<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Shark finning divisive issue]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:15:11 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/1 "powerful medicine"

Right, Andrew.

Dr. Hyman, who apparently cannot write a sentence without starting a new paragraph, wrote:
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Even dessert was healing.  A warm, barely sweet longhan soup with lotus seeds and quail eggs was soothing and nourishing.  
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Hmmm.  Maybe.  But I think I would order the rice pudding.  Or the spumone.  The healing qualities of classic Mediterranean desserts ought not to be underestimated.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!




]]> "powerful medicine"

Right, Andrew.

Dr. Hyman, who apparently cannot write a sentence without starting a new paragraph, wrote:
<<
Even dessert was healing.  A warm, barely sweet longhan soup with lotus seeds and quail eggs was soothing and nourishing.  
>>

Hmmm.  Maybe.  But I think I would order the rice pudding.  Or the spumone.  The healing qualities of classic Mediterranean desserts ought not to be underestimated.

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!




]]> Comment #2 by mihan http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:53:32 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/2 What kind of doctor?

Please tell me Dr. Hyman is not a gynecologist.

]]> What kind of doctor?

Please tell me Dr. Hyman is not a gynecologist.

]]> Comment #3 by jscorse http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:16:35 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/3 ths slaughter of sharks

for soup is wreaking havoc on ecosystems and also unusually cruel (yes, my animal welfare side again)- sharks have their fins cut while they're alive and they are often then tossed back into the sea bleading and they drown- it's an abomination that serves mostly wealthy people and has no medicinal properties that can't be achieved through other means

J.S.

J.S. htt://voicesofreason.info

]]> ths slaughter of sharks

for soup is wreaking havoc on ecosystems and also unusually cruel (yes, my animal welfare side again)- sharks have their fins cut while they're alive and they are often then tossed back into the sea bleading and they drown- it's an abomination that serves mostly wealthy people and has no medicinal properties that can't be achieved through other means

J.S.

J.S. htt://voicesofreason.info

]]> Comment #4 by atreyger http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:31:23 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/4 for once i agree

with j.s.,
that's not right.

]]> for once i agree

with j.s.,
that's not right.

]]> Comment #5 by jscorse http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:07:07 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/5 wow- some agreement..

between these different sides of the environmental movement!! that wasn't so hard- see, ethics do matter and we all have them- thanks atreyger

J.S.

J.S. htt://voicesofreason.info

]]> wow- some agreement..

between these different sides of the environmental movement!! that wasn't so hard- see, ethics do matter and we all have them- thanks atreyger

J.S.

J.S. htt://voicesofreason.info

]]> Comment #6 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:28:22 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/6 ethical bemusement

This question came up: Do the shark fishermen who haul up sharks, chop off their fins, then throw them back still living, believe they are doing something ethically better than simply keeping them on their boats and letting them die there?  Or, is it that they have no further use for sharks, so they just want to clear them off their decks?

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> ethical bemusement

This question came up: Do the shark fishermen who haul up sharks, chop off their fins, then throw them back still living, believe they are doing something ethically better than simply keeping them on their boats and letting them die there?  Or, is it that they have no further use for sharks, so they just want to clear them off their decks?

Chickens are our cousins! So are other sensitive animals! Enough is enough! No more factory farms!

]]> Comment #7 by Jason D Scorse http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:14:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/7 or is the process unethical from the start?

J.S. teaches environmental economics and blogs at http://www.voicesofreason.info.

]]> or is the process unethical from the start?

J.S. teaches environmental economics and blogs at http://www.voicesofreason.info.

]]> Comment #8 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:25:24 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/8 Good one Mihan

Dr. Hyman is an idiot, that is for sure.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com

]]> Good one Mihan

Dr. Hyman is an idiot, that is for sure.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Help acquire and protect ecological hotspots, give to a conservation organization: http://www.saveourbiodiversity.com

]]> Comment #9 by swozniak http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:02:39 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/9 Here's an action

Here's an action to take if you'd like to see fewer sharks killed for food purposes. I think we're killing off all the biodiversity at an alarming rate, and that it's not being checked because we're not paying attention. We need sharks.

]]> Here's an action

Here's an action to take if you'd like to see fewer sharks killed for food purposes. I think we're killing off all the biodiversity at an alarming rate, and that it's not being checked because we're not paying attention. We need sharks.

]]> Comment #10 by bookerly http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:30:33 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/the-great-white-debate/10 Sighted t-shirts


  I don't know if it is a trend, but a ray of hope.  I have seen a number of young Chinese wearing t-shirts with a shark and a slash through the fin, putting out the no-shark fin message.

  There is also a vegetarian alternative (looks and tastes like I dunno what, but ain't seafood).

  And I hear good news from my veggie friends who are organizing chapters at universities!

patrick

]]> Sighted t-shirts


  I don't know if it is a trend, but a ray of hope.  I have seen a number of young Chinese wearing t-shirts with a shark and a slash through the fin, putting out the no-shark fin message.

  There is also a vegetarian alternative (looks and tastes like I dunno what, but ain't seafood).

  And I hear good news from my veggie friends who are organizing chapters at universities!

patrick

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