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[wellinghall]

[Poll #853603]

Comments

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I don't know enough about the ecology of whales around Iceland to pronounce in favour or not, but until we stop over-fishing and various other questionable hunting/farming practices (not to mention the killing of animals for sport as opposed to for food or medicine), and/or it can be demonstrated that they are killing species that are genuinely endangered (despite their protestations to the contrary), then I think they are entitled to do what they want with the whales in their waters.

Did you know that 1/3 of the cod fished in the entire WORLD is eaten in the UK despite the fact that we *know* that the stocks are in a dire state?

And then there's all the other wildlife damaged by our fishing and farming methods.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

You mean restarting, not restating.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I am the only voter for 'really bad!'

I was going to vote really really, then I felt that I should keep something in reserve, in case they decided to start hunting them with nuclear warheads or something...

[psychostace.livejournal.com]

As the representative from the RSPCA, I think you know my view! ;)

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

Your poll is biased. You should know better, given your line of employment.

(Gets off high horse, with the aid of a stepladder of course)

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

It has occurred to me, that the answer could be "(just about) acceptable" or "a bad idea" morally, while being a worse idea for other reasons, from tourism and public opinion through to whale stocks and encouraging other nations to start hunting other creatures and everything in between.