tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058147.post8570095055712441825..comments2024-03-15T02:50:17.397-04:00Comments on Pleasure for the Empire: Whale WarsAndrew Bellwarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718623679244389126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18058147.post-32248557552173056052009-08-22T02:42:52.698-04:002009-08-22T02:42:52.698-04:00No, now that you mention it. No, you are not. Ev...No, now that you mention it. No, you are not. Every time I watch that show I get to thinking about the children of the whalers, thier hopeful faces as he returns home after a long tour on the ship. I imagine that hope turning to ash as he explains that they can't buy Mommy the medicine she needs because he didn't make his quota. That there won't be a Christmas in that house again because some hippies kept them from getting that one last whale. Those poor kids.<br /><br />Kinda sucks when you aren't a fanatic that's blind to the complexity of the world, ain't it?Jon Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16066840293920456725noreply@blogger.com