Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’
Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’
Activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring
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Can any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?
No we can not. This is fucked up. It's one rich guy's hobby:
Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.
...kill him?
I mean, or watch hundreds, thousands of whales die.
Just one dude, man. I dunno, not Icelandic so it isn't really an opportunity I'd have but, um. If all else fails, right?
He will probably kill 10-20 finback whales so we are not talking about very large numbers. Also it would not be good for Icelandic politics if someone would kill him, he could become somekind if whale killer martyr and Iceland would continue to kill whales after his death.
he could become somekind if whale killer martyr
Well that's just as easily solved by more killing. There can't be more than like 20 people in the country that have a massive boner for murdering whales.
The killing will continue until morale improves
The rise of far right politicians and fascists is directly related to the dramatic drop in assassinations of political figures.
The solution? Start murdering fascist and far right politicians that exploit the working class and the environment to add to their already endless coffers. This is the only viable answer.
Change my mind.
Would it be more whales? Less?
There's a minimum whale population before genetic defects start having impact between mates..
I'm not advocating direct violence, but mixing sand into the hunting boat's engine oil and other more peaceful methods should be considered if the government won't listen to reason by its people.
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let the whales decide his fate
Then you kill the next figurehead for whaling. Eventually, they'll get the point.
Whatw as that expression again.. "an eye for an eye... Is a really great idea"?
Killing evil people is a time-honored tradition.
One that seems to have fallen out of favor the last few decades with these ultra rich fascist assholes being more prominent all over the globe the last decade or two
Then who will kill the people who became evil by murdering?
I'm sure we can find volunteers willing to kill themselves once they're done with the killing. 🤷♂️
Killing someone is not inherently evil.
See also tolerance paradox.
Then someone should kill them for their stupidity. Cancer doesn't go away unless you cut it all out.
If he's doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer... Who are the consumers and what are they buying?
Sadly, there is whale meat in our supermarkets and restaurants. The only reason they can sell it is because some of the whale is "necessary" for "research", and the meat is a "byproduct".
What kind of research necessitates killing whales??
Research of the taste of whale meat
Why are you government or judges so shady when it comes to this? Like, what is the actual reasson, that this is not forbidden and nobody is in jail? You have a democracy in iceland, right?
Amazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.
I'm not Icelandic nor am I a lawyer, but i bet he would stop if his car were harpooned enough times.
I'm pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don't just grow on trees y'know, gotta be thrifty.
So it's not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!
Yup, we don't even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it's part of our culture.
And here is the asshole making a whole nation look bad yet again;
I'm not from Iceland, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.