"The US government has taken diplomatic action against Iceland for its policy on Whaling.http://www.prnewswire.com/news

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action-against-icelandic-whaling-129915843.html

We have a Proposal for the US government to consider. We as a Nation of peace loving people have no military and have an unarmed police force. We are also proud to live in the least poluted country in the world and have a firm and active policy on how to exploit natural recourses in a sustainable way. Such as whaling!

We are the people of Iceland. We will stop commercial Whaling and without further protest the same day when the US Government stops shooting innocent people and quits its participation in war and wows in a believable way not to invade or attack another country under false assumptions of war against terror or weapons of mass destruction.

What the US is enforcing on the people of Iraq and Afghanistan and the support of the US Government to the Israeli Government regarding settlements on Gaza is nothing else than terror and destruction. This is done in under the notion of liberty but the true purpose is to secure Oil, power and to enslave generations to come, just for more money!

This is our contribution to peace, prosperity and human rights.

Do you, the Government of United States of America, accept this proposal?

On behalf of the people of Iceland,

Friðgeir Sveinsson, IT consultant."

Couldn't have said it better myself!
Mardy Pune said:

I guess what I'm trying to say is; using an animal, a whale in this case, as a bargaining point to try to get a change in US foreign policy is a pointless waste of time.

Dude, Obama isn't the Prime Minister of Canada...

Axel Björnsson said:

Ok another reason how this threads from Obmama are ridiculous is that he allows inuits in Alaska and northern Canada to hunt whales because it in their tradition....

 

and for you whale friends. the type of whales icelanders are hunting minkes(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and fins (Balaenoptera physalus) are not in extinction risk ..

 

and the dude talkin shit about disel spraying in the sea.. very much out of context...

Ok another reason how this threads from Obmama are ridiculous is that he allows inuits in Alaska and northern Canada to hunt whales because it in their tradition....

 

and for you whale friends. the type of whales icelanders are hunting minkes(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) and fins (Balaenoptera physalus) are not in extinction risk ..

 

and the dude talkin shit about disel spraying in the sea.. very much out of context...

Yep, fair comment, and that's probably one of the hardest facts about war, that the innocent's are always the ones that suffer the most.

I guess what I'm trying to say is; using an animal, a whale in this case, as a bargaining point to try to get a change in US foreign policy is a pointless waste of time.

Mike Humsgreen said:

Um that is a point.... What with 7 billion people on Earth and with most of them living in LEDCs the USA sure can encourage taking out a few of them for shits n giggles. As for the 'easier' of the two well  whales might be big slow moving targets with no knowledge of how automatic weapons work. But then when US forces use an unmanned drone to kill half a dozen people at a wedding in Afganistan then to support that point it could give them at least an hour warning so that they have enough time to call their comrades and attempt to mount an attack on the base that is seeking their death. Don't forget whales can go underwater which people can't do and Iceland has no submarines!

Mardy Pune said:

I honestly can't see how shooting people and hunting whales are comparable. One on hand a person can pick up a weapon to defend themselves if they want too, and on the other hand, a whale is a big slow moving target with no way of defending themselves against the faster more brutal weapons that man uses.

 

As far as the argument goes that the whale hunt is sustainable, well... The boats that are used to hunt the whales in a sustainable way are powered by diesel. Is the use of fossil fuels sustainable? No. Therefore the whale hunt is not sustainable.

Um that is a point.... What with 7 billion people on Earth and with most of them living in LEDCs the USA sure can encourage taking out a few of them for shits n giggles. As for the 'easier' of the two well  whales might be big slow moving targets with no knowledge of how automatic weapons work. But then when US forces use an unmanned drone to kill half a dozen people at a wedding in Afganistan then to support that point it could give them at least an hour warning so that they have enough time to call their comrades and attempt to mount an attack on the base that is seeking their death. Don't forget whales can go underwater which people can't do and Iceland has no submarines!

Mardy Pune said:

I honestly can't see how shooting people and hunting whales are comparable. One on hand a person can pick up a weapon to defend themselves if they want too, and on the other hand, a whale is a big slow moving target with no way of defending themselves against the faster more brutal weapons that man uses.

 

As far as the argument goes that the whale hunt is sustainable, well... The boats that are used to hunt the whales in a sustainable way are powered by diesel. Is the use of fossil fuels sustainable? No. Therefore the whale hunt is not sustainable.

I honestly can't see how shooting people and hunting whales are comparable. One on hand a person can pick up a weapon to defend themselves if they want too, and on the other hand, a whale is a big slow moving target with no way of defending themselves against the faster more brutal weapons that man uses.

 

As far as the argument goes that the whale hunt is sustainable, well... The boats that are used to hunt the whales in a sustainable way are powered by diesel. Is the use of fossil fuels sustainable? No. Therefore the whale hunt is not sustainable.

I think you should read this:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/whaling/icelandic-whaling/

that's correct. I just don't see how its wrong to hunt whales in so small gain. it is not destroying the stock, there are like thousands of them around the island and the sailors are hunting less than hundred in year. Maybe because I have tasted whale meat and it's fucking delicious.

 

obama and co have some incorrect scientific claims on that case...

Ever heard the expression "two wrongs don't make a right"?