Repeal "Banning whaling" (Ends May 4th)

[Tehawesome]

I know I'm kind of new to the NS community, but is this really how it is with everyone?  I'm very confused by this... I don't even know what to call it.  Anyway, I approve of what Taijitu has accomplished and I hope I can make some good friends here.

Oh, and keep the resolution in place, disrupting the ecosystem is NOT a good thing.

[Amy]

I am almost twice your age Amy

Really? Huh...strange that.

Anywho, I asked you to use TCM. Please don't make me ask you again.

And kindly leave Elu out of this...I have no idea what your problem with him is.

DEA, I am not going to continue going round and round in circles with you. I gave you an opportunity I thought you'd appreciate. You didn't. I see no need for this to become a long drawn out process simply because you failed to once again ask for clarification before going at me. If you have anything further you feel you need to say, please either do it via PM or start a new thread on the forum....this topic is for discussion of the UN resolution.

[Delfos]

TOTALLY AGAINST!

[FeherTigris]

Against

[Allama]

I know I'm kind of new to the NS community, but is this really how it is with everyone?  I'm very confused by this... I don't even know what to call it.  Anyway, I approve of what Taijitu has accomplished and I hope I can make some good friends here.

No, it isn't like this with everyone.  As a matter of fact, I haven't seen any citizens of Taijitu apart from DEA behaving so condescendingly and rudely.  I would encourage you to look to this as an anomaly and nothing more; we're mostly a very nice bunch and discourage impetuous argument-mongering.  I hope you make some good friends here, as well.

By the by, I vote against this resolution.

[Solnath]

Ditto and against.

[Musachanage]

May people explain to me why they vote against? Just out of sheer curiosity.

[FeherTigris]

This happened in RL. There was 'Banning whaling'. Then there was 'Set up a committee where everybody can participate and vote and decide what to do.' Then Japan had enough 'way of influence' to convince poor African countries (without seacoast) to participate in this committee and vote for free whaling.

Now, #119 sets up such committees in case of problems with species. In committees 'way of influence' decides about hunting. So #119 DOES NOT ban whaling.

The whole argument that #119 is equivalent to Banning whaling is NOT TRUE. If you vote for repeal you vote for tricks and tactics and the 'influence by whaling money'. I hope you won't.

[Romanar]

The whole argument that #119 is equivalent to Banning whaling is NOT TRUE. If you vote for repeal you vote for tricks and tactics and the 'influence by whaling money'. I hope you won't.

Actually, I voted for the repeal because I heard whales are very tasty. 

[DrenEgralA]

And therein lies the dilemma Rom... give up munching on delicious, tasty whale meat or hunt these poor things to extinction...

and it doesn't help that an old adage keeps springing to mind...  "Life is simply nature's way of keeping meat fresh"... sigh.

I voted to keep the meat fresh.

[tak]

Actually they are not that tasty. But then I actually support whaling, as whales are not really as endangered as those environmentalists claim in their propaganda (the other example is the sharks), and a whaling ban affects the livelihood (and to an extent, culture) of many people. A regulation, IMO, is much better than an outright ban.

[tak]

Also, if you take whale meat, killing just ONE animal can feed a lot of people. That does reduce (the number of) suffering of animals.

[Teoghlach]

I vote against for a reason shared by a few people here: #119 does indeed say nothing about the banning of whaling.

[Solnath]

Also, if you take whale meat, killing just ONE animal can feed a lot of people. That does reduce (the number of) suffering of animals.

Who says one whale is less important than, say, twenty humans?

[tak]

Also, if you take whale meat, killing just ONE animal can feed a lot of people. That does reduce (the number of) suffering of animals.

Who says one whale is less important than, say, twenty humans?

But why is the life of one whale more important than a hundred chickens?