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Weapon dates bowhead whale to 1800s - CNN.com

 

[GraceAbounds]

I wish they'd stop killing whales.

 

[Tim]

I wish they'd stop killing whales.

The Eskimo's need to eat just like we do :dunno

 

[GraceAbounds]

An Alaskan Eskimo, eh? lol!

 

[Suzie]

That is one OLD whale!! Wow... I didnt know they could even live that old.

 

[Tim]

An Alaskan Eskimo, eh? lol!

Exactly. Didn't you read the whole article?

Whaling has always been a prominent source of food for Alaskans, and is monitored by the International Whaling Commission. A hunting quota for the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission was recently renewed, allowing 255 whales to be harvested by 10 Alaskan villages over five years.

 

[GraceAbounds]

No, I didn't. I went back and read about the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission allowing 255 whales to be harvested by some of the villages over a certain amount of years. I still wish they'd stop killing the whales though. We have raped and billiged our oceans.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/456440372

 

[Tim]

That petition is about regulation and awareness. Isn't that exactly what the whaling commission is doing by regulating how many they can harvest? It is the plants and animals on this planet that sustain us, and it is our duty to harvest them with care and compassion.

 

[GraceAbounds]

Yes, it is. Thank God for the whaling commissions. The petition will help to regulate more than just the killing of whales.

Regardless, I can still have a personal opinion regarding not wanting whales killed until their numbers are back up in force. Alaskans are not going to die without whale meat.

 

[GuesSAngel]

Yes, it is. Thank God for the whaling commissions. The petition will help to regulate more than just the killing of whales.

Regardless, I can still have a personal opinion regarding not wanting whales killed until their numbers are back up in force. Alaskans are not going to die without whale meat.

yeah because of all the farms and cornfields they have? Certain people need certain things to survive. Where tim's family came from in upstate new york, some of them had no choice but to hunt for their food. I can't imagine how many animals they killed, but it was for survival.

 

[GraceAbounds]

I'm not trying to start an argument or ruffle any feathers over me having the opinion of 'save the whales'. I'm just making conversation and shedding my opinion let's folks know a little about 'me'.

I don't begrudge anyone that has to hunt for their food if that is the case.

 

[Suzie]

I kinda gotta agree with Grace. I dont agree on killing whales either... I just dont see them as "food". Maybe cuz I dont eat it?

 

[GuesSAngel]

killing whales for me would be a little bizarre also...but that's what they do. Maybe they think it's weird that we kill cows for food? Like in the other countries that consider them gods and would never kill them

 

[Suzie]

Good point... We can look crazy to people from other countries. Who knows... it still sucks...they are so beautiful... poor Willy.

 

[GuesSAngel]

hahaha free willy!!

 

[Suzie]

haha

 

[Suzie]

I seriously used to cry at the end of that movie... I remember seeing it in the movie theater and at the end when they would play the Michael Jackson song and show Willy jumping out of the ocean...it was so, so sad. *wipes a tear drop from my eye*

 

[GuesSAngel]

haha yeah that's when i went through my crazy micheal jackson days and he was all i listened to. I used to love that freakin movie...on my nice VHS tape.

 

[Suzie]

lol... I can relate.