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  1. 01-16-2002, 06:16 PM #1
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    OT: whaling

    Maybe this should belong in the "Medicine" thread

    I saw footage of a Japanese ship this morning, killing a whale and pulling it onto this ship. Save the details, I wanted some more knowledge in this area.

    OK I admit, I am downright loser and I teared watching it. But before I jump to conclude that it is all crap and get all emotional about it.....does anyone know why whales are being killed by these whalers ? To make medicine ? For what purpose ? What does it heal and why ? Serious question here....

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  2. 01-16-2002, 06:23 PM #2
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    I heard they make sushi with the whales man, i heard its some of the best sushi, the whale sushi.
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    I can't guarantee this is why, but I did read a while back that japanese fishermen in the 70's would catch dolphin, and basically crucify them on a board on the deck of the ship, in the belief that their cries attracted tuna.

    Not one of the more pleasant things I've read, but there you have it.
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    Meat...
    Pretty much as simple as that, though from memory there is some kind of chemical or oil they extract as well. Proberly go's into womens perfume or make up knowing this world.
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  5. 01-16-2002, 07:38 PM #5
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    whales killed 4 thier blubber.
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    Yes, food and blubber (often the same thing) as well as ambergris, oil, glands, baleen, bone, and all sorts of other stuff.

    You should read 'Moby-****' sometime, and don't skip the cetealogical chapters. It's good stuff. Not that Melville is the best place to do research on contemporary Japanese whaling, but it is one of the greatest novels ever written.
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    This is getting ridiculous.

    So, I was drinking ****genized milk and reading 'Moby-****' today when an unsanded splinter in the kitchen table *****ed my finger. I shouted, which awoke my german shepherd *****, who was sleeping at my feet. She quickly lay down again, and to take my mind off my injury I lit a *** (I'm trying to quit, but taking it slowly.) When I'm off tobacco entirely, I'll be the **** of the walk!

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