Comments on: FDL Movie Night – The Cove http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:52:54 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Lisa Derrick http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963773 Lisa Derrick Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:36:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963773 <p>The Cove brings up two great points: the slaughter of dolphins and the intentional poisoning of the Japanese people by selling mercury laden meat.</p> The Cove brings up two great points: the slaughter of dolphins and the intentional poisoning of the Japanese people by selling mercury laden meat.

]]> By: MarneyCarr http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963772 MarneyCarr Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:35:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963772 <p>Agreed. I was referring to people who care about animals and would actually themselves feel hurt to see the dolphins being [savagely] killed.</p> Agreed. I was referring to people who care about animals and would actually themselves feel hurt to see the dolphins being [savagely] killed.

]]> By: Lisa Derrick http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963771 Lisa Derrick Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:33:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963771 <p>I hope that those of you blog or email let your friends know…louie, can pressure be brught on Japanese tourist industry to tstop this?</p> I hope that those of you blog or email let your friends know…louie, can pressure be brught on Japanese tourist industry to tstop this?

]]> By: Louie Psihoyos http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963770 Louie Psihoyos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:32:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963770 <p>Thank you all, please tell your peeps, Louie</p> Thank you all, please tell your peeps, Louie

]]> By: Lisa Derrick http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963769 Lisa Derrick Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:32:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963769 <p>Louie, thank you all so MUCH for making THE COVE. Everyone, please see it, tell your friends, sing the petition!</p> <p>And thank you for being here tonight with us, and thanks to all of you for making this chat so full of information and passion.</p> Louie, thank you all so MUCH for making THE COVE. Everyone, please see it, tell your friends, sing the petition!

And thank you for being here tonight with us, and thanks to all of you for making this chat so full of information and passion.

]]> By: Louie Psihoyos http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963768 Louie Psihoyos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:31:31 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963768 <p>It may be the movie people they realize they missed in the theaters after it’s too late to see it there - it is a big screen film, I worked at National Geographic over the course of 18 years, it demands to be seen big</p> It may be the movie people they realize they missed in the theaters after it’s too late to see it there – it is a big screen film, I worked at National Geographic over the course of 18 years, it demands to be seen big

]]> By: Louie Psihoyos http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963767 Louie Psihoyos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:30:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963767 <p>Dolphins are still the only wild animal to come to our rescue, in spite of what they think of us - we should do the same for them….</p> Dolphins are still the only wild animal to come to our rescue, in spite of what they think of us – we should do the same for them….

]]> By: Louie Psihoyos http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963766 Louie Psihoyos Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:29:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963766 <p>Our film says 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed around Japan every year. The official catch quota the Japanese fisheries agency claims is 21,000. Killed in Taiji are about 2300. But the dolphin hunters in Japan are allowed tally their own numbers. We know about fisherman lying. We have footage of them killing mother’s and calves and killing more pilot whales in one season than allowed so the numbers are anyone’s guess. My belief is that one dolphin killed and consumed is one too many.</p> Our film says 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed around Japan every year. The official catch quota the Japanese fisheries agency claims is 21,000. Killed in Taiji are about 2300. But the dolphin hunters in Japan are allowed tally their own numbers. We know about fisherman lying. We have footage of them killing mother’s and calves and killing more pilot whales in one season than allowed so the numbers are anyone’s guess. My belief is that one dolphin killed and consumed is one too many.

]]> By: Lisa Derrick http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963765 Lisa Derrick Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:28:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963765 <p>The underwater footage is awesome, it has cute surfers and film guys, undercover cops– a real life thriller wiht a purpose-and what is life without purpose (or porpoises–sorry had to make that pun)</p> The underwater footage is awesome, it has cute surfers and film guys, undercover cops– a real life thriller wiht a purpose-and what is life without purpose (or porpoises–sorry had to make that pun)

]]> By: hackworth1 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963764 hackworth1 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:27:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/24/fdl-movie-night-the-cove/#comment-1963764 <p>I suppose, to put it in a nutshell, we like dolphins, but we hate ourselves (each other).</p> I suppose, to put it in a nutshell, we like dolphins, but we hate ourselves (each other).

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