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Subject: Re: Boycott Newfoundland and Labrador!! Posted on: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:38:52 +0000 (UTC)


Dave Smith wrote:
> Bruce from Victoria wrote:
>
> > Please respect the boycott of Newfoundland and Labrador and do
not
> > visit there for the time being. This province supports the torture
and
> > brutal destruction of baby harp and hooded seals.
>
> You forgot to allege . too.
> The seals are not tortured. They are clubbed. It's not much
different than
> the way some of your beef cattle and pigs are killed. If seal pups
looked
> like lobsters nobody would give a damn.
>
> > and Boycott all sea food products from Canada! Please do not
> > visit this province until they stop torturing and destroying these
> > innocent creatures!
>
> There isn't a heck of a lot of fishing done in Newfoundland and
Labrador
> anymore because those same seals that you are whining about have
eaten most
> of the fish.

The *seals* have eaten most of the fish??!!!
BWaaahhhahhhahhhahhahhhaaa!
I suppose the beavers have clear-cut all the forests, too.
But who's been sucking up all the oil? Earthworms? Moles? Badgers?
No, it's those damn caribou!

>Not the disastrous state of the entire east coast fishery
> since
> the seal hunt was suspended in the 70s.

Just about the same time drift nets were introduced.
>
> While you are on the mood to boycott, please extend your boycott to
> electricity, natural gas, gasoline, uranium, and all those other
resources
> that we would like to have for our own future.

Um, yeah! Look, I'm as much in favor of clubbing overly-cute baby
seals as the next guy, but when you talk about preserving natural
resources for future generations, it ain't got much to do with
pinnipeds.