This year's whaling season "deadliest in years"

[Saint Frankenstein]

I would never eat a whale as they're at least as intelligent and complex as human beings, maybe even more intelligent. It would be equivalent to killing and eating a person, to me. Whales are sacred animals to me.

 

[columbus]

Aren't cetacians full of PCBs, mercury, pesticides and other toxins?
Toxic whale meat and the IWC - Toxic Menu

It's not like the meat Americans buy, in those sanitary plastic packages, is particularly healthy.
It's full of hormones and antibiotics and anything else the packagers have convinced the government to allow.
Or can get away with.
Tom

 

[Valjean]

Possibly. I thought there might have been some kind of irresistible flavor or taste which makes people not want to give it up.

Those Norwegians eat lutefisk and kæst skata for heaven's sake. Apparently they'll eat anything.

 

[Stevicus]

Those Norwegians eat lutefisk and kæst skata for heaven's sake. Apparently they'll eat anything.

"kæst skata" - I had to look it up and found this article.

Eating smelly fish, an Icelandic Christmas tradition : Get Local in Iceland

Rotten stingray (kæst skata)
Rotten stingray or kæst skata as Icelanders call them has been served for hundreds of years, mostly due to the fact that Icelanders needed a way to preserve their food but in modern times it has become a part of the Christmas tradition as many families and friends use the opportunity to celebrate while feasting and sharing a shot of snaps (black death vodka) and some christmas beer.

Traditionally Kæst Skata is served with a side of boiled potatoes, boiled turnip, melted lambs fat called Hamsatólg and sweet rye bread.

I guess they eat so that their Christmas dinner will taste great.

An Icelandic Christmas tradition
Some say the main reason why people eat Skata is because everything you eat afterwards will taste great so no matter what your Christmas dinner will include you will enjoy it so much better after having a plate of rotten fish!

 

[Secret Chief]

No. The only meat I eat is herbivores raised in farms (land). Whales can run wild and free, I refuse to eat them.

Why do you refuse to eat them? The herbivores can run wild and free, but they are denied the opportunity.

 

[syo]

The herbivores can run wild and free, but they are denied the opportunity.

Not all herbivores. An Ox sits peacefuly and just eats and eats. And when it's big enough many people can eat it.

 

[Valjean]

"kæst skata" - I had to look it up and found this article.

I guess they eat so that their Christmas dinner will taste great.

Apparently it's pretty easy to prepare, just bury your fish for six months then dig it up. Yum!

 

[Secret Chief]

Not all herbivores. An Ox sits peacefuly and just eats and eats. And when it's big enough many people can eat it.

They can. And the justification for this is that an ox just eats and eats. A whale eats and eats. A beetle eats and eats. You eat and eat.

 

[syo]

They can. And the justification for this is that an ox just eats and eats. A whale eats and eats. A beetle eats and eats. You eat and eat.

I think a whale when it senses danger runs away. Oxen are stoic.

 

[Secret Chief]

I think a whale when it senses danger runs away. Oxen are stoic.

Whales and oxen would both escape from threats if able. Farm animals cannot escape, stoic or not.

 

[Quagmire]

I like vegetarian food, but I hate to get a wedgie

How about a vegetarian wedgie?

I would never eat a whale as they're at least as intelligent and complex as human beings, maybe even more intelligent. It would be equivalent to killing and eating a person, to me. Whales are sacred animals to me.

Same reason I don't eat pork: I can't bring myself to make a sandwich out of something that's smarter and more well mannered then most of my friends and relatives.

 

[syo]

Whales and oxen would both escape from threats if able. Farm animals cannot escape, stoic or not.

Oxen can live happily in farms.

 

[Secret Chief]

Oxen can live happily in farms.

But do they?

 

[syo]

But do they?

Yup. And I don't mean large corporation farms, where people do atrocities.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

How about a vegetarian wedgie?


Same reason I don't eat pork: I can't bring myself to make a sandwich out of something that's smarter and more well mannered then most of my friends and relatives.

That's fair. I want to cut down on beef and pork, myself. Got some veggie burgers in the freezer.

 

[Secret Chief]

Yup. And I don't mean large corporation farms, where people do atrocities.

And what proportion are not on such farms?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Why do you refuse to eat them? The herbivores can run wild and free, but they are denied the opportunity.

If we let them run wild and free, they'll cause major environmental damage. They would have to be culled.

 

[syo]

And what proportion are not on such farms?

Extremely little. These days oxen are tortured in greedy farms that are like factories.

 

[Secret Chief]

If we let them run wild and free, they'll cause major environmental damage. They would have to be culled.

They exist because humans have bred them. Forcefully.

 

[Secret Chief]

Extremely little.

Source?

Farms have been increasing in size for decades. The meat is cheaper.