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No...
LOL- lets pretend this discussion was about elephants
ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:45:19 PM
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Would you be defending the killing of them just to spite me?
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Whale found with 1890 weapon fragments in it.
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TB
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6/12/2007 11:01:39 PM
"Traditional" whaling
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nick hoffman
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6/13/2007 11:54:06 AM
Indigenous practices for a century, if not indigenous products.
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alcaray
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6/13/2007 6:31:26 PM
Cetaceans are intelligent beings
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ds
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6/13/2007 2:02:04 PM
I agree.
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:47:22 AM
Native Americans carried on a symbiotic relationship with animals
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:13:06 AM
Yeah, and they drove herds of buffalo off cliffs
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 5:24:41 AM
I know..I am overly sensitive to the Native Americans, to be sure
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:30:41 AM
I am not criticizing them
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 5:52:06 AM
Later, the introduction of the horse gave them a more precise method of hunting.
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TB
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6/14/2007 6:03:41 AM
Ick....berries and nuts for me please
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Jody
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6/14/2007 6:06:34 AM
In a perfect world...I would
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Jody
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6/14/2007 6:20:14 AM
As someone whose grandparents were all farmers...
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TB
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6/14/2007 4:34:19 PM
exactly!
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Jody
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6/14/2007 4:46:20 PM
Kind of sad to think about.
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Lee
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6/13/2007 9:57:26 PM
That is how a human would perceive it...as a primative existence
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:09:58 AM
I doubt the whales find it sad....
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:12:46 PM
Until they die from disease...
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Lee
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6/14/2007 12:10:37 AM
I agree %100
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 9:10:15 PM
You'd think they'd learn to avoid hunters if they were.
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TB
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6/13/2007 8:49:58 PM
Animals are like children and in my "Book of Rules " to live by:
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:56:38 AM
Never-the -less..We are on top of the food chain
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:21:00 AM
Yeah, and if humans were intelligent you'd think that they would avoid murder....
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 9:16:18 PM
It is not intelligence....
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:24:11 AM
re: if humans were intelligent
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:05:09 PM
Arrogance of humans
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:33:44 AM
Tom...
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:26:28 AM
Lets play with that stupidity...
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:16:48 PM
re: Lets play with that
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:36:16 PM
In essence, You are saying that its ok to kill whales because they cant tell the difference between a cruise ship and a whaling ship
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:42:03 PM
re: In essence
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TB
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6/13/2007 11:02:00 PM
And what I am pointing out is....
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 11:43:42 PM
Exactly
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Jody
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6/14/2007 5:32:24 AM
To be honest, I really do expect an apology
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 12:55:14 AM
Furthermore....
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:29:23 PM
Never said they were "dumb" either.
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:53:08 PM
re: Never said they were "dumb" either.
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 11:15:46 PM
Upset ME?
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TB
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6/14/2007 2:49:32 AM
Let me guess, a gang of whales killed your parents....
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:33:12 PM
No...
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:37:35 PM
LOOK... I am not saying that we should all go commune with the whales
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:49:14 PM
LOL- lets pretend this discussion was about elephants
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 10:45:19 PM
Elephants...
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Jody
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6/14/2007 6:03:29 AM
Pay attention: I'm not defending killing anything.
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:56:41 PM
DID you actually read my long post?
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 11:02:28 PM
First sentence is badly worded.
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TB
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6/13/2007 10:58:08 PM
SERIOUSLY, why do you find this emotionally important to you?
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ARRELL
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6/13/2007 11:23:17 PM
re: emotionally important
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TB
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6/14/2007 2:27:37 AM
You really seem to view my comments through your scewed up lens
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 4:59:44 AM
re: You really seem to view my comments through your scewed up lens
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TB
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6/14/2007 6:10:42 AM
Tom, I honestly do not see your point- and I honestly was not trying to start a fight
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 6:45:20 AM
I''m sorry, did you have anything of value to say?
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ARRELL
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6/14/2007 6:18:56 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.