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Old 12-13-2014, 11:05 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Poorer whaling nations argue that the need for resumption of whaling is pressing. Horace Walters, from the Eastern Caribbean Cetacean Commission stated, "We have islands which may want to start whaling again - it's expensive to import food from the developed world, and we believe there's a deliberate attempt to keep us away from our resources so we continue to develop those countries' economies by importing from them."[36]

So, you see, anti-whaling keeps rich nations rich and poor nations poor and so really isn't as altruistic as it sounds.
Tough ****. It sucked when we did it, and it still sucks. But by all means, lets let people destroy the environment in the long term for short term rewards. Wouldn't want to sound like a bunch meanies after all.
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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