The big shame
I spend the weekend with a pair of girls from the Faroe Islands and we ended up talking about the whale killings and this "article"
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It basically gets everything wrong. They don't use hooks, but knifes and axes. It looks bloody, but that's because it's in the sea.
I'm neither for or against it, but I know it will turn into a massive discussion in the comments, so try to keep it civil.
11th January 2012
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Relevant link. This is honestly disgusting to me -- cruel and unnecessary. I also believe pigs and cows are past the threshold of consciousness beyond which ethical treatment is warranted, but this whale slaughter is clearly more brutal and clearly just wrong, no matter the economic need or "cultural tradition." Their emotional sophistication and cognitive ability is another indication of how thoroughly capable they are of suffering.