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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:50:38 -0500, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com> wrote:

"Jim07D6" <Jim07D6@nospam.net> wrote in message
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What do you think about the ethics of killing whales?

My practical view is that nothing should be hunted to extinction. Except
perhaps fire ants.

My emotional view is that whales are cool and should never be harmed.

Too bad you think it is ok to kill the human unborn.

We're not on the endangered species list last time I looked.

My emotional view is that whales are cool and should never be harmed.

Too bad you think it is ok to kill the human unborn.

We're not on the endangered species list last time I looked.

On 19 Jun 2006 02:20:12 -0700,

Uncle Clover wrote:

Honestly? In some cases we're dealing with creatures
who are intelligent enough that I almost see it as a sort
of "cannibalism" (if that makes any sort of sense to you).
We should be trying to interact with these beings, not
hunting them.

I can agree with you up to a point. Rather than interacting,
we should be steering clear of them.

I can understand that sentiment. I certainly wouldn't favor holding one in
captivity in order to attempt interaction, that's not the kind of interaction
that I meant. I mean to observe them in the wild and see what communicative
signals they recognize amongst themselves, what other communicative signals they
may be likely to respond to if we made such signals, and then attempt to
communicate with them using those signals in their natural habitat.

They'll either be interested in communicating with us, or they won't. But for
those of us who are interested in communicating with them, I feel the most
non-invasive methods possible should be used.

Who knows? If we poke and prod around enough, we might just come upon some form
of ocean-dwelling sapient whose intellect could match our own.