klanky Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hey Kevin, thanks tae dee - it's dat fine tae see somebody come forward dat kens whit you're spiking aboot and support you No, I ken der a lot o good folk oot yonder but it's just a shame we dunna pull tagidder mair. We shoulda been doon at Holmgarth cutting da ropes of yon blasted boat and standing shoulder tae shoulder wi Faroe..... Cobblers. Why the hell should we 'stand shoulder to shoulder' with someone just because they are our neighbours? You seem a bit desperate to garner support on this one, Kavi...is that because you know you're on a losing wicket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Damn them pesky SSers....coming up here with their concerns about animal welfare..... Break out the pitchforks! Nah, that would just lower us to SS's level. A group of private individuals descending on another group of private individuals from and in a foreign nation, and forcefully preventing that group of individuals from participating in an activity that is wholly legitimate in that nation, is the modern day equivalent of a pitchfork weidling mob of vigilantes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 ISOT, I'm speaking generally. Klanky, I'm afraid you show how little you know about Shetland and Faroes' history and ties. If you're going to live here you'll have to do better than that....!. Well, well..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11490958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagfinn Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 ^^ So Shetlanders are dirtying their hands over this are they? Odd view. I reckon its the folk in Faroe with their tradition are the ones with dirty hands.Hmm.. What do you build your stereotyping on? I'm Faroese, I never once participated in this 'grind' tradition, I never even went to get my name on the 'list for free meat', which is what all those people you see in the pictures are there for, so how come my hands are dirty? I could in the same instant tell you that you brits with your 'tradition' of colonizing and exploiting basically everone else on this planet are the ones with dirtiest hands, both when it comes to treating animals and not least other peoples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 like i said sea shepherd propoganda. some of that film was shot in torshavn and they have not had a grind for 30 odd years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groilick Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 like i said sea shepherd propoganda. some of that film was shot in torshavn and they have not had a grind for 30 odd years Dir no hed a grind in 30 odd year – boy du I ken how dey feel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 What do you build your stereotyping on? I'm Faroese, I never once ..., so how come my hands are dirty?You don't seem to be understanding that stereotypes are inherently simplified generalisations. As such there can be exceptions without the fundamental stereotype being refuted. Stereotypes can be used badly, but they can also prove useful. It is a common fallacy to consider stereotypes as always being incorrect. I could in the same instant tell you that you brits with your 'tradition' of colonizing and exploiting basically everone else on this planet are the ones with dirtiest hands, both when it comes to treating animals and not least other peoples.Fair comment, I wouldn't disagree with that stereotype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISOT Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 ISOT, I'm speaking generally. Oh thats fine then you just generalise away to suit your discussions/arguments! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klanky Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 ISOT, I'm speaking generally. Klanky, I'm afraid you show how little you know about Shetland and Faroes' history and ties. If you're going to live here you'll have to do better than that....!. ....... It did come across as being rather harsh, Kavi. Not my intention. I'm more than aware of Shetlands'historical and modern links with the Faeroes, my point is that being linked (however closely) does not mean that we should back something that is morally wrong simply because they're our 'mates'. Rather a backward attitude, methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klanky Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Damn them pesky SSers....coming up here with their concerns about animal welfare..... Break out the pitchforks! Nah, that would just lower us to SS's level. A group of private individuals descending on another group of private individuals from and in a foreign nation, and forcefully preventing that group of individuals from participating in an activity that is wholly legitimate in that nation, is the modern day equivalent of a pitchfork weidling mob of vigilantes. Which was my point entirely..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 No worries klanky, and I didna mean mine in too hard a way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Even if they "had" to allow them to use the harbour, they could have made them as "unwelcome" as possible, by allocating then a berth at Heogan...Well they are there now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 ^^Nothing to do with me, even if the LPA is run by a Bigton woman. No offence to Bressay or anybody that lives there either (I had to say that, or I'd never have heard the end of it fae me bridder), but the less welcome SS are made to feel, the better I'll like it. Tis only a pity the gut factory doesn't stink anything like it once did,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattie Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Great gig last night by the Levellers.Showing full support for Sea Shepherd. Even dedicating a song to them!Currently the Steve Irwin Boat is moored next to the Bressay Fish Factory. Obviously a piss take by the Lerwick Port Authority..Anyway, Shetlanders to get rid of the boat Steve Irwin donate here!http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2011/07/19/emergency-sos-from-captain-paul-watson-save-our-ship-1263 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Shetlanders to get rid of the boat Steve Irwin donate here!https://my.seashepherd.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=394&srctid=1&erid=230961 Oh, I'm sure there are cheaper and more productive ways of achieving that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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