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@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’

www.theguardian.com

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Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’

www.theguardian.com

@NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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Activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring
  • @sturlabragason@lemmy.world
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    185•2 years ago

    No we can not. This is fucked up. It’s one rich guy’s hobby:

    https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report

    • @musus@lemmy.world
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      Im Icelandic and I can confirm this. This massive asshole (Kristjan Loftson) has plenty of money and one hobby, killing whales. He as lost aprox. 20m€ on whaling in the years he has been hunting them.

      • BlinkerFluid
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        56•2 years ago

        …kill him?

        I mean, or watch hundreds, thousands of whales die.

        Just one dude, man. I dunno, not Icelandic so it isn’t really an opportunity I’d have but, um. If all else fails, right?

        • @musus@lemmy.world
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          He will probably kill 10-20 finback whales so we are not talking about very large numbers. Also it would not be good for Icelandic politics if someone would kill him, he could become somekind if whale killer martyr and Iceland would continue to kill whales after his death.

          • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
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            he could become somekind if whale killer martyr

            Well that’s just as easily solved by more killing. There can’t be more than like 20 people in the country that have a massive boner for murdering whales.

            • @Resonosity@lemmy.ca
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              9•2 years ago

              The killing will continue until morale improves

            • @Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world
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              5•2 years ago

              The rise of far right politicians and fascists is directly related to the dramatic drop in assassinations of political figures.

              The solution? Start murdering fascist and far right politicians that exploit the working class and the environment to add to their already endless coffers. This is the only viable answer.

              Change my mind.

          • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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            15•2 years ago

            Would it be more whales? Less?

            There’s a minimum whale population before genetic defects start having impact between mates…

            I’m not advocating direct violence, but mixing sand into the hunting boat’s engine oil and other more peaceful methods should be considered if the government won’t listen to reason by its people.

            • @CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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          • @Serdan@lemm.ee
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            10•2 years ago

            Then you kill the next figurehead for whaling. Eventually, they’ll get the point.

            • @SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
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              2•2 years ago

              Whatw as that expression again… “an eye for an eye… Is a really great idea”?

              • @Serdan@lemm.ee
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                10•2 years ago

                Killing evil people is a time-honored tradition.

                • @Anomalous_Llama@lemmy.world
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                  3•2 years ago

                  One that seems to have fallen out of favor the last few decades with these ultra rich fascist assholes being more prominent all over the globe the last decade or two

                • @SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org
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                  2•2 years ago

                  Then who will kill the people who became evil by murdering?

                  • @Serdan@lemm.ee
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                    3•2 years ago

                    Killing someone is not inherently evil.

                    See also tolerance paradox.

                  • @leftzero@lemmy.world
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                    1•2 years ago

                    I’m sure we can find volunteers willing to kill themselves once they’re done with the killing. 🤷‍♂️

          • @affiliate@lemmy.world
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            9•2 years ago

            let the whales decide his fate

          • @Cabrio@lemmy.world
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            6•2 years ago

            Then someone should kill them for their stupidity. Cancer doesn’t go away unless you cut it all out.

      • @unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca
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        12•2 years ago

        If he’s doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer… Who are the consumers and what are they buying?

        • @muix@infosec.pub
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          Sadly, there is whale meat in our supermarkets and restaurants. The only reason they can sell it is because some of the whale is “necessary” for “research”, and the meat is a “byproduct”.

          • @unscholarly_source@lemmy.ca
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            19•2 years ago

            What kind of research necessitates killing whales??

            • ‹‹Kimagure››
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              Research of the taste of whale meat

      • Chev
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        Why are you government or judges so shady when it comes to this? Like, what is the actual reasson, that this is not forbidden and nobody is in jail? You have a democracy in iceland, right?

    • ivanafterall
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      39•2 years ago

      Amazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.

      • @anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        19•2 years ago

        I’m not Icelandic nor am I a lawyer, but i bet he would stop if his car were harpooned enough times.

        • @shottymcb@lemm.ee
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          I’m pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don’t just grow on trees y’know, gotta be thrifty.

    • alternative_factor
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      10•2 years ago

      So it’s not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!

      • @muix@infosec.pub
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        15•2 years ago

        Yup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.

    • @sturlabragason@lemmy.world
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      1•2 years ago

      And here is the asshole making a whole nation look bad yet again;

      https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/13/the-last-whaler-we-can-hunt-forever-says-iceland-kristjan-loftsson

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