Comments on: Navy 1, Whales 0: Supreme Court Allows Navy’s Sonar Exercises

By: ftfoiinc

ftfoiinc — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:24:55 +0000

Life is the only measure.

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:44:08 +0000

No, it’s Human’s practicing with technology versus the whales life.

The choice is being mischaracterized (is that a word?).

By: anthony

anthony — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:24:05 +0000

Human life or a whales life? Is this really something to be worrying about? I would kill a whale if meant me living… Heck I’d kill two!

By: Nik

Nik — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:22:39 +0000

So, if this sonar is what I think it is, unless it’s something newer, I’ve worked with it myself while in the US Navy. It’s an awesome tool, and may give us the upper hand. I don’t like the idea of killing whales, or anything else just because it got in our way, but the potential that this type of sonar has would mean that our troops and sailors are safer against (subsurface) threats that don’t play by the same rules we do. When we’re at “war” with other countries, we’re most certainly the ones with the heavier restrictions on what we do to our fellow man.

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:52:43 +0000

Yeah, in a time of war nuke the whales all you like – but just for testing purposes and they’re not willing to look around or move a little for the sake of some other sentient creatures? Dishonorable conduct!

“Hey, I’m in the Armed Forces and I need to practice shooting my gun. No time to look around to see if I might hit an innocent bystander.”

I feel a little hungry – or is that feeling in my stomach a growing disgust for humanity?

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:44:43 +0000

What doesn’t trump national security in that country?

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:45 +0000

This is as it should be. I’m all for saving the whales but national security trumps that.