A response to the 'one-sidedness' comment. Let's be objective please.... the proof that there is Japanese and Norwegian involvement comes through their admitted funding of the World Council for Whalers office in Port Alberni, BC. (I am sure a local paddlewise subscriber can contact this group and confirm it --- that way it will remain "objective") Secondly, the memos between the Makah and the US NMFS discussing Makah proposals to sell whale meat to Japan are available from NMFS through the freedom of information act -- they are in existance and confirmable. I'll leave the rest to those who are willing to pursue the proof. (It's out there!) At 06:13 PM 8/5/98 -0700, you wrote: >Thanks Keith, for providing a source to check out both sides of >the story. It is very illuminating indeed. > >The claim that the Makah make about their deteriorating health from >not eating enough sea mammal meat is absurd. In fact, whale meat has >an extremely high content of cholesterol. However is you compare >whale meat with McDonald's... :-) > >There are several other things in the Makah pages that make no sense at all. > >On the other side, it seems that the anti-whaling propaganda about the >Makah being financed by the Japanese and others, and about the plans >to sell whale byproducts overseas, are also unfunded and absurd. > >While I do not support the killing of whales, I do not feel comfortable >anymore being represented by an anti-whaling group that does not >stick to objective facts and truth. > >I would be happy to go as far as running an endless whale watching kayak tour >that would make the Makah wait forever before they can aproach a whale, >but standing among other protesters who yell absurd lies would be >embarrassing, to say the least. > >I strongly recommend that "In The Path of Giants" and "Project Sea Wolf" >stick strictly to facts and the truth for the sake of their credibility. > >Again, my sincere appreciation to Keith Kaste for taking the time >to find the sources of both parties. > >- Julio >> >> Representatives of the Makah tribe made the following web references >> available to me: >> >> FAQ for Makah whale hunt: http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/makahfaq.html >> >> Makah management plan: >> http://conbio.rice.edu/nae/docs/makahplan.html >> >> seattle times articles: >> http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/altwhal_072498.html >> http://archives.seattletimes.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?storyID=50 250&query=Makah >> >> action alert: >> http://whales.magna.com.au/alert/makah/index.html >> >> Keith Kaste >> >> *************************************************************************** >> PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >> Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >> Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >> *************************************************************************** >> >> > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List >Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net >Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net >Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ >*************************************************************************** > > Michael Kundu Project SeaWolf/Arcturus Adventure Communications "The Source for Extreme Adventuresports Photojournalism" respond to ProjectSeaWolf_at_seanet.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 05 1998 - 22:52:04 PDT
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