tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754670697306968194.post6772808380816115716..comments2022-11-14T02:47:37.027-06:00Comments on Psychic Lunch: "Save the Whales" and Be Healthy?psychiclunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03890275440017314718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754670697306968194.post-79124722868223973062010-05-10T08:25:18.000-05:002010-05-10T08:25:18.000-05:00What was it that gave you the feeling they present...What was it that gave you the feeling they presented dolphins as superior intelligence? I didn't get that feeling; I felt they were saying they're danged smart and more than worthy of not being hunted.<br /><br />More definitely must be done! I think on an individual level, we don't have a lot of control - but I can testify that I'll never go to SeaWorld or other such dolphinarium again. I wonder if zoos count, though?My Site (click to edit)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8754670697306968194.post-22458590547316181132010-05-08T11:30:07.000-05:002010-05-08T11:30:07.000-05:00I had two problems with "The Cove." Firs...I had two problems with "The Cove." First, it was presented in a way that insists dolphins are of superior intelligence to humans, and that just annoys me. Second, the filmmakers even go so far as to describe a dolphin culling town that was shut down before it was all picked up and moved to Taiji. If dolphin meat is that profitable, what makes anyone think the industry will not just pick up and move on to another location when Taiji is closed?<br /><br />More must be done. The "farming" of dolphins for the purpose of food must be made unprofitable. The market needs to dry up FIRST. We can do very little to encourage the Japanese government to not feed dolphin to children in their school system. It's a change that must come from within.<br /><br />All in all, yes, it's a sad story, and totally preventable. Americans can help in ways outlined in the film. But when you take away the "dolphins are better than us" angle, it becomes just another story of government-permitted unsafe food. And that is a story from our own shores.Local Nourishmentnoreply@blogger.com