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Ok, since there are not many if any topics about the seal hunt, it seems I should make one, and I might need to explain first...
www.seashepherd.org/event...50315.html
I remember hearing about the seafood boycott a while ago on the TV news itself. After that, my Dad explained that Americans felt the seal hunt was way too cruel, and that SOME Newfoundlanders DID kill seals a BIT too brutally without it being necessary. However, what Americans seemably don't understand is... NOT ALL OF THE SEALERS ARE DOING THE CRUELTY. That would be like saying all of the American soldiers in Iraq are attacking civilians... it's a ridiculous generalization. However, even if it wasn't, is that a reason to boycott tourism too all of a sudden? Or to listen to HEAVILY slanted sites like the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society? (Seriously, the news said they were telling half-truths about the seal hunt, only in favour of the seals' side, so they decided to tell the sealers' side) Or to call Canada a bunch of baby killers? Or to otherwise repeatedly use the "stop killing" argument over and over?
Funny thing though. They seem to listen to children protesting against the seal hunt, and actors making speeches about it (I heard about a professional American actor speaking out against seal hunt) despite that they wouldn't necessarily know much if anything about the seal trade, like some of the sealers themselves would. Children are innocent, but that doesn't mean they can't be wrong. Actors get their fame from pretending, but if anything, that's more of a factor AGAINST the credibility, huh? Yes, I am aware there were other protestors. I SAW the pictures. But they seemed to emphasize children, and the news I watch seemed to emphasize actors.
Another funny thing... they care when seals are killed, but what about chickens, or cows, or pigs, or even trees for that matter?
Or what about insects, or the earlier mentioned humans?
But NNNOOOOOOOOOO, once it's SEALS, everyone's like "oh no stop the hunt Canada stop killing stop the hunt stop killing Canadians are murderers stop the killing stop killing seals NOW" ok, I think that's enough to emphasize the point.
Admittedly, before reading this, I thought it was Americans who were doing this, but I guess there's more across the world. However,
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I just returned from an hour-long protest in front of the Canadian Embassy in Washington. There was a large crowd of about 200 or so with lots of banners, signs, pictures, posters, and leaders with megaphones leading chanting and protest slogans. There were speakers and we got lots of publicity with many fronting Pennsylvania Avenue to show passing motorists/tourists the signs and pictures. Boycott Canada was the cry of the day. I view it as being VERY SUCCESSFUL!
[The following comment was edited] They don't mention that the protestors stripped down and all lied on the ground, painting themselves with red stripes to represent the bleeding of the seals? (Really, the news showed video of it yesterday) That's pathetic. They make a form of protest and then they deny it by not mentioning it. But this isn't even the start of going into pathetic... [The previous comment was edited]
www.cbc.ca/story/canada/n...50406.html
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GANDER, NFLD. - Police are investigating death threats recorded at the home of a Newfoundland fisherman involved in a confrontation last week at the seal hunt off the Magdalen Islands.
Rendell Genge's name, mailing address, phone number and the name of his wife were listed on an April 2 posting to a weblog attached to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society website.
On Thursday, a link to the weblog was made inactive, and leader Paul Watson said he ordered the personal information about Genge to be removed.
Genge said his family has received 50 or 60 threatening calls.
"They're telling us they're going to skin me, they're going to kill me, they're going to kill my family ... they're coming to get us," Genge said.
His wife turned the answering machine audio over to the RCMP and disconnected the phone.
Watson said he has no idea how Genge's name and number were posted.
"As for him getting any threats or anything, you know, I know nothing about that," said Watson.
Genge said his family is scared, but the incident will not stop him from sealing next year.
Meanwhile, a death threat was recently delivered to the Canadian High Commission in London, on the same day Newfoundland MP Scott Simms visited to talk about the seal hunt.
Simms, a Liberal backbencher representing Bonavista-Exploits, was travelling with other MPs last week to discuss foreign overfishing and the seal hunt with European Union officials.
"There was a message sent in and I'm not quoting directly, because I didn't see the actual written paper itself but it said basically, you know, if any more seals are killed, then you're next," Simms said.
"I don't think it was pointed at me, although I don't know if [they knew] I was there, and certainly I don't think they were aware [that in] my riding we derive a lot of our income from the seal harvest itself."
Officials with the Canadian High Commission say they routinely receive similar notes.
Ok, so seals are more important than humans all of a sudden?
So it's okay to kill humans and not seals?
Human life for a seal life, huh? Well, that's a bit off...
What I heard on the TV news was that the first death threats were over someone pushing a protestor (Though I'm not sure if I heard correctly) when protestors tried to stop the seal hunt from going on. Well so what? Not only was it in self defense (The sealer claimed the protestors looked like they were about to attack him) but I've went through much, much worse, in freakin' elementary school, and people doing the worse to me never even got in trouble. Now we have it happening to an adult, and suddenly dozens of people are threatening to kill someone over the injury. Hey, it was either that or an excuse to threaten them, since it's REALLY because people's hearts are supposedly bleeding all over the floor in sympathy for seals and act like that justifies killing HUMANS all of a sudden...
Anyway, I post on many message boards with off topic sections, and you're the first site to get it. Unfortunately, as often is with my posts, it's late at night where I live so I'll have to leave it at that for now...
While I'm gone, discuss...
