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Originally Posted by evanny
its us who are making fuss because we dont like that things change and we can't control them. thats all it is.
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No we're making a fuss as you put it because we
can attempt to control the things we do that affect our environment. We can choose to stop hunting species of animals that are endangered. We can stop destroying the last remaining old growth forests of the world. We can makes laws to reduce how much pollution enters the atmosphere, our rivers and oceans.There's many things we can do to mitigate and minimise the damage we are capable of doing to the environment. As probably the only species of animal on the planet that can truly grasp the consequences of our own actions you could certainly argue we have a moral obligation to be responsible in how we affect it.
Unfortunately though greed and wealth creation through much of our history, and continuing unabated today, has been more important to us than any responsibility we may feel towards maintaining the environment we live in. And the excuses we will use to continue being greedy, at almost any expense, are endless. The Taiji dolphin hunt has little if anything to do with culture. It's about making money. Whether or not you think it's ok depends on whether you believe the benefit economically for the town is or isn't worth the damage done to that dolphin population.