Clubbing Baby Seals

So haven't we advanced as a species? Why are we still clubbing baby seals? I need to be careful here because I am a bit of a meat lover and I know bacon doesn't grow on trees. Still, I am hoping like hell that the chicken I had for lunch wasn't clubbed to death as it was making its' way around the barnyard.... There seem to be justifications that it gives good money to the communities around the butchered seals and that it is a tradition that outsiders just can't understand. Well to hell with that. Historically speaking, slavery was a good money maker and it has a long tradition, shouldn't we bring that back? What about gladiators? That had a long tradition, and I am sure you could sell the broadcast rights for a lot of money. What a great idea. Anyone who argues tradition or jobs for barbaric practices needs their head read... It seems these clubbings are helped by Europe's demand for fur. What is happening here? I thought society had decided that putting animals in small cages for their fur was wrong. Surely beating little seals to death is not the nicest thing also? The argument put forward by the Canadian government seems to be very similar to one I have heard from the Japanese government on Whaling. Whales like Seals, it seems, eat all the fish that humans need. By culling both species we are making sure that we can eat. I am not sure if anyone has told these people, but overfishing and not allowing fishing stocks to replenish themselves may have something to do with the lack of fish in the world. Call me crazy, I know....
Anyway, as far as I am concerned, Clubbing Baby Seals is a metaphor for things that are wrong on this planet.... stay tuned for more examples...

San Nakji for President!