I don't have a problem with the Inuit hunting whales as long as it's not for commerical purposes. Just as I don't see anything wrong with the MicMac's fishing salmon out of their Canadian rivers which have been commerically over fished by others, yet their rights to that stock has been cut & slashed by other for commerical gain. Yet again some one wants to hold up the peoples of the first nations & say "why them". This also happens in Brazil, in the rain forests yet again the regional tribe folks take the hit for it. I'm ok with it because they had always treated the food chain & the Earth with respect & they continue to hunt of fish or farm & collect in the older ways of their customs. I do not, now & have never turned a blind eye to anyone, any group or any country when I believe that there's a wrong that's being commited against humanity. Weither it's an unjust war, an act of agression against mother nature, or the non support of a health crisis. I'll call it as I see it. See my posts, I don't single out anyone or anything unfairly. That goes for hunting whales by Japan, Iceland or Norway. It also goes for the US & the UK for their support the war in Iraq. It also goes for those that would rather sicken the earth for profit rather their spend some money of R&D of reuseable energy. Exxon just announced billions in profits yet they still refuse to pay up their debts for what occured in Alaska over a decade ago. I may not do much but I do my little part & speaking up is only one part of that obligation. I do my share of letter writing, personnal boycotting, protest marching, etc. I've done this since I was a teen during the 60's for the civil rights causes, against the Viet Nam war & have done this all my life & will continue. So if it happens to be I'm speaking about the nation where one happens to reside in don't get to upset, I learnt how to do this on my own soil first. I've never heard of native peoples drying or polluting up their streams, or causing super fund sites with their waste. Nor have I ever heard of them to cause a spieces to become extinct or erode their lands by misuse. So for arguement's sake let's leave them out of all this & let's not play that cheap card trick.


Barry