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shanshan310
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I can't really remember, but I think one of them got arrested by the Japanese for assault. There are ways to go about supporting a cause, but for godsakes don't do it with dangerous publicity stunts and assaulting fishermen. What they do actually makes me feel even less endeared to their cause.
And some more bollywood gifs, no doubt.
I stated my opinion, I didnt argue the merits of anyone else's. I would have thought freddy could tell the difference.
Okay, so what do you guys propose? I have no sympathy for whalers. None. Even considering "being a wanker and throwing shit."
Maybe it's wrong to fight violence with violence. But sometimes it is literally all that can be done when every other course of action fails and governments are as limp as a flaccid dick.
Maybe it's wrong to fight violence with violence. But sometimes it is literally all that can be done when every other course of action fails and governments are as limp as a flaccid dick.
lots of organisations get charity status through educational endeavors though.
really...with the donations they're getting, they're small fry compared to religious run businesses which are dominating multi-million dollar industries.
I'd be marginally less opposed to it if they could demonstrate a non-brutal killing method.
Stronger diplomatic action. I don't recognise an appealing alternative.
As above.
how is diplomacy a solution when Japan has bought up tens of nations with no stake in the issue?
that way is basically conceding defeat.
Someone needs to test the laws regarding scientific whaling, and challenge them in the ICC or whatever an appropriate forum is. Require evidence that they are doing scientific research, and if they cannot demonstrate, chase them across the oceans with the Oceanic Viking as per the South American Patagonian Toothfish poachers a few years ago.
Thanks Bern, I appreciate your comments.
I'm glad to have it confirmed that I've picked up some good games, even if a couple of them are rather similar in the theme of deceit (though that was intentional). I'm sure we'll be in for a lot of fun. Shame you're unable to join in, as the more the merrier!
shanshan310
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This. What does Sea Shepard hope to achieve with this? Annoy the Japanese fishermen even more? Everyone knows about whaling, so I don't see how they could possibly get more publicity. Its not going to make them stop, and if anything strengthen their resolve.
Just wondering, does sea shepard also harass the Nordic and Korean fishermen?
So we shouldn't disrupt whalers because it "annoys them"? I'd hope hijacking them makes them stop. Do Nordic and Korean countries hunt endangered animals? If so the Sea Shepherd should stop them too.
shanshan310
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No, we shouldn't "disrupt them" because because throwing acid, assault and ramming ships is illegal. I realise my post came off sounding weird, but all I meant was its only annoying them, but it hasn't made them stop. Its made them stubborn. This tactic is not working. They think they are in the legal right, so the only way to get them to stop is to show them that they are in the legal wrong - through the international court, or by closing the "research" loophole.
As a side note, minke whales (which the Japanese hunt) aren't endangered. Fin whales (which the Nordic countries hunt) are, but Japan seems to be the only country we hear about. I guess it has a bit to do with them being in Australian waters (?).
I don't wanna argue with you guys
EDIT: Yeah Jintor, they haven't been able to meet their quota. I still don't think piracy is the right way to go about it.
No, we shouldn't "disrupt them" because because throwing acid, assault and ramming ships is illegal. I realise my post came off sounding weird, but all I meant was its only annoying them, but it hasn't made them stop. Its made them stubborn. This tactic is not working. They think they are in the legal right, so the only way to get them to stop is to show them that they are in the legal wrong - through the international court, or by closing the "research" loophole.
As a side note, minke whales (which the Japanese hunt) aren't endangered. Fin whales (which the Nordic countries hunt) are, but Japan seems to be the only country we hear about. I guess it has a bit to do with them being in Australian waters (?).
I don't wanna argue with you guys
EDIT: Yeah Jintor, they haven't been able to meet their quota. I still don't think piracy is the right way to go about it.
Yes, and I would argue whaling in all forms should be illegal, along with all sorts of unsustainable fishing. You do realise that diplomacy has been tried, right? The fact is, if you have to come in to southern waters with a boat to kill whales, you are doing it wrong.
BanShunsaku
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So pumped to see The Muppets tonight!
Also I should mention my love for whales.
Also I should mention my love for whales.
Just lightly sautéed with some shiitake mushrooms and a cheeky little pinot grigio.
reptilescorpio
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Beached az bro.
Vince did a good job of proving he actually did give a fuck in the end I think.
With whaling, I disagree with the whalers form of killing etc, but I also think those sea shepherd activists are complete dicks. I do understand their frustrations at the diplomatic route however, did anyone watch the doco on the dolphin trade in Japan that was on a while back?
Anyway, day 6 of this cold. It isn't that bad, but I am over it. Thinking taking time off earlier in the week would have been wise.
With whaling, I disagree with the whalers form of killing etc, but I also think those sea shepherd activists are complete dicks. I do understand their frustrations at the diplomatic route however, did anyone watch the doco on the dolphin trade in Japan that was on a while back?
Anyway, day 6 of this cold. It isn't that bad, but I am over it. Thinking taking time off earlier in the week would have been wise.
Paul Sheehan gets it
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...haul-not-a-free-trip-home-20120111-1pv7h.html
lol at first comment from "seen it coming", who resides in "Brissy for now".
wtf at the report on sexual misconduct in the ADF being called "Hot Issue Briefs".
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...haul-not-a-free-trip-home-20120111-1pv7h.html
lol at first comment from "seen it coming", who resides in "Brissy for now".
wtf at the report on sexual misconduct in the ADF being called "Hot Issue Briefs".
they were annoying the norwegians years before they started on the japanese.
You support shooting poachers? Like, with guns? To kill them?
reptilescorpio
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I do if the poachers have guns.
I don't support the Sea Shepherd though. They go too far. Dial it back 50% so it is annoying enough but not stooping to a low level. The ends do not justify the means. We need a political level change on the issue as this a societal and cultural issue, we need to convince them it isn't the right thing to be whaling in this manner.
Not willing to believe this is cool until I've seen the first entire season. If Martin Scorcese dies during the time this show airs, I'm blaming this tv show.
Yes? You do realize they are heavily armed and don't give a fuck if they kill rangers, right? They literally shoot not only animals, but people too if the opportunity presents itself.
Well I didn't know that. Obviously I'm okay with rangers protecting themselves. But shooting people to protect animals? Should never happen.
reptilescorpio
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LOL Sri Lanka made 43 against SA, their lowest ODI total ever. SA have been running along well, looking forward to us playing them next. Should be a great contest to see who in our team has the fortitude to stand up against it.
GMG has the Deus Ex that has been wiped from the history books for $2.50
Duck Hunt Protester shot in the face? I'm fine with that. The hunting is legal, lobby to get it changed (I think the season is probably longer than it should be). We don't have dams up home any more so no more shooting for us, not that big of a fan of eating duck any way.
Poachers who take wild animals away from their nature preserves? Fuck em.
GMG has the Deus Ex that has been wiped from the history books for $2.50
Duck Hunt Protester shot in the face? I'm fine with that. The hunting is legal, lobby to get it changed (I think the season is probably longer than it should be). We don't have dams up home any more so no more shooting for us, not that big of a fan of eating duck any way.
Poachers who take wild animals away from their nature preserves? Fuck em.
Way to completely miss the point of the argument.
Good luck.
Flippant comment.
Maybe I should have quoted shanshan310's post questioning our apparently discriminatory attention on Japanese whaling over Finnish to give context to my tongue-in-cheek ad hominem rebuke..
Sure is, thanks for noticing!
Considering Japan conduct Whaling under the guise of 'research' and yet apparently need 1000+ whales caught a year for this, I am happy there are groups like Sea Shepard taking the hard line. But, then again, I don't value human life as much as others do, especially when on one side of fence you have humanity at a population of 7 billion and Minke Whales probably not even 1 million.
There was a guy in Perth who kicked a quokka. Someone could have shot him and saved everyone the hassle of all the other stupid shit he will inevitably do.
And as with rezbit, nothing wrong with shooting poachers. How many top level predators or slow breeding animals like rhinos and elephants do these people send to extinction for a fancy piece of keratin. Same goes for anyone hunting sharks for fins only, or tigers for a bit of cock soup.
reptilescorpio
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Can't believe this is almost out. Want that Signature copy so so much.
Might even grab the Deus Ex 3 OST as it was fantastic too.
I read Jalapeñodefense and got excited. All for nothing
Come over to the greeeeeeeeeeeenside!
Signed copy sitting at home. Second best soundtrack of the year behind Shadows of the Damned.
Might even grab the Deus Ex 3 OST as it was fantastic too.
Would be more effective in the long term than the Sea Shepard. As long as they don't cause a world shortage of pigs I will survive.
Yeah, but after upgrading my CPU (Q9550->2500K) I've found that the games with truly bad scaling were largely CPU bound, poorly coded and becoming less and less frequent... main examples being Blur and F1 2011, both woefully undersupported post-release (at least Blur had a good excuse, with Bizarre being put out to pasture). Almost everything else scales surprisingly well with three GPUs, in some cases with a better ratio than with two (ie. 1xGPU may get 20fps, two may get 30 but three would get 55fps) and next-to-no microstutter.
Hoping that I won't need it, likely that I will. If not, I can always sell the 5970 for what I paid for it if I'm not happy with the results. Will put the machine through it's paces over the next week.
Sounds like a chess move. "You used the Jalapeño defense? What kind of a Russian chess player are you?!?".I read Jalapeñodefense and got excited. All for nothing
May very well. In the very least, this will more than last me until nVidia unleash their monster and ATI have dropped the price of their 7000-series cards. Like I said, if not I can sell the 5970 for a fair price and suck it up.
Only reason I upgraded was due to crappy PC ports that were too heavily CPU-bound. If not, would've happily stuck with it. But if you are looking to sell, you can still get a decent price for it.
Yeah, I am CPU limited bigtime, but don't have the funds atm to upgrade, perhaps later in the year
I doubt they'd be able to kill as many cows as westerners, we gotta have our cheeseburgers!
reptilescorpio
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Cows give me T-bone steaks which make them cool in my book. Which reminds me that I haven't had a steak in a hell of a long time.
Pigs win though because they are hilarious to watch trotting around the farm and they give me Bacon. So in reality the chosen son of God is Pig. So good.
That is madness! I paid $225 for my 2500k!
Pigs win though because they are hilarious to watch trotting around the farm and they give me Bacon. So in reality the chosen son of God is Pig. So good.
That is madness! I paid $225 for my 2500k!
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