Chain email ...

classicman · 02-01-2012, 01:59 PM

I received this email today from a relative with a bad habit of regurgitating a lot of bogus crap. . .

Here is the email:

Quote:

Denmark is a big shame.

The sea is stained in red and it is not because of the climate effects of nature. It's because of the cruelty of the human beings (civilized human) who kill hundreds of the famous and intelligent Calderon dolphins.

This happens every year in Feroe Island in Denmark . In this slaughter the main participants are young teens.

WHY?
A celebration, to show that they are adults and mature!

In this big celebration, nothing is missing for the fun. Everyone is participating in one way or the other, killing or looking at the cruelty supporting like a spectator

Is it necessary to mention that the dolphin Calderon, like all the other species of dolphins, it's near extinction and they get near men to play and interact.
In a way of PURE friendship.

They don't die instantly; they are cut 1, 2 or 3 times with thick hooks. And at that time the dolphins produce a grim cry like that of a new born child.

But he suffers and there's no compassion while this magnificent creature slowly dies in its own blood

Its enough!

We will publish until this post goes around the world that many more people will know about this shameful Danish acts.

Take care of the world, it is your home!

SHARE this messages as a sign Against this cruelty

Seems old, but true ... according to Snopes.

To my surprise, it appears to actually be true.

This is really effed up.

glatt · 02-01-2012, 03:25 PM

I remember a National Geographic article from my youth that covered this. It was quite striking, all that blood in the water. The article wasn't preachy at all, it was just documenting this tradition.

For what it's worth, they eat the meat. It's a very important food source for them. How do you feel about hunting deer in the US?

wolf · 02-01-2012, 04:15 PM

Can you imagine those dolphins running rampant, tearing up people lawns, and getting hit by cars all the time?

Culling is an important part of wildlife management.

infinite monkey · 02-01-2012, 04:18 PM

If only we could apply culling to human management.

DanaC · 02-01-2012, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I remember a National Geographic article from my youth that covered this. It was quite striking, all that blood in the water. The article wasn't preachy at all, it was just documenting this tradition.

For what it's worth, they eat the meat. It's a very important food source for them. How do you feel about hunting deer in the US?

Depends how good a shot the hunter is really.

What's appalling here, is the number that are killed and the cruel and slow death they suffer.

I'm not sure how happy you all would be if hunters went at the deer with ropes and machetes.

Rhianne · 02-01-2012, 05:07 PM

No-one seems to give a damn about fish though, perhaps it's because they don't have a cute, smiling face or maybe it's just that they don't make "a grim cry like that of a new born child" while they're being killed.

DanaC · 02-01-2012, 05:09 PM

The thing that shocked me about fish, was when i found out just how long some of them live. Cod, for instance. That mainstay of Fish&Chip shops throughout my childhood. Some of the fish I ate when I was 10 were probably five or six decades older than I was. Maybe even older than that.

HungLikeJesus · 02-01-2012, 05:20 PM

That's why it's best to eat them while they're young.

wolf · 02-01-2012, 05:23 PM

According to the wikipedia information, they actually sever the spinal cord very quickly, the gaff is intended to bring them into the beach. Not that that makes it any better.

Ibby · 02-01-2012, 05:32 PM

Yes, it's barbaric and cruel and we should all be appalled.

But we should all be appalled at the way the Japanese treat sea life, or how we treat domesticated land animals that we use for food, or at countless other examples of how we treat animals appallingly badly.
Why is this barbaric, but a lot of the rest of them aren't?

classicman · 02-01-2012, 06:17 PM

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Why is this barbaric, but a lot of the rest of them aren't?

Who said they weren't?

Ibby · 02-01-2012, 06:33 PM

Okay, rephrasing then:

why is the internet all up in arms about this, but apathetic to the rest of the shit?

classicman · 02-01-2012, 06:35 PM

These are apparently an endangered species for one.
Kill all the deer you want, there are too effin many of them around here.
Don't really get what you are trying to accomplish.

Ibby · 02-01-2012, 06:44 PM

Again - look at Japan. They do this, except instead of a couple hundred dolphins by a buncha kids, its thousands and thousands and thousands of endangered fish and sea mammals on an industrial-fishery scale.

Aliantha · 02-01-2012, 06:49 PM

It's a dog eat dolphin world we live in.

02-01-2012, 04:15 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Can you imagine those dolphins running rampant, tearing up people lawns, and getting hit by cars all the time? Culling is an important part of wildlife management. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2012, 05:20 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That's why it's best to eat them while they're young. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-01-2012, 05:23 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	According to the wikipedia information, they actually sever the spinal cord very quickly, the gaff is intended to bring them into the beach. Not that that makes it any better. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-01-2012, 05:32 PM	#10
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Yes, it's barbaric and cruel and we should all be appalled. But we should all be appalled at the way the Japanese treat sea life, or how we treat domesticated land animals that we use for food, or at countless other examples of how we treat animals appallingly badly. Why is this barbaric, but a lot of the rest of them aren't? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-01-2012, 06:33 PM	#12
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Okay, rephrasing then: why is the internet all up in arms about this, but apathetic to the rest of the shit? __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-01-2012, 03:25 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I remember a National Geographic article from my youth that covered this. It was quite striking, all that blood in the water. The article wasn't preachy at all, it was just documenting this tradition. For what it's worth, they eat the meat. It's a very important food source for them. How do you feel about hunting deer in the US?

02-01-2012, 04:18 PM	#4
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	If only we could apply culling to human management.

02-01-2012, 05:07 PM	#6
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	No-one seems to give a damn about fish though, perhaps it's because they don't have a cute, smiling face or maybe it's just that they don't make "a grim cry like that of a new born child" while they're being killed.

02-01-2012, 06:35 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	These are apparently an endangered species for one. Kill all the deer you want, there are too effin many of them around here. Don't really get what you are trying to accomplish. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-01-2012, 06:44 PM	#14
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Again - look at Japan. They do this, except instead of a couple hundred dolphins by a buncha kids, its thousands and thousands and thousands of endangered fish and sea mammals on an industrial-fishery scale. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-01-2012, 06:49 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	It's a dog eat dolphin world we live in. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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