Ps3 said:
largedarryl said:
Ps3 said:
Okay lets let the eating issue go for a second.. People eat to survive.. Do we really need oils, furs, blubbers and whatever? |
Have you taken the time to educate yourself on this subject yet? If not we can start with something that you asked.
Oils - They can be used for heating, and the fact that humans have managed to move to a using a non-renewable resource for heating means that we will run out. There is nothing wrong with using renewable resources for this, things like trees and blubbers make excellent fuels for heat.
Furs - Also a renewable resource, and the fact that we use synthetic materials is probably worse for the environment and causes more harm then using furs from animals.
Food - This is a needed for all human life and as I have currently stated before, after western civilization nearly wiped out all the Inuit and Native from these parts of Canada, a vital part of the ecosystem was changed. Now we are needed to regulate the population of Seals since there is no longer humans hunting seals for a way to live. So every year the commercial seal hunt occurs, the Canadian government does surveys to determine the current population of seals and releases a quota of how many seals need to be hunted to regulate the population. The stability of the seal population works in turn to stabalize the fish population in the North Atlantic Ocean, which works in turn to stabalize everything else in the ecosystem. Anything changing this balance (i.e. high seal populations), would create something very similar to other unregulated ecosystems that go through cyclical changes of up and down population growth (most deaths is caused by starvation and disease). Now since this particular ecosystem has been at this state for centuries, humans leaving the picture could cause serious issues in the ecosystem worst case being extinction of several species of fish, plant life, lobsters, etc.
Is there any other legitimate questions you have about the seal hunt? And to correct you (again) the commercial seal hunt cannot harvast baby seals, its illegal.
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Do we really need Seal Oil? We have Vegtable Oil, Olive oil and so on. It's un needed, it's just an excuse to hunt IMO.
Do we need seal fur? Used multed bird feathers, or maybe even cotton?
Food again, go cut a hole in the ice and catch a fish or eat something else. it's just like me saying WOW LOOK AT THAT STRAY DOG ON THE STREET. Are you hungry go eat it.
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So how are you supposed to catch enough fish to feed 100 people, when that same fish population is now feeding more seals. I'm saying that if the seal population would be allowed to grow uncontrollably, there would be no fish in that hole. The bigger problem I'm referring to is that the commercial Canadian seal hunt is in Eastern Canada (not in the barren arctic region), and the seals hunted actually live off the east coast of Canada. This part of the ocean is the largest fishery location in the world (unless this has changed it may be factual inaccurate), so what would happen to the many people that primarily eat fish in their diets, mainly directed at North East US and Eastern Canada.
Inuit are the only people that NEED seal oil and fur, but do you NEED your computer, TV, house, electricity, car/truck, etc. Humans do not neeed 99% of the things they consume, but our civilization has moved forward to make our lives easier. Even looking at your examples, using seals would be one of the ways to not cause an increase in food prices.
Also addressing the hunting part, they are not hunting seals for sport. This is a commercial industry, these people hunt seals for their job, would it make you happy to put this people out of work. The Inuit also do not hunt for sport, they hunt for survival.
