'Eat whale and save the planet' - Norwegian lobby


	'Eat whale and save the planet' - Norwegian lobby

tabsey

3-3-2008 10:02 PM

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greed, helps, extinction

tabsey says:

Just not enough to go round because these greedy b's have just about slaughtered them into extinction. Not to mention their role in the balance of nature. Not to mention that this greedy b is making money and saying "stuff the planet".

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3-3-2008 11:47 PM

papananook

*slaps head* F**ck that Norwegian and the boat he rode in on. I have zero tolerance for that kind of idiot.

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