The annual Seal Hunt

Originally Posted by JackyBoy

Images of cute baby seals are used because they are powerful and persuasive. Plus it just makes sense.

Yeah, maybe if you're an idiot with a five second attention span.

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The reaction from most people is going to be something like, how can they (Canada) allow this?

It's called "livelihood." You should look into it sometime.

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This is not an argument or a claim. This is rhetoric. It's empty. There's nothing for me to respond to. Using this kind of speech in attempt to weaken my position is completely unproductive.

It also has an awesome side-effect. It shows that you're willing to completely disregard points that would otherwise actually have to make you think about your position, or Hell!, even admit that you might be wrong.

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The second argument basically comes down to whether or not it's right to exploit animals for human gain and profit. In my opinion it's not. It's the case that the people of NF need money to survive but at the cost of 1 million seals? It's wrong. Disney has exploited children all over the world to help it become such a huge successful business. It's wrong.

So, you think it's OK to essentially shit all over the livelihoods of people who seriously need whatever they can to survive?

Way to look like a jackass.

I find this entire argument fucking hilarious, because you have people who honestly don't give a rat's ass about the seals thinking they can argue against the seal hunters. I mean, do you honestly think that the McCartney's really care about the seals? It's a media stunt. They're bored. They have money to throw around.

They're doing it just to be noticed.

And the non-famous people? Most of them just blindly follow whatever the PETA et al say without any questioning of any potential problems they create by their actions. And the rest that aren't minions of PETA and such? They were lured in by their short attention spans and flashing images of CUTE BABY SEALS THAT ARE(not)HORRIBLY HUNTED.

Basically, this is a non-issue. It's nothing that really needs this kind of attention. Everything was going fine until some rich, pompous assholes decided to shit all over them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.