My Final Thoughts on the Seal Hunt

Because the issue has been resurfaced as of late, mostly due to it being close to the time of year when the hunt begins, I feel a need to post about the Seal Hunt. I think this'll be for the last time. Having the issue being brought up again brings back painful memories of the recent election where I was inundated with it. Now, I'm just exhausted with the very thought. Mainly because I sit on a very strange part of the fence when it comes to the hunt... and yes, that's just as uncomfortable as it sounds.

Of course, I say that I'll never speak of it again now, knowing full well that it's impossible to ignore the issue, being a Newfoundland and Labradorian. I do badly want to throw in the towel for the argument however. I'm just exhausted. I'm tired of saying the same things over and over again without it really being heard. So, for a while, this'll be it.

Friday, Mar 3rd 2006, Danny Williams was provided the opportunity to debate with Paul McCartney and his wife on Larry King Live. The topic, of course, was the Seal Hunt. I'm not going to bother talking about the events of this show because it's been talked to death. Also, the transcript is available online, which is a darn good thing because now there is no disputing what was said. Albeit, just the words alone cannot convey just how annoying Heather Mills really is... and that's all I say about that.

The Seal Hunt (and because I'm talking about this on the Green Party Blog, I have to reinterate that this party is against the hunt as it stands now) war has been going on for decades and I'm not exactly sure why. There are much more important things for us to be wasting our time doing. There are far worse things on this earth that we have to figure out, with regards to animals of all kinds, human and wild alike.

Yes, it's brutal. The killing of any living this is. Yes, the baby seals are defenseless and really darn cute. That's why they aren't killed. I understand these things that the activists are saying. What I don't understand is why they choose this one small industry in a world that kills I don't know how many cows a year to keep McDonalds operating and that's just one franchise.

Look humans are omnivorous. We live within a food chain. We eat meat, INCLUDING seal and therefore must kill these animals in order to consume them. It's not pretty but, it's life... and in Newfoundland and Labrador, it's a way of life...

... but sadly, here I halt my rant. Why? Because, in the end, I predict that those who want the hunt stopped will achieve their goal. Not because they convinced the world that it's wrong to do so but because they've completely changed the image of a seal to represent their needs and not the needs of basic human survival. Even if it's proven that a seal hunt is sustainable, nobody's going to want to purchase the product because of this manipulation. To me, that's truly sad. It's funny what the color of money can do to good people.


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