Should we save whales or let them die to have a case against whale hunters?
I've got a call from Greenpeace asking to donate money on the rescue of orcas and belugas imprisoned in the Russian Far East. I transferred a moderate amount although I wasn't sure I was right. Why? I was feeling completely right when making similar donations to the AdBlock and the Guardian.
I recall one of my days in school. Once another boy came to me between lessons and offered a newt. I paid, got the newt and ran home to put it in water.
I was late for the next lesson and the director caught me in a hallway. I honestly told her why I was out of school. She said: "Don't you realize that this boy makes money catching animals and selling them to naive kids like you?" Thus I faced poaching for the first time in my life. The boy made buziness on freshmen and sophomores. Almost all the animals he sold eventually died in the children's hands. The pond was loosing amphibias.
That's how it goes. We sympathy to animals. We buy them from poachers, to give poor ones proper care. And someone earns on us. If only the first sophomore was firm, even cruel in his or her refusal, if he or she did not succumb to pity, the poacher boy would loose the business at the very start.
Beside paying, I have done something else: I signed a petition to the President requiring to release the whales. I'm indignant to realise that in my country such a cruel treatment of animals happens. In this part I consider myself to be completely right. I love Greenpeace for this: they are our lookouts, sniffing out hidden injustice, they don't let it be done quietly. I call on you to help them here.
I know that a lot of people don't like Greenpeace for some reasons. So I don't. But I don't use it to justify myself keeping out. On the contrary, I give a minute in my schedule to write and explain to the guys what I think is wrong. And they listen and react, I assure you.
So, now I'm saying to Greenpeace now: guys, you'd better be collecting money for the smartest lawyer you can afford to win a trial in the case of animal abuse.
You'd rather let the whales die, because then the "whale hunters" would turn into "whale murderers ". And the murderers can be treated harder than hunters.
You'd better sniff out the contacts of the whale traders and put them on the internet. Let the backlash from all the indifferent people of the world fall on them. It would be a blow on the whole whale business, either sellers or buyers. Send me their contacts - I will write personal letters to them.
I don't insist on being right. Hang out with me. What can sadden me is if I don't get a reaction on this post.
I recall one of my days in school. Once another boy came to me between lessons and offered a newt. I paid, got the newt and ran home to put it in water.
I was late for the next lesson and the director caught me in a hallway. I honestly told her why I was out of school. She said: "Don't you realize that this boy makes money catching animals and selling them to naive kids like you?" Thus I faced poaching for the first time in my life. The boy made buziness on freshmen and sophomores. Almost all the animals he sold eventually died in the children's hands. The pond was loosing amphibias.
That's how it goes. We sympathy to animals. We buy them from poachers, to give poor ones proper care. And someone earns on us. If only the first sophomore was firm, even cruel in his or her refusal, if he or she did not succumb to pity, the poacher boy would loose the business at the very start.
Beside paying, I have done something else: I signed a petition to the President requiring to release the whales. I'm indignant to realise that in my country such a cruel treatment of animals happens. In this part I consider myself to be completely right. I love Greenpeace for this: they are our lookouts, sniffing out hidden injustice, they don't let it be done quietly. I call on you to help them here.
I know that a lot of people don't like Greenpeace for some reasons. So I don't. But I don't use it to justify myself keeping out. On the contrary, I give a minute in my schedule to write and explain to the guys what I think is wrong. And they listen and react, I assure you.
So, now I'm saying to Greenpeace now: guys, you'd better be collecting money for the smartest lawyer you can afford to win a trial in the case of animal abuse.
You'd rather let the whales die, because then the "whale hunters" would turn into "whale murderers ". And the murderers can be treated harder than hunters.
You'd better sniff out the contacts of the whale traders and put them on the internet. Let the backlash from all the indifferent people of the world fall on them. It would be a blow on the whole whale business, either sellers or buyers. Send me their contacts - I will write personal letters to them.I don't insist on being right. Hang out with me. What can sadden me is if I don't get a reaction on this post.
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