Wilson wrote on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:56:07 -0500:

W> sometime in the recent past James Silverton posted this:
??>> If, like me, you believe in the immorality of killing
??>> sentient animals like whales for food, you may be appalled
??>> by this URL: http://tinyurl.com/2vrw5o
??>>
??>> Japan's fisheries ministry said the fleet had instructions
??>> to kill up to 1,000 whales, including 50 humpbacks.
??>>
??>> Japan was forced to abandon commercial whaling in 1986,
??>> but has since carried out whaling for "scientific
??>> research".
??>>
??>> Four whaling ships, including the lead craft Nisshin Maru,
??>> will depart from the southern port of Shimonoseki.
??>>
??>> James Silverton
??>> Potomac, Maryland
??>>
??>> E-mail, with obvious alterations:
??>> not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
W> Frankly James, I think there should be an immediate response
W> to this blatant violation of the world wide moratorium on
W> whale hunting. That's what it is - hunting. I get rather
W> ****ed at all the science that requires the killing of
W> animals to study them. But this isn't science, it's
W> harvesting.

I wish it were possible to have such a boycott but I don't think
it will
happen :-(

However, the Japanese company that owns the "Gortons of
Gloucester" fish company did feel pressured into giving up
whaling so there is hope!




James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not