Comments on: Seal Death Camp in Russia

By: YeeHaw

YeeHaw — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:40:00 +0000

Food. That’s all.
For you to believe in the whole “But regardless of where the truth lies, we think most people would minimally agree that the unnecessary suffering of sentient mammals with nervous systems similar to ours is bad” scheme is ridiculous.

If you ever get hungry for real, tell me then whether you have any political views or not. When you get hungry, it’s just a matter of survival. You get hungry, you hunt, you eat. End of story.
Seal hunting and skinning is a part of their culture - there is nothing wrong.

By: L

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:43:04 +0000

Why, when people start talking about human population, the first response is always, “So go kill yourself!” The easier solution would be to have fewer babies, but that gets the religious knickers in a knot, I guess.

As far as the original topic goes, I wouldn’t eat seal meat or wear seal fur. I don’t want to deprive people of a way to make a living, either. I just wish they would use more humane methods. In this day and age, there’s really no excuse for skinning a seal while it’s still alive.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:13:01 +0000

seals are the equivelent of deer in their habitat. they reproduce quickly, eat EVERYTHING, and make good leather goods.

i heard seal meat tastes good when smoked properly.

By: Lore

Lore — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:50:49 +0000

Wow… not at all the reactions that I thought I would get when reading the comments. Ya’ll need to lighten up a little bit.

By: Alannah

Alannah — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:51:20 +0000

*bean*

I think Sean may speak a little above you, so I’ve translated so that you can understand:
You’re a dumbass, go kill your self.

Hope that helps!

By: fsmarch

fsmarch — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:49:41 +0000

Jeez!

Lighten up, people!

By: Sean McKenna

Sean McKenna — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:39:38 +0000

Whoa bean, so very deep. Wrong and terribly misguided, but deep.

Maybe, instead of trying to demean me and attempt to dismiss my statement by making outrageous, unbased and downright foolish claims concerning my mental health, you should work on actual debate technique.

The Ad hominem attack is the refuge of the sloppy thinker.

If you truly believe mass culling of humanity is the answer to saving the planet, then why haven’t you had the courage to follow that path to it’s logical conclusion? You and those of your mindset about overpopulation should be leading by example if you truly believe mankind to be such a horrible plague on the face of mother earth.

By: bean

bean — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Sean -
Humans are overpopulating this planet. If anything, we need mass culling to thin the herd. As for why you have such a problem with women menstruating, I’ll let your developmental psychiatrist handle that.

Jen -
Cows have never been an endangered animal, nor have the sort of birds that people go out of their way to kill. Pigs are famous as a species for destroying whatever environment they inhabit. Go read a book sometime.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:54:27 +0000

*high five* Sean.

Bean - can we add cow killing, bird killing, pig killing (etc.) to the list?

By: Sean McKenna

Sean McKenna — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:36:49 +0000

While you’re listing creatures to be defended, why not put human babies on there?

Most of the hypocrites who wail and gnash teeth over a seal being killed for a pair of slippers won’t bat an eye over the wholesale slaughter of the unborn.

It’s just a bit wrong imo.

By: bean

bean — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:51:19 +0000

I have no problem with people complaining about seal killing, as long as they spend an equal amount of time fighting against shark killing, whaling, snake killing, coyote killing, etc.

By: kid_icarus

kid_icarus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:34:36 +0000

my sporran is made of seal skin….i hope it wasn’t skinned alive.