The New Adventures of Flipper season 3 and 4

[Blackhorse 70V]

I had a friend who's father worked on the set of the original Flipper TV series (before the uproar over abuse of animals in film and TV productions).

As for the captain of the SS, I think he's the guy who was kicked out of Greenpeace. Some of his recent attempts at gaining publicity have only served to prove he's a wanker.

Ancient traditions that involve not wasting any part of a slaughtered animal (and only when its species is in abundance) just aren't "civilized".

[Sleepless]

Originally Posted by Blackhorse 70V

Ancient traditions that involve not wasting any part of a slaughtered animal (and only when its species is in abundance) just aren't "civilized".

I just think they should rather be thinking about making circumstances better for the animals which provide your food every day. Like pigs and chicken. Those are the really tortured animals.

What is more civilized? The hell everyday animals go through or the 500 or so pilot whales we kill and eat every year. Those pilot whales are not hunted. As long as they don't come closer to shore than maybe up to 2-3 nautical miles, they are allowed to swim on their merry way.

I think many of those SS (what a fitting acronym btw) lovers, do so only to feel good about their restaurant dinners eating veal and whatnot.

Poor majcia12, who only came here asking about some TV series. I don't know about season 4 but season 3 exists. I sent him/her a PM but they have not been on here for 3 days now. I think we scared them

[ukbobboy01]

Guys

While watching the Matrix, sometime ago, this one scene above all else stuck in my mind:

Human beings are a disease

You know, there is a point to this because, as far as I am aware, most failed civilisations of the past have died out because all their natural resources were consumed which, in turn, caused the ecology of the area to change in such a way that life could no longer be sustained.

Don't get me wrong, I do know that some civilisations were destroyed by disease or war, which again was caused because of the need to possess someone else's resources.

And now, in the 21st century, we are still doing the same thing. It is as if, as a species, we have a pathological need to consume everything and destroy the stuff we can't immediately use.

Unfortunately, I don't believe the human race can carry on the way we are going, devouring all our mineral and animal resources, unless we can develop the technology to find and exploit extra terrestrial resources.

After all, there is a vast Universe out there teaming with minerals and who knows what else.

If we as a species are going to survive, and not be destroyed by war, starvation or some yet unknown disease, we must explore and we must find new resources or face the inevitable consequences when the earth has no more resources left to give.



UK Bob

[Lord of the Rings]

Originally Posted by Sleepless

I just think they should rather be thinking about making circumstances better for the animals which provide your food every day. Like pigs and chicken. Those are the really tortured animals.

Maybe in some countries. RSPCA shifts spotlight to ritual slaughter. Australia recently banned live animal exports to Indonesia due to the cruelty found over there before or during the process in abatoirs. A couple years ago, live animal export to some arabian countries was banned for same reason.

From what I recall, the process with whales is somewhat cruel with the animals suffering agonizing pain for considerable periods. Feel free to correct me about that. Not sure if the Japanese, some other countries & your country's methods are different. Part of the uproar about the whales over here is the *lies* the Japanese give for sending whale boats to the South Pole (ie: for scientific research.) Not to mention whale species in question now being in limited numbers compared to previous decades or centuries (in the southern hemisphere.) Difficult to say harpooning is a 'nice' method of capturing an animal before they are eventually killed after agonizing in pain for long periods.

From the article you posted before me, “I wish that Sea Shepherd was here. The killing was not quick and some whales took one to two minutes to die…terrible to watch.” And that's not even in the oceans like the Japanese do it. Those images look like how it was or is done in the far end of Canada or thereabouts that I saw an article about some years back.

(BTW there are equivalent or similar groups to the RSPCA around the world with varying influence with their governments. I know the UK does. Ours have some power to press charges directly against those found guilty of animal cruelty. Our states also have their own specific RSPCA. I've made direct donations & bought support items in support for our state's RSPCA of Vic.)

Originally Posted by Sleepless

Poor majcia12, who only came here asking about some TV series. I don't know about season 4 but season 3 exists. I sent him/her a PM but they have not been on here for 3 days now. I think we scared them

Totally my fault. But the original question asked was bordering on breaching the forum rules re: discussing about downloading of copyright items. I chose a different & perhaps unorthodox way of handling the situation, which I suspect the rest of you may have realised. It opened up a can of worms it seems lol.

[majcia12]

These episodes are on Hulu and XFinity but only you can view them.