Just when you think it couldn't get any worse.....
Peter Jason
As if the world has too few problems! Now
the idle poor have dredged up a new one.
Polar Bears!
It seems, if the bourgeois press can be
believed, that these vicious, dangerous,
intemperate, carnivorous, man-eating beasts
are "in danger" because of the "melting
Arctic sea ice".
The press clipping comes with a photo of
these creatures (with their eyes enlarged by
clever photoshopping) glowing snow-white,
even though their true colour is stale-urine
yellow.
Who, in the whole universe, could give a
dead-lawyers arse about these wild animals,
and who would give a red cent to preserve
them?
What is *really* needed is a shooting and
clubbing party to despatch them all, send the
meat to top-end restaurants, and send the
pelts to Japan for a good stuffing.
It belies, beggars and buggers all belief
that anyone, except perhaps the Canadians,
who should know better, would waste a single
thought on these ferals, unless, of course we
count in the Americans who have "vast" oil
reserves sitting under the clawed paws of
these bears. How many bears are worth one
barrel of oil?
The news article goes on to give an estimate
of polar-bear infestation of the arctic,
which is 25000, and this has risen from a
base of 12000 in the 1960s due to the
inveigeling media savvy machinations of the
climate-change, brittle falcon-egg,
silent-spring, kooks and geeks. We are
fortunate that the bug-eyed harp seals have
slipped off their melting ice floes and sunk
to the bottom of the Atlantic, where they can
cause no more trouble.
God save us all!
a425couple
> Just when you think it couldn't get any worse....
> it does!
>
> As if the world has too few problems! Now
> the idle poor have dredged up a new one.
> Polar Bears!
> It seems, if the bourgeois press can be
> believed, that these vicious, dangerous,
> intemperate, carnivorous, man-eating beasts
> are "in danger" because of the "melting
> Arctic sea ice".
> Who, in the whole universe, could give a
> dead-lawyers arse about these wild animals,
> and who would give a red cent to preserve
> them?
(ohhh, heck, round where I live you could get
a couple thousand demonstrators from PETA,
ALF, ELF ((plus some more moderate groups))
and millions of $ in donations to save couple of them.
And they'd get so rilled up you would probably
get a new construction project burned down
that night!)
> What is *really* needed is a shooting and
> clubbing party to despatch them all, send the
> meat to top-end restaurants, and send the
> pelts to Japan for a good stuffing.
> It belies, beggars and buggers all belief
> that anyone, except perhaps the Canadians,
> who should know better, would waste a single
> thought on these ferals, unless, of course we
> count in the Americans who have "vast" oil
> reserves sitting under the clawed paws of
> these bears. How many bears are worth one
> barrel of oil?
> The news article goes on to give an estimate
> of polar-bear infestation of the arctic,
> which is 25000, and this has risen from a
> base of 12000 in the 1960s due to the
> inveigeling media savvy machinations of the
> climate-change, brittle falcon-egg,
> silent-spring, kooks and geeks. We are
> fortunate that the bug-eyed harp seals have
> slipped off their melting ice floes and sunk
> to the bottom of the Atlantic, where they can
> cause no more trouble.
> God save us all!
Cool post / rant!
I got a couple questions:
(medieval - related to time frame of 1,000 - 1350 AD
when Vikings had good thriving colony in Greenland)
1. What did the Vikings think of Polar Bears?
(or restated - what do the sagas tell us of views?)
(or any thrilling bedtime story of uncle graybeard winning
a fight to the death armed only with his teeth??)
2. In that earlier 'warm period', had the Polar Bear
population declined or had they mostly moved elsewhere?
Meanwhile Peter, IMHO interesting series of posts,
very eclectic views (sure would not fit in any parties platform!).
((1. Get rid of Polar Bears,
2. Israel = redundant and unnecessary state,
3. China = "good governance" democracy (unneeded?) ))
Soren Larsen
>
> I got a couple questions:
> (medieval - related to time frame of 1,000 - 1350 AD
> when Vikings had good thriving colony in Greenland)
>
> 1. What did the Vikings think of Polar Bears?
Cool gift material if you wanted to introduce yourself
and your Greenland merchandise back in Europe.
> (or restated - what do the sagas tell us of views?)
> (or any thrilling bedtime story of uncle graybeard winning
> a fight to the death armed only with his teeth??)
Not to the death in the good stories.
We have a couple of stories about the Norse jumping the bears,
tying them up and taking them by boat back to Europe as presents.
.
Must have surpriced the bears as much as the gift recievers
--
History is not what it used to be.
Eric Stevens
Didn't one finish up in the fish pond of the (Arch)Bishop of Bremen?
Eric Stevens
John Kane
> 1. What did the Vikings think of Polar Bears?
I don't know but I believe the Polar Bears opinion of Vikings was
either "delicious" or "tastes like chicken".
John Kane Kingston ON Canada
Martin
"Peter Jason" <p...@jostle.com> wrote in message
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Unlikely... God seems to be out of town at the moment. You are suggesting
that a major predator of those 'bug eyed harp seals' be allowed to die out.
Not good ecology... what do you want?
Give them a break... wouldn't you be a bit bad tempered after spending many
months cooped up in a wintry tomb with your offspring, and no food? AFAIAC,
the more of that noxious species known as 'humans' they kill and eat, the
better!
I suppose you'll want Killer Whales made into that revolting Jap filth
called 'sushi' (i.e. stinking raw fish and foul vegetables, artistically
dissected and laid on a plate, then sold to gullible fools as 'a delicacy').
Disgusting through and through...
Being a happy hypocrite, I am prepared to try (if not eat) almost anything,
and it looks as if there is an enormous surplus of that particularly
selfish, unpleasant and fast breeding species, homo erectus at this time.
How long before we see cutlets for sale in Tesco's I wonder?
Cheers
Martin
erilar
<ec2e132f-7a02-4df7...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
John Kane <jrkr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 17, 10:32 am, "a425couple" <a425cou...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 1. What did the Vikings think of Polar Bears?
>
> I don't know but I believe the Polar Bears opinion of Vikings was
> either "delicious" or "tastes like chicken".
But also probably "not as good as seal".
--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)
You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov
Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo
Peter Jason
"Martin" <martin147...@outgun.com>
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Cannibals say that humans taste like pork;
which is not in the least surprising!
Bryn
> "Martin" <martin1471spamf...@outgun.com>
> wrote in messagenews:FlZZj.12048$pT3....@newsfe18.ams2...
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Certainly smell like it when you burn them..
(Please note the sneaky medieval reference)
Bryn
John Briggs
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> Certainly smell like it when you burn them..
>
> (Please note the sneaky medieval reference)
The Pilgrim's Grace: De haeretico comburendo. Amen.
--
John Briggs
John Kane
> In article
> <ec2e132f-7a02-4df7-8607-ac370c0c5...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
> John Kane <jrkrid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 17, 10:32 am, "a425couple" <a425cou...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > 1. What did the Vikings think of Polar Bears?
>
> > I don't know but I believe the Polar Bears opinion of Vikings was
> > either "delicious" or "tastes like chicken".
>
> But also probably "not as good as seal".
Comfort food, just like mama used to catch.