I don't know but I'm sure the answer involves LSD.

Opposition politicians accuse Environment Minister Peter Garrett of giving in to Japanese whalingresearchers, adding "How can we dance when our earth is turning? How do we sleep when our beds are burning?"

FTFY

/Hey, let's be sensitive to their feelings now...

They're in no way taking enough whales to threaten the population, whereas the rest of the world is happily fishing any number of speciesto near extinction, yet the whales get all the press. Helps to be cute I guess.

/For that matter this is a national pride issue for the Japanese, they don't actually make money off the hunt. They do it out of some weird need to show international law doesn't have them totally whipped. I'd imagine if we just ignored it they'd stop support a huge fleet of factory ships and this problem would go away in a year or two.

I think the time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent, to pay our share. The time has come, a facts a fact: it belongs to them, we're gonna give it back.

Huh?

That's one hell of a shoehorn right there.

Whales can DIAF, but we'll need a lot more oil spills for it to happen.

Is there any particular reason why Norway and Iceland don't get the same negative press that the Japanese seem to?

Also : The Chaser would like a word. (new window)

/Peter Garrett is a massive sell-out and hypocrite of the highest order.
//How's the blue sky mine going there, Pete?
///Cock.

Hey now... fat chicks need lovin' too.

Only reasonable solution is to start a huge American monopoly on whaling and drive them all out of business.

r1nce: Is there any particular reason why Norway and Iceland don't get the same negative press that the Japanese seem to?

Race maybe

Fair's fair.

The whales were the original inhabitants of the ocean anyway. It belongs to them, let's give it back.

Whales are important, yes, but we'd do well to remember that nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground.

Weeeee didn't start the fiiiire, it was allwayyyyys...

Wait, what?!

US Forces give the nod.

Beds, as fuel, are far inferior to the fine spermacetti harvested from the case of the Leviathan.

/Yarrrrrr

How is this a surprise? Garrett rolled over on his ideals the moment he joined mainstream politics, and sold out to the Labor party for the shot at the big time he never earned in his own right.

Douche.

r1nce: Is there any particular reason why Norway and Iceland don't get the same negative press that the Japanese seem to?

Also : The Chaser would like a word. (new window)

/Peter Garrett is a massive sell-out and hypocrite of the highest order.
//How's the blue sky mine going there, Pete?
///Cock.

please explain.

can the "please explain" crowd just learn to use the internet?

/comment begs for explanation

Doing an accurate census of any marine creature is very difficult; whales are no exception. Leave them alone.

I acknowledge that whaling has a lot of cultural significance in many cultures, however whaling needs to go the way of foot binding and female infanticide.

TheLopper:please explain.

You know who else said 'please explain'?



/She didn't like it.
//Her shopping trolley; murdered.

We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon,
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales,
And sing this whaling tune.

Whaling is f*cking stupid.

rppp01a: I think the time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent, to pay our share. The time has come, a facts a fact: it belongs to them, we're gonna give it back.

Huh?

I see what you did there...

Bobus520: We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon,
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales,
And sing this whaling tune.

Why are australians so fond of whales?

The whales that the Japanese hunt mainly, Minke Whale, are not even close to being endangered anymore, and they take only a relatively small number.

And indeed, I wonder also, why do the Norwegians and Icelanders get a lot less attention? I think the Norwegians catch even more than the Japanese.

I remember in the late 80's when this rock band hosted a protest concert in front of the Exxon Building on a flatbed truck. Maybe someone should try this same tactic in front of Peter Garretts office.

/just sayin

I loved Peter Garrett on Everybody Loves Raymond

r1nce: TheLopper:please explain.

You know who else said 'please explain'?



/She didn't like it.
//Her shopping trolley; murdered.

Bwahaha! That brought back some memories.

Her groceries; just gone.

Can't believe that woman was invited on to Dancing with the Stars.

Whaling, as in sailing round the arctic butchering them for fun (but not profit weirdly enough, the industry is providing things few people want and relies on government support to exist) Has almost no cultural or historic basis in Japan.

Not that I personally think if it did it should make any difference, shiat is either okay or not regardless of whehter your grandad did it too, but in this case they dont even have THAT defense. Basically they do it BECAUSE the rest of the world objects. Moronic.

r1nce: Is there any particular reason why Norway and Iceland don't get the same negative press that the Japanese seem to?

Also : The Chaser would like a word. (new window)

/Peter Garrett is a massive sell-out and hypocrite of the highest order.
//How's the blue sky mine going there, Pete?
///Cock.

fark all the whale killers. equally.

jimhill: Whales are important, yes, but we'd do well to remember that nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground.

deep, too.

bikkurikun: Why are australians so fond of whales?

The whales that the Japanese hunt mainly, Minke Whale, are not even close to being endangered anymore, and they take only a relatively small number.

And indeed, I wonder also, why do the Norwegians and Icelanders get a lot less attention? I think the Norwegians catch even more than the Japanese.

At least the Norwegians and Icelanders have a cultural history of whale use. The Japanese only started eating it while starving post WW2. I believe it was MacArthur's idea.

Besides, they don't do it in OUR whale sanctuary.

I just guess he's no longer burning the Midnight Oil.

gaspode: Whaling, as in sailing round the arctic butchering them for fun (but not profit weirdly enough, the industry is providing things few people want and relies on government support to exist) Has almost no cultural or historic basis in Japan.

Not that I personally think if it did it should make any difference, shiat is either okay or not regardless of whehter your grandad did it too, but in this case they dont even have THAT defense. Basically they do it BECAUSE the rest of the world objects. Moronic.

How's our ocean-polluting industries and Iraq war coming along by the way? If Japan ain't whining about those things, it appears we're the little b**** in the sensitive sammy whiny department.

Here's the Chaser video you use for when Garret is being a hypocrite (so always)

Oh and Pauline Pantsdown. You'd better like it.

I think the whalers should take what they get and get what they please, because its better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

bikkurikun: Why are australians so fond of whales?

The whales that the Japanese hunt mainly, Minke Whale, are not even close to being endangered anymore, and they take only a relatively small number.

And indeed, I wonder also, why do the Norwegians and Icelanders get a lot less attention? I think the Norwegians catch even more than the Japanese.

i think your first question answers the second. japanese whalers are hunting in australian waters. not sure whose waters the others hunt in.

/peter garret is a farkwit.

Balænoptera in chains?

sarcastrophe: Hey now... fat chicks need lovin' too.

"But they gotta pay."

/giggity

Okay I think that we are getting away from the central issue that the western desert lives and breaths in 45 degrees, which to Americans who still use the Fahrenheit scale makes no sense at all.

/Burning the Midnight Oil

FlukeBoy: jimhill: Whales are important, yes, but we'd do well to remember that nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground.

deep, too.

I reckon you're the boy from Arkansas, Mmm hmm.

/ Love the whales.
// Filleted and Steamed over a bed of kelp at 45ºC for 4 hours until the blubber just melts on the tongue....

minnesotaboy: Okay I think that we are getting away from the central issue that the western desert lives and breaths in 45 degrees, which to Americans who still use the Fahrenheit scale makes no sense at all.

/Burning the Midnight Oil

I'm an American, and I thought that was an Acute Observation.

/ Don't worry, Charlie. I've got... an Angle.

Subby made a good headline.