DagT wrote: > The opinion of the IWC is on the move, and one of the reasons is that > some smaller countries are tired of being used by the people who are > against whaling. If anybody has been bought it has happened on both > sides.
Exactly: it has been both sides, getting in countries which will support their view. In fact, after the recent meeting, the Australian Environment Minister said explicitly that we needed to get more anti-whaling nations to join (at least we're honest when we cheat). > I can show other links contradicting yours, but this is becoming too > OT, even for me. The ban against hunting ALL species of whales is emotionally, not rationally, based. Some are not currently endangered. Such emotional bans are not uncommon. Individuals in the US (and other countries) have campaigned against kangaroo hunting in Australia but the species hunted are numerous and certainly in no danger. (Actually, by providing permanent water, farms often lead to an increase in the numbers of these species.) In fact, an Australian beer company (noted for non-PC ads) used this in an advertisement, proudly (?) pointing out that we were the only country were it was legal to throw the national emblem (a kanga) on the barbie (barbeque). Norway has a traditional history of whale hunting. Australian aborigines have a traditional history of hunting dugong (which may be threatened). The former is condemned but the latter is allowed. Go figure. Keith McG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
