Whale Wars, anybody watch

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

A massive area of whales' brains is devoted to communication. They communicate over hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles. Whale Song is an intelligent action.

There are some birds near my place that communicate all fucking day long. I'm devoting a large portion of my brain to figuring out how I can unload a 10ga in the middle of a city and not draw attention.

They may also be smart but they seem so boring and remind me more of a herd animal than an independent animal. Maybe when we hear stories of a whale saving a diver from sharks or raping some beach goers I'll view them close to the human species.

I'm not going to deny though that they are cool animals.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

There are some birds near my place that communicate all fucking day long. I'm devoting a large portion of my brain to figuring out how I can unload a 10ga in the middle of a city and not draw attention.

They may also be smart but they seem so boring and remind me more of a herd animal than an independent animal. Maybe when we hear stories of a whale saving a diver from sharks or raping some beach goers I'll view them close to the human species.

I'm not going to deny though that they are cool animals.

Comparing birdsong to whalesong, is like comparing Chopsticks to Handel's Messiah.

And, by the way, humans are herd animals.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Whales, dolphins, porpoises, orcas... They matter because, next to us, they're the most intelligent thing on the planet. They may be the closest thing to an intelligent alien species that we'll ever meet. They matter because any time that we bring another species to the brink of extinction, we're setting ourselves up for the same thing.

That "eliminating the demand" thing; so how's that working for you? Oh, right, it's made you the country with the highest percentage of its population in prison, in the developed world. Most of what is obtained from whales, can be produced for no greater cost artificially. Sometimes things have to be made to happen.

No, no, no... I'm not saying put them in jail, the japs and consumers aren't doing anything illegal that I can see. If they were then the big, bad Australian fleet would be out there stopping them and the tree highers could be out focusing on their other great crusade which is tuna fishing... I'm saying that they should focus on the people that buy whale products and try and convince them to stop through education about alternative products/meat.

The same thing goes for drugs...as long as people still make excuses for their use... Hey why don't those whale guys take all that money and open stores that sell cheaper alternative products in the markets that are using whales...

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

A massive area of whales' brains is devoted to communication. They communicate over hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles. Whale Song is an intelligent action.

Dogs bark, birds sing, cows moo, what's your point? Because they make noise we shouldn't eat them?

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

There are some birds near my place that communicate all fucking day long. I'm devoting a large portion of my brain to figuring out how I can unload a 10ga in the middle of a city and not draw attention.

They may also be smart but they seem so boring and remind me more of a herd animal than an independent animal. Maybe when we hear stories of a whale saving a diver from sharks or raping some beach goers I'll view them close to the human species.

I'm not going to deny though that they are cool animals.

I love it when someone else posts my thoughts...

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Comparing birdsong to whalesong, is like comparing Chopsticks to Handel's Messiah.

And, by the way, humans are herd animals.

Humans are pack animals...there is a difference. Whales are just big cows. Cows care for their young just as well as whales do. So do chickens.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Humans are pack animals...there is a difference. Whales are just big cows. Cows care for their young just as well as whales do. So do chickens.

Some humans anyway.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Dogs bark, birds sing, cows moo, what's your point? Because they make noise we shouldn't eat them?

I love it when someone else posts my thoughts...

If you don't understand the difference between shouting "FIRE!" over and over again, and giving detailed directions on how to get to your house, then I can't help you.

[Mr Lefty]

What I find interesting... is we hunt deer and Elk, and many other animals due to over population... yet the most Over-abundant animal on earth... is Human. lets start population control... then I'm sure we won't have as many problems with other animals going extinct

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Comparing birdsong to whalesong, is like comparing Chopsticks to Handel's Messiah.

And, by the way, humans are herd animals.

They fucking stampede! Not a fucking year goes by, some big group of morons doesn't trample each other to death.

Most recent : Love Parade, 2010

Originally Posted by Amber Lamps

Humans are pack animals...there is a difference. Whales are just big cows. Cows care for their young just as well as whales do. So do chickens.

FAIL. Whales don't stampede, and kill each other.

Humans are no better than cattle.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Avatard

They fucking stampede! Not a fucking year goes by, some big group of morons doesn't trample each other to death.

Most recent : Love Parade, 2010



FAIL. Whales don't stampede, and kill each other.

Humans are no better than cattle.

Well yeah, if you look at the big groups of sheep who are dumb as shit, yeah, we will look stupid. If you look inside a nuclear research lab, you won't see that same dumb shit.

You can make humans look brilliant as hell or dumb as shit depending on how small a scope you want to portray.