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Makah whale hunters are they savages?
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32 Neah Bay looked very calm on the days of the hunt. Wonder if they made the canoElmer Flugum-5/20/1999
31 One elder tribal member said it all. She said, "why don't the white peElmer Flugum-5/20/1999
30 <i>"Humans have been so successful at overrunning the planet, IElmer Flugum-5/20/1999
29 The "Enviromentalist Thread" Subject 23540Elmer Flugum-5/20/1999
28 Thats what fuels military expenditures...state sponsored "peace-keepers!&qElmer Flugum-5/20/1999
27 Yeah! I agree completely! Perpetuate the hate! (Cause it feels soooooo good!)coldhardtruth-5/20/1999
26 More on old growth and whaling and stuff you would not expect from a capitalisJB2-5/20/1999
25 Old Growth, Whales, Culture...and a bunch of stuff you would expect from a graMike McFarland-5/20/1999
24 Why is there such a public outcry when humans cut down the biggest trees, and JB2-5/20/1999
23 Thread: Several inaccurate statements here, you can read a recent article hereMike McFarland-5/20/1999
22 <i>"We have the history that the "white man" ran the IndiaBob Lao-Tse-5/20/1999
21 <i>"I say they are ignorant savages."</i> It's a shaBob Lao-Tse-5/20/1999
20 I like the irony of the Makahs receiving death threats from people who believe Bob Lao-Tse-5/20/1999
19 Hypocrytes? Probably. The tough part of that is how could you be anything elsDavid Montgomery-5/19/1999
18 <i>. The short answer is "Yes", a cow's life is less jbIII-5/19/1999
17 <i>What a bunch of hypocrites..... Is a cow's life less important thaLevel Head-5/19/1999
16 <i>They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of alLevel Head-5/19/1999
15 What a bunch of hypocrites..... Is a cow's life less important than a whalec.horn-5/19/1999
14 The local McDonald's will probably do fine. The conservationists will probDavid Montgomery-5/19/1999
13 Scarey precedent set there with that Nisgaa treaty. Fiefdom based on race. I womarcos-5/19/1999
12 Our tribes will be less militant about it I think. The rest of us are getting rStephen O-5/19/1999
11 I notice you are a British Columbian (great place to be from, one of my favoritElmer Flugum-5/19/1999
10 They will get pretty sick of whale meat if they kill another and eat it in two Stephen O-5/19/1999
9 They have cut it up and it is in cold storage for a few days then will be distrElmer Flugum-5/19/1999
8 How long do they live in the wild? Is 6 years the human equivalent of say 12. WStephen O-5/19/1999
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