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Save the whales - ho hum

The last couple of weeks has seen a number of stories in the media on New Zealand's moral stance against Japanese whaling.

All I can think whenever I see any story on saving whales is the utter hypocrisy of the stance.

When New Zealander's treat all human life worthy of saving, them maybe a bit left over for the whales would be appropriate. But until then, we are hypocrites to point the finger at Japan and feel morally superior.

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  1. You know, the nice thing about a whale Tee Bone is that after the meal you could use the leftovers a building materials for your first home.

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  2. ....provided you could get consent under the RMA to use "non-standard building materials".

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  3. and provided you could wrestle the carcass away from the local iwi who travel under the belief that they own everything that comes out of the sea including dead whales.

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  4. I'm confused. If one was hunting Wales, surely Swansea is the place to head for?

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  5. I've noticed lately the folk I'm talking with discuss the whale topic with less passion than in the past. Maybe the whole thing is getting old and the average kiwi is almost over it. I wonder if the old 'save the whales' bumber sticker gets eyes rolling now.

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  6. As someone who believes and treats all human life worthy of saving, I feel completely ok with supporting the stance of our country on whales.

    Just because we may, as a country, be completely dropping the ball in one area, doesn't mean we should drop every other ball in all areas. That's like arguing that if you're going to commit one sin, you might as well give up in every area of life.

    In saying that, I completely understand the frustration and here's hoping that in time we can walk a path that is more consistent.

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  7. Well said Lucyna, i feel that same way.

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  8. Concern for human life should, of course, be pre-eminent, but one wonders too what the japanese make of NZ's stance on whaling while our economy rests heavily on the exports of lamb,beef, venison, and fish.

    A Dominion Post cause in defence of Bambi might be next....?

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  9. Comparing lamb, beef, venison and even fish(which are specifically farmed for such purposes) with hunting endangered whales is a bit of a stretch don't you think.

    When the Japanese invest in reproducing the product they are endangering then we may have a better comparison. We invest heavily in reproducing lamb, beef, venison and fish.

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  10. Speaking of our banana economy...

    News today that tourism flights to NZ would require something like 13-14 Stewart Islands of forest to planted to offset the carbon.

    Tourism and food production, which produces CH4, are the only things we're any good at and both are threatened by climate-change treaties.

    What are we going to do when the carbon economy kills farming and tourism?

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