NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoIceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square183fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down119
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minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up103arrow-down1·1 year agoCan any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down2·1 year agoNo we can not. This is fucked up. It’s one rich guy’s hobby: https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·1 year agoAmazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.
minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoI’m not Icelandic nor am I a lawyer, but i bet he would stop if his car were harpooned enough times.
minus-squareshottymcb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoI’m pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don’t just grow on trees y’know, gotta be thrifty.
minus-squarealternative_factor@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoSo it’s not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!
minus-squaremuix@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoYup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd 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
minus-squareCountZero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·1 year agoI’m not from Iceland, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Can any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?
No we can not. This is fucked up. It’s one rich guy’s hobby:
https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report
Amazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.
I’m not Icelandic nor am I a lawyer, but i bet he would stop if his car were harpooned enough times.
I’m pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don’t just grow on trees y’know, gotta be thrifty.
So it’s not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!
Yup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.
And here is the asshole making a whole nation look bad yet again;
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/13/the-last-whaler-we-can-hunt-forever-says-iceland-kristjan-loftsson
I’m not from Iceland, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.