In Australia though, the IWC isn't even considered nearly as relevant re: voter's support as the Emissions Trading Scheme, and the Mining Tax (the latter of which is what really fucked the Labor party into the ground).
Hmm, so my friend tells me.
At the moment, the IWC has decided to keep the ban on commercial whaling. Small miracles, considering Japan's blatant use of bribery and shady deals used to side some of the landlocked countries with their own agendas.
I know it took a while for Rudd to finally get the government to take as much of a stand as it finally has, so should be interesting to see what Gillard does in regards to that.
As far as our Resident Idiot (Obama) goes, I know he wanted to legalize it, but then so did Greenpeace.
Go figure.
It's sad when an "environmental conservation" organization votes to kill whales in an effort to somehow save them. Seriously, wtf? That doesn't even make sense...
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Date: 2010-06-24 02:16 am (UTC)Hmm, so my friend tells me.
At the moment, the IWC has decided to keep the ban on commercial whaling. Small miracles, considering Japan's blatant use of bribery and shady deals used to side some of the landlocked countries with their own agendas.
I know it took a while for Rudd to finally get the government to take as much of a stand as it finally has, so should be interesting to see what Gillard does in regards to that.
As far as our Resident Idiot (Obama) goes, I know he wanted to legalize it, but then so did Greenpeace.
Go figure.
It's sad when an "environmental conservation" organization votes to kill whales in an effort to somehow save them. Seriously, wtf? That doesn't even make sense...
But then, what do I know?