Thread: Turkey of the Sea get himself harpooned on behalf of your dinner

Hmmm I wonder why Greenpeace would do such a thing? OH! Just read the rest of the article to find out! I guess we can't trust biased and partisan thread makers to tell the whole story.....too bad.

About 100 fishing vessels navigate the Mediterranean during the short tuna fishing season.

Many of the boats carry net cages used to encircle the tuna swarms, which are then towed offshore to be fattened and shipped in giant freezer ships to Japan, where it is a mainstay of sushi and sashimi.

Industrial-scale fishing and harvesting on the high seas has caused stocks to plunge by up to 80 per cent in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, where they come to spawn in the warmer waters.

Earlier this year the European Union and the United States backed an international trade ban on tuna fished from these waters, but Japan lobbied successfully and the proposal was defeated.

Oooooh Greenpeace is trying to save the fish from extinction. How horrible they are. We should just let the industrial scale fishing wipe them out, who cares!

Originally Posted by Queen

Oooooh Greenpeace is trying to save the fish from extinction. How horrible they are. We should just let the industrial scale fishing wipe them out, who cares!

So... no one thought to protest the Japanese?

Or capture as many as possible to study and breed in captivity?

You know, something that might actually help?

The only thing they could come up with was to harass the working stiffs?

Originally Posted by Commodore

So... no one thought to protest the Japanese?

Or capture as many as possible to study and breed in captivity?

You know, something that might actually help?

The only thing they could come up with was to harass the working stiffs?

Something that might actually help = stop the industrial netting of 80% of the fish.

They won't last much longer if that continues. Greenpeace is doing the world a service. And you mock them.

Shame.

Greenpeace has been labeled a terrorist organization for some years now. I guess they were somewhat cool when they first started back in hippie days. But the rest of the world grew up and learned to work within the system. Greempeace is still quite adolescent in their approach to most things they do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace

How about the fisherman go back to fishing, instead of large corporations dragging nets through the breeding grounds?

How about we all put daisy chaines in our hair, live on love for 9 months and then eat the baby!


Sheesh!

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Greenpeace has been labeled a terrorist organization for some years now. I guess they were somewhat cool when they first started back in hippie days. But the rest of the world grew up and learned to work within the system. Greempeace is still quite adolescent in their approach to most things they do.

Only greedy large corporate industrial mass fishing destroyers call them terrorists.

Regular fisherman love the fact that they are trying to save the species that are being over havested with nets.

Originally Posted by Queen

Only greedy large corporate industrial mass fishing destroyers call them terrorists.

Regular fisherman love the fact that they are trying to save the species that are being over havested with nets.

Says you? Where are you links, madame?

Originally Posted by Sunshine

How about we all put daisy chaines in our hair, live on love for 9 months and then eat the baby!


Sheesh!

And the only other option in your world is to sit back and watch the fish species be wiped out by greedy corporate industry?

If you've ever been fishing on the ocean, as I have, you'd be disgusted by the way sea life is being destroyed.

But apathy's easier I guess.

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Says you? Where are you links, madame?

You first. You've claimed they are labeled terrorists.

By whom?

Originally Posted by Queen

And the only other option in your world is to sit back and watch the fish species be wiped out by greedy corporate industry?

If you've ever been fishing on the ocean, as I have, you'd be disgusted by the way sea life is being destroyed.

But apathy's easier I guess.

You know nothing about my 'world.' You know even less about Greenpeace. And you have not posted one link to back up any of your BS here on this thread.

Originally Posted by Queen

Something that might actually help = stop the industrial netting of 80% of the fish.

They won't last much longer if that continues. Greenpeace is doing the world a service. And you mock them.

Shame.

The only thing they are doing is making fools of themselves.

Originally Posted by Sunshine

You know nothing about my 'world.' You know even less about Greenpeace. And you have not posted one link to back up any of your BS here on this thread.

HAHA! How do you know what I know about Greenpeace?

All you've done is claim Greenpeace is a terrorist organization and then sarcastically say nothing can be done to protect the fish species that are being wiped out.

So the BS is flowing from your end.

It's amusing though....