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11-08-2005, 04:20 PM | #242 |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4417462.stm
Almost 1000 whales need to be killed in order to examine the ecosystem and model competition?? Wrath is the right word describing how I feel right now.
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11-08-2005, 04:37 PM | #243 |
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I gotta say, I'm with "N" on this one. The Japanese have always gone their own way when it comes to whales....others have also but not as severe TMK.
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11-08-2005, 04:58 PM | #244 |
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It's pretty old news, still very infuriating 'though. Japan has been cranking up the number of dead whales for years. For a country that has such a tradition of honour it is rather degrading to see them hide after the 'scientific' argument.
Nothing is done with the data they do gather, other than plan more whale hunts, I take it. And the meat comes on the commecial market anyway. Not to mention that Japan has been accused of bribing other, tiny, oceanic IWC-countries with development-money for their support. On top of that their factory ships have been spotted in marine reserves which should be a big nono to everyone! But that's the problem with every international treaty that has good intentions but failed to provide for a system of fines or punishments for offenders. Much of the moratorium on whaling depends sadly enough on people's good will. And we all know how much there is of that in the world...
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11-08-2005, 05:04 PM | #245 |
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I just don't understand, HOW can they still be hunting the whales? It's horrific! Horrific! I'd like to beat some of those fisherman to bloody pulps, like they do the innocent whales. I'f like to beat the crap out of them all. Freakin' Japanese fisherman. Idiots. Morons. Selfish, cruel bastardi. We hates them.
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11-08-2005, 05:15 PM | #246 |
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Well, for them and many others, there just aint nothin better than a bit'o'whale jerky! Yummers, it actually tastes kinda good though! *runs and hides* It does though! I hate that they are doing it, and it's really pathetic that Japan is hiding from science, but I did eat whale once. Didn't know what it was till I finished it.
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11-08-2005, 05:19 PM | #247 |
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I KEEEL you. KEEL you! *runs after Shah, drunkenly waving sushi knife, apron flapping wildly* NO EAT WHALE HEEERE!
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11-08-2005, 05:31 PM | #248 |
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Talking about ramming whaler ships, that reminds me of an organisation called "Sea Shepard". If I'm not mistaken they actually rammed (and sunk!) one or two whalers in their prime years. Now I believe they guard the waters around the Galápagos in cooperation with the government there to stop illegal environment-damaging activities.
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11-08-2005, 05:42 PM | #249 |
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You are most correct. When I used to work at the docks in seattle, I saw those NOAH and Sea Shepard ships in for repairs, some of the time they looked like they were besieged by pirates...my goodness!
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11-08-2005, 05:46 PM | #250 |
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Be the keys. Be one with the keys. Think, "If I were keys, where would I want to be?" The keys have lost YOU, not you the keys. You'll find'em!
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11-08-2005, 05:53 PM | #251 |
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*snerk* Riight...Use the force....
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11-08-2005, 06:49 PM | #252 |
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11-09-2005, 03:10 PM | #253 |
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Oh Rosie, I know that feeling very well. 'Twas my friends who helped me out of it, dragging me with them - well, dragging me into Real Life. But I'm still a scaredy-cat sometimes... especially when it comes to relationships.
Went today: must type, MUST type that text summary so I can hand it in tomorrow... Friggin' classes. Gah. (Well a quite usual vent, but still... )
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11-09-2005, 03:25 PM | #254 |
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I have an economic and information test tomorrow. I have never been a person who don't care about school, but now I'm that close from it. It's the most boring, stupid, ****ing class ever! I'm going to celebrate for three full days when I'm done with this class, which isn't before summer next year.
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11-09-2005, 04:05 PM | #255 |
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Ack. Well, good luck with that, Pytt... Luckily, many of my boring classes (practically all which have names starting with Introduction To. Arrgh.) will be over & done with by December. Hopefully I won't fail them, so I won't have to take them up again. *shudder*
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11-09-2005, 04:32 PM | #256 |
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I guess this is the place to first: be relieved that I finished my Chinese midterm today, and felt that I had done pretty well on it. BUT, more importantly, I have yet another midterm tomorrow. And this one is supposed to take the full two+ hours of class.
Now, I love Sanskrit, but I'm not really a fan of Sandhi rules and all those vowel and consonant changes that seem almost arbitrary, but yet you know there is some elusive reason for them, so you can't discredit them. And then the 24 forms for every noun, with changes depending on the word final ending. At least we only know two forms of verbs at the moment, with nine forms for each of those. Those really aren't a problem. And I really like Devanagari, the script. I just am worried about such a large test with so much to remember for it, and I've been ill recently. |
11-09-2005, 05:06 PM | #257 |
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Forgive my ignorance but why are you taking Chinese and Sanskrit?
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11-10-2005, 05:04 AM | #258 |
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Vent: aaarrgh. Cultural antropology test tomorrow. And I'm reading texts full of phrases like "the adaptive specialization of populations". Ack. It may not seem so terrible in English, but believe me, in Hungarian it is. *sigh* I couldn't quite get used to scientific texts yet.
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