Well, technically we do if we want humans to survive longer than a few more generations. The meat industry (not seal hunting) leads to 17% of the world's production of greenhouse gases, and less than 1% is cow burps (as everyone loves to make fun of). A lot of problems arise from the fact that when you eat higher…

I hope that is what she meant - but some others have suggested that she was promoting others to eat seal meat caught by indigenous people, which I think isn't ultimately any more sustainable than any other kind of meat eating (which is not very).

Well, you could also argue that child marriage is an integral part of some cultures. The native people have changed a lot of their traditions in favor of the convenient - indoor heating, for example - which is a natural change in societies over time. We can't expect everything to stay the same based on a love of the…

Your evidence was not given, so I can't evaluate it. However, someone else mentioned one study, but it was not conducted by an unbiased source (it was funded by the fishing industry).

If we did what you suggest, we'd end up with endangered seals. What would we switch to then? In this case, I'm not going to argue with you whether hunting or eating seals is moral (that's a relatively complicated question). I am much more in favor of indigenous cultures eating to live than I am of my roommate's (or…

If people started eating seal, companies would take the place of indigenous people in providing it because they could do it more cheaply and quickly. And then we'd just end up with endangered seals. It's not a sustainable way to promote growth in the indigenous cultures. I don't really know what would be besides…

It's not a sustainable resource if everyone does it. People here don't seem to understand the word "sustainable." I'm more okay with native Canadians eating seal if they do it respectfully and humanely (using all the parts) than I am with factory farming in the US. If people in the US stopped eating meat, the food…

If we did that, big companies would just take over the industry from the native people, leaving them just as bad off as before. And, of course, we would end up with endangered seals.

An entire industry destroyed because seals eat the fish stock meaning the maritime fisheries will go bankrupt and close down, sending an unfathomable ripple effect through an already struggling area of Canada.

And yet, they choose to live there (as much as people have choice). I'm glad that they seem to practice eating meat in a respectful manner, but, unless they are too poor to move or can't make a living elsewhere, it's not a very good argument.

Actually, it isn't sustainable. Living in the arctic is fairly un-eco-friendly given the sheer number of humans on the planet. It is ecologically expensive to eat higher up on the food chain, besides the cost of burning trees to maintain warmth and so on. I wish people would stop using the term "sustainable" when they…

He'll have to get used to it to have a kid. Unless you're supposed to do all the diaper changing, all the vomit-cleaning, all the care-taking when the kid scrapes a knee...it's called being a parent. If he expects you to deal with the blood/poop/pain of birth without support, then he's a bit of a jerk.

Is the difference between white men and white women with respect to racism that white men do the killing and white women do the supporting?

My brother has studied racial theory (he's a philosopher) and he would say that white women being afraid of black men stems from the same place that means that a black man might interpret an innocent gesture (locking doors on a car just as he walks by) as a racist one. It's an indication of more than that just those…

Do white women have a different role in racism than white people? Most of the cops who use unnecessary force against black people are white men, but I don't necessarily believe that their use of violence is because they are white men, just that they are part of a racist system and blinded by white privilege. White…

"Oh and btw you forgot that killing someone in a car accident after driving while drunk is considered man slaughter and punishable as a felony with many years in prison"

I don't like people complimenting me if I don't know them. Some women don't like it unless they are in a place where they are clearly wanting to be talked to (maybe a singles bar or something). If you compliment guys whom you know, that's fine - you notice a change in their appearance and note how nice it looks that…

So you're basically saying that significantly reducing the population by killing unborn children is good because than everyone else could have TVs and Computers in their large houses?

The conflict isn't as simple as Hamas stopping or Israel stopping.

Accepting your premise that people always hate those who commit genocide, I think there is a difference between hating people who happen to be Jewish and hating Jews. The first is hatred of specific people who take specific actions. The second is hating people no matter what actions they take, just like racists do.…