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Originally Posted by MattLarson
What, pray tell, do you think might happen if a ship were rammed at se in arctic waters? |
for those who went overboard - hypothermia. very very quickly.
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As for Andrew, well, he's been very candid that he holds that killing a human is the same as killing a whale, and the former is an acceptable way to prevent the latter.
Matt
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again - I didn't see him say this.
actually though, I think killing a whale may not be that different. I won't go into why that is here - because its not scientific, and apparently perceptions that are outside the field of science don't count.
But what I do think is that a creature that lives such a long time must develop some intelligence, and it wouldn't surprise me if a creature that cares for its young, and develops such strong social bonds, has strong emotions.
And its not only whales I feel that way about.
We should be thinking long and hard about what we are doing.
If we decide that killing animals for food is OK - then so be it. Maybe thats too hard to change and I'm not about to force everyone to be vegetarian - but think about it. Should inflicting such a cruel and terrible death (as occurs when whales are killed) on any sentient being be permissible? Under any circumstances?
I think not.