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Germany - Dead whale left outside embassy
BBC News ^ | January 19, 2006

Posted on 01/19/2006 3:04:48 AM PST by HAL9000

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1 posted on 01/19/2006 3:04:49 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

So killing a whale for research and food is bad, but using a dead whale to make a political statement is good?


2 posted on 01/19/2006 3:06:08 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I'm doing the best I ever did, I'm doing the best that I can, now go away!)
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To: HAL9000
November 12, 1970 - The Infamous Exploding Whale
3 posted on 01/19/2006 3:07:33 AM PST by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
Don't try to think about it too hard or your brain will blow up.
4 posted on 01/19/2006 3:08:47 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (1. You are drunk. 2. This is not a waltz. 3. I am not a woman; I'm the Cardinal Archbishop of Lima.)
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Agreed. The convoluted "logic" of watermelons is amazing.


5 posted on 01/19/2006 3:10:33 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I'm doing the best I ever did, I'm doing the best that I can, now go away!)
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To: HAL9000

Saw photos of Japaneese whaling boats killing whales the other day.
Japs should be ashamed as many of these whales have more brains then many Japaneese.


6 posted on 01/19/2006 3:20:07 AM PST by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Excuse me? It’s not twisted logic at all. The protestors didn’t kill the whale they used, which is their point. You might disagree with them but their argument makes sense (from their point of view).


7 posted on 01/19/2006 3:20:54 AM PST by FostersExport
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To: FostersExport

That is a lovely opinion for you to have.


8 posted on 01/19/2006 3:22:31 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I'm doing the best I ever did, I'm doing the best that I can, now go away!)
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To: HAL9000

Ted Kennedy went to Germany? My condolences to his family.


9 posted on 01/19/2006 3:24:34 AM PST by djf (Bush wants to make Iraq like America. Solution: Send all illegal immigrants to Iraq!)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
That is a lovely opinion for you to have.

Way to attack the poster but not his argument.

10 posted on 01/19/2006 3:27:24 AM PST by psychoknk
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How is that any kind of an attack? WTF? If anything, his initial post to me is an attack on my argument. Nice friggin convoluted logic, or complete and utter lack thereof.

Have a nice day!


11 posted on 01/19/2006 3:29:39 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I'm doing the best I ever did, I'm doing the best that I can, now go away!)
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Nope. Couldn't be Kennedy. He is of the species orcinus orca, commonly known as a killer whale. The whale in the article is too big to be an orca.


12 posted on 01/19/2006 3:31:23 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Democrats are guilty of whatever they scream the loudest about.)
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To: HAL9000

LOL - That's a classic, and certainly belongs on the thread.


13 posted on 01/19/2006 3:33:40 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: HAL9000

The Germans should haul them into court for creating a 20 ton public health problem.


14 posted on 01/19/2006 3:35:30 AM PST by libertylover (Bush spied. Terrorists died.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
>Way to attack the poster but not his argument.

If anything, his initial post to me is an attack on my argument.

As it should be. Nice reading comprehension. Basically, you tried to invalidate the post and the author of it rather than discuss the logic of the statement. To respond to your initial statement:

So killing a whale for research and food is bad, but using a dead whale to make a political statement is good?

Basically, yes. The activists are opposed to killing whales. They don't care what happens to a whale once it is dead. Their point, if you read the article, is "that there is no need to kill the mammals for research - as Japan does - because cadavers can be found." They also "dispute Japan's claim to be whaling for scientific purposes, saying whale meat often ends up on restaurant tables." I have read a bit about the issue, and it seems like Japanese are using dubious research to justify whale hunting.

15 posted on 01/19/2006 3:44:50 AM PST by psychoknk
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To: HAL9000

I really hate "environmental activists" and those like them. I'd gladly go to hell if I were assured that a couple of them would be chained to me.


16 posted on 01/19/2006 3:45:08 AM PST by Jaysun (The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and don't want to hear both sides.)
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To: Fresh Wind
Hmmm. Too big to be an Orca.

But not too big to be a Kennedy!
17 posted on 01/19/2006 3:45:54 AM PST by djf (Bush wants to make Iraq like America. Solution: Send all illegal immigrants to Iraq!)
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To: psychoknk

That is a lovely opinion for you to have.


18 posted on 01/19/2006 3:46:43 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I'm doing the best I ever did, I'm doing the best that I can, now go away!)
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To: Fresh Wind

Besides, he already proved he can float, at Chappaquidick...


19 posted on 01/19/2006 3:47:29 AM PST by djf (Bush wants to make Iraq like America. Solution: Send all illegal immigrants to Iraq!)
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To: Jaysun

yep, but the real question is how do you just drop this big a thing on a doorstep at an embassy? dont embassies have video cameras? nobody noticed this whale riding on the back of a very large truck? again, unloading this behemoth took some time, but nobody saw this? ah well, i suspect lots of people are blind.


20 posted on 01/19/2006 3:49:00 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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