▲ 716 ▼ Definitely cares rule (discuss.online) submitted 4 days ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 13 points 4 days ago (2 children) Black Lives Matter is a bit like Save The Whales. It should be a given that you don’t want dolphins to be killed… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] freely1333@reddthat.com 1 point 4 days ago (2 children) Is it not a given you don’t want the whales killed or do you have to call them out specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago In the late 20th century, whaling drove some species of whale into endangered status, and some nations continued to poach whales even though there was international law against it. According to Wikipedia whale hunting is still an business and a controversy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago Sadly, yes. Some whale populations were dangerously close to collapse partly/mainly (it’s debatable) due to human actions. A lot of other maritime species weren’t thriving but with whales it was dangerously different. For the record we did also have “dolphin friendly tuna” so perhaps my analogy needs some work… permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago It should be but I've met my share of people who legitimately hate the "dolphins" and have views of them as lesser beings, demons, and all around just bad if only for their race. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 1 point 4 days ago (2 children) Is it not a given you don’t want the whales killed or do you have to call them out specifically? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago In the late 20th century, whaling drove some species of whale into endangered status, and some nations continued to poach whales even though there was international law against it. According to Wikipedia whale hunting is still an business and a controversy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago Sadly, yes. Some whale populations were dangerously close to collapse partly/mainly (it’s debatable) due to human actions. A lot of other maritime species weren’t thriving but with whales it was dangerously different. For the record we did also have “dolphin friendly tuna” so perhaps my analogy needs some work… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 4 days ago In the late 20th century, whaling drove some species of whale into endangered status, and some nations continued to poach whales even though there was international law against it. According to Wikipedia whale hunting is still an business and a controversy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago Sadly, yes. Some whale populations were dangerously close to collapse partly/mainly (it’s debatable) due to human actions. A lot of other maritime species weren’t thriving but with whales it was dangerously different. For the record we did also have “dolphin friendly tuna” so perhaps my analogy needs some work… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zephyr@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago It should be but I've met my share of people who legitimately hate the "dolphins" and have views of them as lesser beings, demons, and all around just bad if only for their race. permalink fedilink source parent
