• BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    …kill him?

    I mean, or watch hundreds, thousands of whales die.

    Just one dude, man. I dunno, not Icelandic so it isn’t really an opportunity I’d have but, um. If all else fails, right?

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      He will probably kill 10-20 finback whales so we are not talking about very large numbers. Also it would not be good for Icelandic politics if someone would kill him, he could become somekind if whale killer martyr and Iceland would continue to kill whales after his death.

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        1 year ago

        he could become somekind if whale killer martyr

        Well that’s just as easily solved by more killing. There can’t be more than like 20 people in the country that have a massive boner for murdering whales.

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          The rise of far right politicians and fascists is directly related to the dramatic drop in assassinations of political figures.

          The solution? Start murdering fascist and far right politicians that exploit the working class and the environment to add to their already endless coffers. This is the only viable answer.

          Change my mind.

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        Would it be more whales? Less?

        There’s a minimum whale population before genetic defects start having impact between mates…

        I’m not advocating direct violence, but mixing sand into the hunting boat’s engine oil and other more peaceful methods should be considered if the government won’t listen to reason by its people.

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        Then you kill the next figurehead for whaling. Eventually, they’ll get the point.

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              One that seems to have fallen out of favor the last few decades with these ultra rich fascist assholes being more prominent all over the globe the last decade or two

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                I’m sure we can find volunteers willing to kill themselves once they’re done with the killing. 🤷‍♂️

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                1 year ago

                Killing someone is not inherently evil.

                See also tolerance paradox.

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                  Unless you subscribe to any one of most of the worlds’ belief systems. Or unless your parents did and some of it sort of rubbed off on you. Or if you think law and order is important. But outside of that, yeah, of course, killing is completely neutral moral gray area. /s

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                    Virtually all legal systems make allowances for killing someone in self-defense.

                    And you could probably fill a library with all the written works on the ethics of killing.

                    But yeah, sure, let’s just pretend that it’s completely self-evident that killing is always wrong.

                    Who said it’s morally neutral?

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        1 year ago

        Then someone should kill them for their stupidity. Cancer doesn’t go away unless you cut it all out.