can't show you the real thing cause we ate them all? In my culture killing whales is totally unacceptable and the kill-method considered atrocious. Quite an eyeopener that our two countries separated by only a few thousand kilometers can be sooo far apart. Two interesting articles about this topic: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1376980.ece http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6695885.stm The dilemma the BBC News guy faced is quite interesting. Would you have eaten the dogs, horses or blended frogs? How would you react to a nation insisting on killing the last Siberian tigers so they can make Siberian tiger meatcakes? Food for thought :p It’s sad to see that it’s still ok in Norway to kill whales for food. Can’t you just use fake whale meat or some other fish for your meatcakes and leave these endangered species alone? I read that killing whales is part of your culture and the reason why Norwegians are more than reluctant to stop killing whales. It’s disappointing that the risk of extinction does not even dent that. What do you tell your grandchildren when they are gone? Here’s a picture. Can’t show you the real thing cause we ate them all? In my culture killing whales is totally unacceptable and the kill-method considered atrocious. Quite an eyeopener that our two countries separated by only a few thousand kilometers can be sooo far apart.

Two interesting articles about this topic:
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1376980.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6695885.stm

The dilemma the BBC News guy faced is quite interesting. Would you have eaten the dogs, horses or blended frogs? How would you react to a nation insisting on killing the last Siberian tigers so they can make Siberian tiger meatcakes? Food for thought :p

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