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yonder

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9. The Faroese have much higher levels of blood mercury toxicity

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 12, 2023, 12:53 PM

Jul 2023

and resultant health problems because of their reliance on a sea mammal diet. Those cruise ship passengers witnessed a horrific slaughter in the name of Grindadrap. They also witnessed the Faroese continue and increasingly poison themselves and their future, in part, because of that tradition.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2004/05/mercury-on-the-brain.html

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British cruise ship operator apologizes after passengers watch 78 dolphins get slaughtered [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 OP

That would seriously distress me (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #1

Just being on a cruise would distress me Effete Snob Jul 2023 #3

Because it's good PR and it's really, really simple to say "I'm Sorry" Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #6

Cruise tourism is bad enough Effete Snob Jul 2023 #10

I know a place where people get scolded sarisataka Jul 2023 #13

Yes, well, if you have to get on a ship and travel hundreds of miles to condemn people Effete Snob Jul 2023 #14

I try to avoid judging things sarisataka Jul 2023 #15

Porque no los dos... Effete Snob Jul 2023 #17

I don't know the text of the apology but if it was to say they're sorry they didn't inform Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #16

Remarkably Effete Snob Jul 2023 #18

Why would the cruise line apologize? Effete Snob Jul 2023 #2

What a pleasant comment. NoRethugFriends Jul 2023 #4

Traveling to some remote part of the world to condemn them is pretty amazing Effete Snob Jul 2023 #12

Bye-bye. (nt) Paladin Jul 2023 #5

Yeesh. That would scar the hell out of my psyche if I'd seen it. Torchlight Jul 2023 #7

If it wasn't expressly on their itinerary I think it was horrible. LakeArenal Jul 2023 #8

The Faroese have much higher levels of blood mercury toxicity yonder Jul 2023 #9

British slavers threw captured Africans overboard malaise Jul 2023 #11

Holy Crap! Bayard Jul 2023 #19