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Alugarde
Member Posts: 185 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 4/7/2004 at 01:03 PM |
While shmeng was down, I sent an internet petition to a friend of mine
about thousands of baby seals in Canada being hunted. These baby seals are
often skinned alive while conscious, and everything being produced from the
hunt has available substitutes. The petition linked to a page where you
could send a prefabricated letter, along with any comments you want, to the
senators of your state, asking them to sign onto a resolution which has
called for Canada to stop the seal hunts.
And this guy refused to take the two minutes to do it, saying "I'm lazy"
and "I didn't want to".
So I thought about it, and I realized I'd probably have a much better
chance finding people on shmeng who cared about something they'll never, in
his words, "see, feel, touch, know, or be affected by".
Thus, this topic. Post here anything you feel is worth taking group action
over, but isn't quite article-length.
Here's the link to stop the seal hunts: http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=474&aid=390
&ct=true
Thanks, everyone. ____________________ l33t is the bastard cousin of contractions. |
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Domkitten
Fanatic Posts: 470 Registered: 23/9/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 4/7/2004 at 05:19 PM |
You know, as much as I'd love to save a baby seal and all, saving baby
seals is a horribly misdirected waste of time in the grand scheme of
things. There are thousands of animals that are, or will become extinct
that nobody knows about, or cares about, basically because they are not
cute, fuzzy, or at some point pressed into the bossom of Bridget Bardot.
Seriously you want to save something, how about the thousands of children
that are being killed in Iraq and Afghanastan by an uncalled for war.
How about helping stop the genocide of the Difora people of Sudan who are
being forced into poverty by being pushed across the border into Chad. You
know, the arabian people of Sudan have started a campaign of institutional
rape in order "to lighten the babies" and therefore irradicate the black
Diforans from the face of the earth.
Did you know that aside from the killing, the raping, the murder, the
forced starvation of an entire group of people, that the administration,
Colin Powell himself, have looked into the stituation and decided that
although it does meet some of the points of the legal definition of
genocide, it doesn't meet enough for the US to get involved militarily
(read, no oil fields).
I'm sorry, but let's save something more worthy of saving.
[Edited on 7/5/2004 by Domkitten] ____________________ It's like kegel exercises for your throat.~Monolycus |
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Alugarde
Member Posts: 185 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 5/7/2004 at 11:52 PM |
Guess what, Dom. I WOULD like to help all of those people! But I must admit
ignorance and say that I honestly have no fucking idea what I personally
can do for any of them. If you've got suggestions, by all means share them,
because *gasp* that was the point of this topic. If, however, you don't
have any suggestions on how I could help these people, then sit down and
stop bitching about me trying to do some good.
And yes, I realize there are more important issues out there than seals,
but I didn't happen to know of any other petitions off of the top of my
head, so I decided to start with the seals, figuring other people would
offer other situations in need of action.
And, for your information, I don't consider mosquitos to be the slightest
bit cute or fuzzy. In fact, the things fucking scare me because I think
I'll get an incurable disease or two from them. Despite all that, though, I
don't kill them when they find their way into my house, I trap them and let
them go outside, just like any other creature that finds it's way in. ____________________ l33t is the bastard cousin of contractions. |
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