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reedos · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: Sharks - beauty or beast ?

Now I can't really answer that question, never having seen one in real life except at the Sealife Centre but.....

What diving has done has made me far more aware, probably because of the magazines I get about diving, of the problems that sharks, other "game" fish have and marine life in general. I don't want to get all evangelical - cos that's not we are about, so I'll post these links to let you have a look and make your own minds up

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Some of it is not very nice - be warned Twisted Evil

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daveandtara · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject:

be as evangelical as you like mate, nothing should face extintion at the hands of man (except possibly mozzies) and to kill an animal for one small bit of it is obscene. Evil or Very Mad

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redimp · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject:

Nah, we can't have getting on your high horse here mate! Laughing

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SeedQueen · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 604

That's terrible. The Chinese/Japanese just don't seem to care what they are doing to our planet. There was a report out recently, as the rest of the world are trying to cut our carbon emissions, one of the biggest contributors are refusing to do anything to help!!

Nothing should be wiped out at the hands of man, it is inhumane, not to mention the damage it will cause to the eco system. I have to admit that I have eaten shark once, but that was about 20 years ago. It was ok but nothing to write home about and I wouldn't order it in a restaurant

wardy · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:45 am Post subject:

Cornwall is shark central at the moment and volunteers are being asked to come forward to count this year's basking sharks. Sounds interesting, just up my street, cept it's not Laughing

I'd love to get close up to one of those or two in fact Very Happy

I think sharks are just so fascinating, they're prehistoric and have not evolved as they don't need to. They are perfick Very Happy

Sorry Reedos, just bought the level of debate to new depths of shallowness Laughing

redimp · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:37 am Post subject:

SeedQueen wrote:

That's terrible. The Chinese/Japanese just don't seem to care what they are doing to our planet. There was a report out recently, as the rest of the world are trying to cut our carbon emissions, one of the biggest contributors are refusing to do anything to help!!

Not an apologist for the Chinese or anything but China and the rest of the developing world together contribute a fraction of the carbon pumped out by the US alone. Their argument is, nobody fettered our development and when we are so unwilling to cut our emissions, 'why they hell should we?' They have a point. I think the US has to start doing more before it starts lecturing the developing and underdeveloped world.

BTW - sharks are beauty as is just about every living creature on the planet. There is of course an exception and it doesn't matter what gender, creed or colour he is!

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Delilah · Site drunken fairy Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 3932

oh dear, we do have a lot to answer for! If we didnt' want to eat shark fin soup then the problem wouldn't be here in the first place. Is it not western man who eats it in attempt to show his wealth and superiority, its an expensive delicacy is it not? Confused

and even though I am a vegetarian I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this if the whole shark was used for its meat but to purely slice off its fins and throw it back live is barbaric and truely horrific Evil or Very Mad

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SeedQueen · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 604

redimp wrote:

SeedQueen wrote:

That's terrible. The Chinese/Japanese just don't seem to care what they are doing to our planet. There was a report out recently, as the rest of the world are trying to cut our carbon emissions, one of the biggest contributors are refusing to do anything to help!!

Not an apologist for the Chinese or anything but China and the rest of the developing world together contribute a fraction of the carbon pumped out by the US alone. Their argument is, nobody fettered our development and when we are so unwilling to cut our emissions, 'why they hell should we?' They have a point. I think the US has to start doing more before it starts lecturing the developing and underdeveloped world.

BTW - sharks are beauty as is just about every living creature on the planet. There is of course an exception and it doesn't matter what gender, creed or colour he is!

I realise that the US has a lot to answer for, but the way I saw it was that they are 'trying' to do something about it?

I'm not having a pop at China, or any other country, I'm all for developing countries doing something to help themselves, it just seems that they go about it in the wrong way?