Petition to stop dolphin hunts

Peter C
Peter C Posts: 237
edited February 2007 in A Moving Train
Take some time and sign the petition (under the video) to stop this disgusting act. Be advised the video footage is distressing
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  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    what video?
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    I caught 2 last weekend. ate one of them, the other is going on my wall
  • Peter C
    Peter C Posts: 237
    miller8966 wrote:
    what video?

    Whoops,sorry mate. I was half asleep there.
    http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=3468&v=2&sp
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I caught 2 last weekend. ate one of them, the other is going on my wall

    Well, I actually fell for that a few years ago. For some reason, people in parts of the US call one species of fish by a few different names - Dorado, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin. These aren't to be confused with the mammal called a Dolphin which are not what people are eating.

    I was in Florida visiting my wife's family and someone said they were going to catch and eat some dolphin. WTF? Turned out it was Mahi Mahi. LOL.
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  • sonicreducer
    sonicreducer Posts: 713
    jeffbr wrote:
    Well, I actually fell for that a few years ago. For some reason, people in parts of the US call one species of fish by a few different names - Dorado, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin. These aren't to be confused with the mammal called a Dolphin which are not what people are eating.

    I was in Florida visiting my wife's family and someone said they were going to catch and eat some dolphin. WTF? Turned out it was Mahi Mahi. LOL.

    what is it that makes flipper less appealing to eat than a Mahi Mahi? is it because it is deemed an intelligent species? b/c they are friendly? b/c of flipper?
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    sonicreducer wrote:
    what is it that makes flipper less appealing to eat than a Mahi Mahi? is it because it is deemed an intelligent species? b/c they are friendly? b/c of flipper?

    Not sure. I am certainly not opposed to eating mammals, since I do that daily. I suppose my preconceived notion is that it would be a chewy, tougher seafood, like shark, which I can eat but don't love.

    Or maybe it is because of Flipper. I wouldn't eat Lassie, either.
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  • thankyougrandma
    thankyougrandma Posts: 1,182
    Stop killing cows! Nobody speak for the cows in these days... dolphins, seals... but what about cows and pigs?
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  • sonicreducer
    sonicreducer Posts: 713
    jeffbr wrote:
    Not sure. I am certainly not opposed to eating mammals, since I do that daily. I suppose my preconceived notion is that it would be a chewy, tougher seafood, like shark, which I can eat but don't love.

    Or maybe it is because of Flipper. I wouldn't eat Lassie, either.


    i never really thought of why until just now,... it was just kind of beaten in there a long time ago i guess,... probably b/c of flipper and sea world

    how could you even mention lassie? he's resourceful! id eat bambi (big bambi) and thumper though,...
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    jeffbr wrote:
    Well, I actually fell for that a few years ago. For some reason, people in parts of the US call one species of fish by a few different names - Dorado, Mahi Mahi or Dolphin. These aren't to be confused with the mammal called a Dolphin which are not what people are eating.

    I was in Florida visiting my wife's family and someone said they were going to catch and eat some dolphin. WTF? Turned out it was Mahi Mahi. LOL.
    yea I know i was joking
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    jeffbr wrote:
    Not sure. I am certainly not opposed to eating mammals, since I do that daily. I suppose my preconceived notion is that it would be a chewy, tougher seafood, like shark, which I can eat but don't love.

    Or maybe it is because of Flipper. I wouldn't eat Lassie, either.
    Marine mammals are high in Omega-3............they're actually good for you to eat. That's why natives of the far North traditionally had incidents of heart disease.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Peter C wrote:
    Whoops,sorry mate. I was half asleep there.
    http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=3468&v=2&sp
    Should have known that it was the friggin' Japanese.......always trying to get around or end the international ban on whaling. :(
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • halv
    halv Posts: 716
    tybird wrote:
    Marine mammals are high in Omega-3............they're actually good for you to eat. That's why natives of the far North traditionally had incidents of heart disease.

    Flax is also a great source of Omega-3...and bloodless.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,337
    halv wrote:
    Flax is also a great source of Omega-3...and bloodless.

    That's what I take.

    I eat birds and fish...but no mammals.
  • Rushlimbo
    Rushlimbo Posts: 832
    jlew24asu wrote:
    yea I know i was joking

    Hehehe. Your standup needs some work yourself, Lenny. Jlew plays the Catskills three times a week folks and Dollywood on the holidays.
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  • MCG
    MCG Posts: 780
    That video gave me the chills. Absolutely disgusting on a visual and moral level.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • E.K
    E.K New South Wales, Australia Posts: 7,726
    I could only watch half of it.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I caught 2 last weekend. ate one of them, the other is going on my wall
    You know, a dolphins brain capacity, inteligence level is the same as, if not smarter than a humans. Dolphins just don't have the physical means to build and do the things we do.

    Of coarse I know you're joking, but people should think twice about what they are killing.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    im not going to watch it. i dont like to think about where my meat comes from. but why dolphins? do they get a pass becos they're cuter than tuna, which we have no qualms sweeping up and slaughering by the thousands?
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    So long and thanks for all the fish...we tried to warn you. ~ the dolphins :D
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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  • sourdough
    sourdough Posts: 579
    I just watched the film clip. Sooo disturbing. Its crazy how we can overlook such brutality and torture. Seriously sickened.

    I do eat meat and I'm not against all forms of hunting, but there are limits as to what should be acceptable means of food production/extraction.

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