NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square182fedilinkarrow-up1848arrow-down119
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minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up103arrow-down1·2 years agoCan any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down2·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoAmazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.
minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years 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-up10·2 years 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-down1·2 years agoSo it’s not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!
minus-squaremuix@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·2 years agoYup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.
minus-squaresturlabragason@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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-down6·2 years agoI’m not from Iceland, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Can any Icelanders explain the point of this to me?
No we can not. This is fucked up. It’s one rich guy’s hobby:
https://ranflygenring.substack.com/p/my-whale-report
Amazing that such sweeping devastation can be tracked back to one piece of shit.
I’m not Icelandic nor am I a lawyer, but i bet he would stop if his car were harpooned enough times.
I’m pretty sure he would stop if he were harpooned once. Harpoons don’t just grow on trees y’know, gotta be thrifty.
So it’s not some indigenous thing like in the Americas and is just pure evil capitalism? Ugh!
Yup, we don’t even eat whale, only tourists do because they think it’s part of our culture.
And here is the asshole making a whole nation look bad yet again;
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/13/the-last-whaler-we-can-hunt-forever-says-iceland-kristjan-loftsson
I’m not from Iceland, but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.