Comments on: Liberal Cause Alert: Protect Seals By Avoiding Canadian Seafood

By: Keri Caye

Keri Caye — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:49:25 +0000

TO DON CLARKE, THEN WHAT CAN WE DO?

By: Keri Caye

Keri Caye — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:48:08 +0000

who can we write in Canada to stop the slaughter of the baby seals. LETS WRITE THEM NOW. Help me find an address!
Thank You, Keri Caye

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By: xcanuck

xcanuck — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:28:42 +0000

I read the HSUS article and it essentially says that the boycott will hurt the Canadian economy and this is the best way to get the Canadian gov't to change their laws.

Hrmmm...and what do we call it when you hold a gun to someone's head to get someone else to change their actions? Especially when the person you're pressing the gun against has nothing to do with what the second person is doing? And this is something to be proud of? Sorry - I just can't buy into it.

By: Don Clarke

Don Clarke — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:14:54 +0000

Boycotting Canadian seafood is a mistake if people want to save seals. My cousin lives in Newfoundland and told me that anytime that there's been a slow down in the fishery or the fishery does not bring enough money to the fishermen, more fishermen take part in the seal hunt to make up for the lost income. Also, there are many fishermen in Canada that have nothing to do with the seal hunt, so why hurt them with a boycott? If these other fishermen lose money, so do many other people outside of the fishery, and causing people outside of the fishery to lose money is not going to help the cause of saving seals because these folks are not going to support anyone or any organization that are taking money from their pockets.

By: Tim Carman

Tim Carman — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:13:30 +0000

Amit, here's the HSUS's explanation on the connection:

http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/protect_seals/why_a_boycott_of_canadian_seafood/

By: xcanuck

xcanuck — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:46 +0000

I'm willing to be educated on this. How does punishing the seafood industry twist the arms of the seal hunters? Are they one and the same? Is one a subset of the other (and if so, does that warrant punishing those on the outside)?

I'm not nor have I ever been a supporter of the fur trade. I'm just not sure how big the intersection set of seafood and fur trade is.

And, yes, I'm big into venn diagrams.

By: MiketheWaiter

MiketheWaiter — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:27:35 +0000

the utter barbarity of man will never cease to amaze and disgust me. Thanks for bringing this up. Yes, we are shocked ... and preoccupied by Gaza, the inauguration, etc .. but how human and humane are we if we forget the seals. Wilt Chamberlin, an american basketball legend, was proud of a bedspread he had that was made of the nose fur (apparently the softest part) of 10,000 baby seals ... no doubt he will rest with satan and those newfoundland hillbillies you alluded to earlier. Keep up the good work!

By: Devon McDonald

Devon McDonald — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:09 +0000

At any given time there are hundreds of items being boycotted on the internet. I am not sure just how much good this really does.