It has almost been a year since I wrote Don’t Save the Whales. I just want to remind my gentle readers that the following essay could as easily be called Don’t Save the Manatees, Don’t Save the Children, Don’t Save the Tigers, Don’t Save the Dolphins, Don’t Save the Bay, Don’t Save the World, Don’t Save the Koala, Don’t Save the Pandas, Don’t Save the Rhinos, Don’t Save the Chimps, Don’t Save the Gorillas, or Don’t Save the Elephant.
What Don’t Save the Whales absolutely doesn’t say or even imply, for those of you dull knives, is Kill the Manatees, Kill the Children, Kill the Tigers, Kill the Dolphins, Kill the Bay, Kill the World, Kill the Koala, Kill the Pandas, Kill the Rhinos, Kill the Elephant or Kill the Whales.
Okay, got it?
There is no cause so noble that you should sacrifice your children to its altar. Shame on you.
After 15-years in DC, I have noticed that those noble activists who are saving the world have yet to save themselves, their marriages, their families, and their children.
The children of many of the founders of these organizations are a mess, with boys and girls as scared and abandoned as the children of their more celebrated Hollywood celebrities and New York robber barons. They are cared for by nannies and oftentimes never see their parents for weeks at a time.
All because one or more of their parents are making sacrifices for a higher, nobler cause: saving the whales. Or some similar cause celebre.
The illusion of nobility associated with saving pagan babies, the rain forest, the whales, or the trees is pure distraction from the things that matter most in this life which is saving yourself, protecting and loving your children, your spouse, your parents, your family, and your community.
If you have all of your ducks in a row, if your children are happy and well-adjusted, if your health is good and you get enough sleep and exercise, if you still chase your spouse around the bed pretty regularly, and you call your mother, with energy to spare for yourself, then you have the right to save the whales.
Otherwise, you are chasing phantoms, you are wasting your time, and you had better still yourself enough to remember why you got married, why you had children, and whether the whales really matter to you any more or if you’re just used to saving the whales.
Otherwise, let the whales fend for themselves for a little while while you get yourself together.
If you disrespect your own family enough to abandon them for your noble cause then the whales are better off without you. Resign from your save the whales campaign immediately, move to New York, and settle in to a life on Wall Street.
If you’re going to be ignoble, you might as well do it for money. The entire order cetacea recognize hypocrisy when they see it and they don’t want any of your filthy lucre anyway.
(Special Thanks to Paul Roberts of P.R.A.D.E. (Paul Roberts Amateur Design Enthusiast The blog for the untrained but discriminating design eye) — the Photoshop God — who hooked me up with the Don’t Save the Whales graphic)
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i think you are a fucked up person considering you dont care about anything but your self i hope a whale beaches it self on you
One thing is true if you are an extremist you are off balance. If you are a fundamentalist in any direction you are off balance. All this needs is a holistic approach. Make money, but don’t sacrifice your children for it. Save whales but make sure to not be depressed by the fact that you might not. Fucked up is what happens when you forget what is most important to your existence and your families existence – which is in the here and now.
blow me, bitch! you need a brain.
johndoe@aol.com »
Charming.
I just happened to come across this essay because I was looking for an animal to write about for English class. I clicked on the logo because I am absolutely terrified of whales. I think your writing is very good, and I do agree that one should not focus on one single cause, forgetting about one’s loved ones. However, there are a large host of people who manage to care very deeply about vital causes such as hunger or poverty, and still put much devotion into family and personal life. I think I am going to traverse your writings, Chris.
u r sick and u should not be so cruel u selfish thing!
Good job! A+
YOUR STUPID. YOU MUST BE AN ANIMAL HATER YOU FACKOO. how can you not feel bad for them? your such a…gosh
P.S. (save the polar bears) wolfs are awesome!
save the d*** whales this guy dosen’t now what he is talking about the dumb A** what the H**l is your prob. beach a whale on him.
jhon shut the heck up you dumb A** gosh!
jessie you shut up to what is your guyzes problem save whales
WAT DA HELL IS UR FUKIN PROBLEM U DUMASS UR SICK AND STUPID!!! HOW DO U NOT FEEL BAD FOR THEM, U DON’T HAVE A FUKIN HEART AND AND UR SELFISH SO GO TO HELL!!! IT’S FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT WHALES ARE IN DANGER
GO SUCK A DICK!!!!!
Jennifer – you really made me laugh. You are so eloquent in your deep discussion of a relevant topic. What have you done for the whales today?
I think you are the biggest low life i have ever heard of the Whales and the rainforests deserve to be saved. how dare you write that appalling colunm it’s disgusting!!!!!!! I’m 13 and i think thats saying something
Chelsea »
Cheslea, did you read the article?
Hey you need to seriously sort ya self out! Why the hell don’t you care about anything but yourself! I hope you sometime need a transplant and dont get one and then ypu need someone but nooo we shouldn’t SAVE YOU!
YOUUUUUUUUUU ARE GAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BAHHHH HUMBUG!!!
SAVE THE WHALES!
NOT YOU!
YA STUPID WITCH
Not that i agree with him, but he has every right to express his opinion on the subject, he does have some good points, but…
KILL THE CHRIS!! KILL THE CHRIS!! cMON EVERYBODY, DONT SAVE THE CHRIS ABRAHAMS!!! considering he doesnt care about anything but himself. hes gonna ruin the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCREW U TOO BEN!!
Sydney, you mean “Kill the Humans,” right? I never named any particular whale, such as Shamu or Willy, right?
Oh, and I should also add, “Don’t Save the Humans,” either.
I AGREE WITH JENIFER!!! WHOO-HOO! I SAY EVERTHING SHE SAYS!!!
u r a total psycho!!! If u dont want to help save the wonderful, beautiful, gorgeous planet god gave u to live on, u have mental issues!! U shouldbe locked up somewhere in SOLITARY DETENTION!!!!! SAVE THE WHALES!!!!!!!! and dont listen to this stupid idiot fag chris abraham, who says “kill the children!!” u were a kid once, how would u feel if u were a kid browsing the web, and came cross a site saying ‘kill the children’?? Whats wrong with you?? ur momma musta dropped u on ur head or something when u were a kid. peace!!
ur a fag it is porple like u that kill the world off!! if someone to have there world stay around for awhile then that is there buisness dont tell them how to live there life so go kill ur self
i think that u should have a heart for creatures lives and u should balance it out with ur family. whales and other animals have lives just like us and have families too but r being hunted and seperated from them. u can do simple things at home too u know. by the way, why did u bring this subject up anyway sam? is it something related to u?
hey jerks! leave him alone! mhe can freely express himself. i dont agree with but dont put him down for his personal opion!
Tookie, we are not jerks, WE are just freely expressing ourselves, and i think that when Chris was a baby his momma dropped him on his head, fed him stupid juice, and then sucked his brain out with a vaccum. TO CHRIS: YOU ARE A STUPID RETARDED A** H***!!! I hope one day, you need serious help, but the people say “No we are using that to save the whales.” Than ‘technically’ we are not sayng “KILL THE CHRIS” But we are still killing you. Go to hell. I agree with anyone who says chris is a dick.
I agree with Bobby, if he means a DIRTY dick.
You are a FART, SHIT
You DA BIAN
I call all you crazy 14-year-olds the Whale-Qaeda!
okay i think there needs to be a balance. You should be able to spend the majority of your time in your life, but also take the time to help others, including the whales. Yes, the theme of saving yourself first and the world will follow suit, is a popular one, and if you think about it, it makes sense. You can do your best and until you can be your best, and that includes home life.
so i agree with you Chris (guys don’t freak out on me), but maybe you could have said this in a less offending and extreme way.
Save the whales, but save yourself and the people in your life too, is what i think you’re trying to say.
okay i’m done ahha
Whatever Chris you’re a jerk. There’s a difference between expressing your opinion gently and then there’s just insanity. You’re nowhere in between, you’re a psycho person. In your quest to kill off the children and whales and all things beautiful just because you’re not, you have proved to everyone who visits this psycho site that you actually do care by attracting more attention to the cause. Thanks Chris, for helping save the whales, but you still belong in a strait jacket somewhere until you see a poor whale being harpooned and you’ll see what it’s really like. Until then, read all these messages people leave you and PLEASE, PLEASE reconsider you opinion. Suppose someone was looking for a house in your neighborhood and shot and killed you because they wanted your house to be yours. Well that’s what it’s like to be harpooned by some jerk-off fishermen
SERIOUSLY DUDE TAKE SOME DEEP THINKING TIME FOR YOURSELF AND RECONSIDER. SAVE THE WHALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and in my previous message I meant to say they wanted your house to be theirs.
wow, thats what i call a discussion! @ all you radical americans talking about saving the world while driving huge ass cars to the next steak house drive-in; whales are just animals and they deserve to live and than to be eaten like any pig and cow you guys have for breakfast. enjoy everybody
ur an ass.fuck u
What does “ur” mean and what is “u?” Fuck University? What are you trying to say to me, Elly?
thats rite dont save those bastards
“ur” is an abbreviation of youre and “u” is an abbreviation of you. idiot.
Duh.
u sicko how could you be so fucking fucked up in the head. whales deserve a right to live, unlike you. fuck you
You did not read the article, did you? Can you read? I am beginning to think that we need to save the children, save the teens, and work on sub-literacy and illiteracy in the US, Australia, and other English-speaking nations that suffer under the weight of such ignorant activists.
98% of all species on earth have fallen to extinction, without the help of man. The other 2% will eventually face extinction as well. It is indeed a natural progression of any ecosystem for old species to pass away and new species to be born.
U R A ass hole 4 not saving the whales u should be more caring. U need to get a life and a personality.&&&&&&U should go and fuck yourself…………….
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THANK 4 NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING BUT YOURSELF (((((NOT))))
Request permission to use the image ‘don’t save the whales’ for a university newsletter cover with theme ‘taboo’. Please.
Yes, please use it as often and as freely as you like!
People’s pathedic lives are not half as important as that of the whales, rainforests, and etc. Go fuck yourself and save the fucking whales you cock sucker
Is this a social experiment?
Dude, love the whales and stop being a hater. How would you feel if people took you out of your home and killed you?! It wouldn’t feel good would it?
sarah »
That was a very persuasive argument.
WHAT THE SAM HELL R U THINKING DUMBO IF U WANNA THREAT THOSE ENDANGERED CREATURES U’LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME AND THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WROTE ABOUT UR STUPID PARAGRAPH AND JUST SO U KNOW WHALES R MY FAVORITE ANIMALS SO INSTEAD OF NOT SAVING THE WHALES LET’S KICK U OFF OF EARTH AND NOT SAVE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!U SHOULD DO A WEBSITE CALLED http://WWW.CHECK OUT HOW STUPID I AM.COM U SHOULD REALLY DO THAT U WILL NEVER WIN
Did you read the article? Do you know how to spell? Can you take your finger off the shift key, please?
rele have u got nuffin better to do wiv ur life than write horrible stuff about whales. if u hate whales so much y not keep it 2 urself?? anyways i love whales and i dont kno how any1 can want them 2 b killed … so plz stop writin horrible stuff!!!
You are a sick person. Don’t save whales? How cruel. You should think twice.
Chris Abraham kill that bicth.
Theres a bicth named Chris Abraham
He should die
Chris Abraham does not have the right to live.
Whale-Qaeda!
Chris, I understand the ability to express your feelings, but maybe you should do it in a better way. I AM A CHILD, AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID SICKENS ME!!! I also feel the need to say that whales are my favorite animals, and this is so out of line and wrong. They are part of our ecosystem and you should be ashamed of yourself. What people are doing is taking mothers away from their babies, or taking away a wife or husband. Do you have a wife? A kid? A mom? How would you feel if someone shot one of them? Not to good, huh? I think that you should really reconsider and think about how whales are one of the smartest mamals and have feelings and families too before you write such things.
oh, by the way, I’m not the same “NONEYABUSINESS” as one of the earlier ones, I didn’t see that one. By the way, I also agree with sarah.
What you you mean by child? 8? That is the age of a child.
actually, I’m seven. so think of how smart i am— unlike you. i was looking for whales because i like them, and i found this.
oh, and you also, you must have no come back because all you said was the child thing.
It was not a come back. 7 is very young and you are brilliant. No, I would not want my family to be shot. And, if you’ll read the article I wrote, I never said one thing about hurting whales. I sort of said, “don’t let your family get shot before you save the whales.” My blog is too sophisticated for someone your age. I am pretty sure my site is blocked by the net nanny software your parents should be using.
wow ur fucked up whales are the best and its because of ass holes like you that our animals are becoming endangered and extinct
You are so mean, and i hope u rot in hell bcoz u r so mean n u dont vcare about anyone but yourself bcoz ur so selfish!!!!
CRAP YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crap me?
YES U!!!! WHAT DO U THINK!! U ARE SOOOOOO RETARDEDLY STUPID!! I WISH I COULD MEET U IN PERSON WIT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT HATE YOU SO WE COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE UR FACE!!!!!
good job nonyebussiness, i spelled that wrong. its good that young people are taking an intrest in saving our world!! keep it up!
hey anyone who hates chris lets almost kill him to see howq he likes it them feed him to the whales!!!! that will show him!!!
Yes. That would be fantastic, you Whale-Qaeda!
Shmo, you amuse me.
glad i do cause i will be writing stuff quite often. FYI!!!
P.S. what does Whale-Qaeda mean?
ugh.. u piss me off soooo much!!!! u arogant, retarded, stupid fool!!!!
:)
i cant believe that u would make a website based on not saving the whales…u wanna kill whales? u might as well just fuckin kill me! better yet, kill urself! the world doesnt need bastards like u here to ruin it! ppl wanna help keep the world a better place and help the enviornment!
WOO HOO!!!! I LOVE U WAFFELZ! ( THATS ONLY CAUSE I KNOW U!) WE SAID! WE DONT NEED TO CHRIS, GO DIE IN A HOLE. AND I AM VERY LITERATE THANK U VERY MUCH!
ooops! spelling errors. it says well said.
and we dont need u chris
you are one fucked up person. people like you should be extinct. i’d much rather have whales, rhinos, manatees, pandas, koalas, tigers, dolphins, elephants, ect. than assholes like you!
seriously.. where does all this hate cum from? answer that!! ugh u r so fukin retarded! GO TO REHAB!!!!!
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GO TO THIS AND READ IT!!!! IT TOTALLY APPLIES!!!
GO TO HELL!!!
CLICK ON MY NAME AND READ IT U BASTARD!
Click on this! how does that make you feel? what if you were a whale? do u want me to HARPOON u?! huh?!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/whales-sl-06_small.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/whales.html&h=273&w=200&sz=9&hl=en&start=46&tbnid=Ea4oBdMsazeAsM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dkilling%2Bof%2Bwhales%26start%3D40%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
you are a fucking dick hole and you need to go die in hell!!!!!!!! how would you feel if i came to your house and used all your fat for oil ( the world would never run out) so wat we cant save our own problems ( im 14 i dont have a family so if i want to save the world nothing is stopping me) go to HELL FAG
WOO HOO!!!! U SAID IT QUESO! ugh!! chris u r such an asshole!! i f dont care about this planet, then y dont u die!!! cause noone would miss u and its people like u killing the world, while my frends and i are trying to save it!!
you are pathetic, and i was not going to respond at all, you are one person, on this planet, you are just a protazoa, a germ, and most of all insignifficant , do you honestly thibk that what you say means anything to anyone.
No, Kerry, I don’t.
You guys make me crazy but I just laugh. Please, read the article.
I LOVE WHALES!!!, those photos make me hungry. I only eat dolphin aggressive tuna.
Queso and SHMO!!, the world doesn’t need your saving. Get over your sense of human importance. Get over the idea that extinction isn’t natural. It is natural. We are natural superpredators and it is our purpose to cause extinction. 98% of every life form that has ever been on this planet has become extinct, even before we arrived.
yes Kerry, we are all unimportant, so is the whale in the ocean, and the sea turtle, and the great bald eagle. They are just species waiting for the natural end, and that end is extinction. It will come with or without us.
Death is normal. Creatures attacking and eating other creatures is natural. This is life. This is nature. And as part of nature this is also what we do.
we make a choice to kill or not so if i want to save the world I WILL AND I CAN so you can go fuck chris abraham! you are perfect for each other! how can whales and dolphins taste good? they are blubber…you are a disgusting pig!
are you kidding me?! THOSE PICTURES MADE ME GO FUCKING VEGETARIAN YOU FAT CANIBLE! YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO EAT YOUR DOG OR YOUR MOM! AFTER SEEING THAT MEAT IS DISGUSTING AND I REGRET EVER EATING IT! OMFG YOU MOTHER FUCKER DICK SUCKERS ARE SO GROSS!
WHAT THE HELL IS UR FUCKIN PROBLEM PHILIP!!! YES EXTINCTION IS NATURAL, BUT THE REASON THAT THE WHALES ARE GOING EXCTINCT, IS BECAUSE OF FUCKIN DICK SUCKERS LIKE YOU THAT EAT THEM!! THAT IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PREVENT! WITHOUT ASS HOLES LIKE YOU!, THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM!! YEA… U AND CHRIS SHOULD GO OUT, ITS PERFECT. UGH!!! U PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKIN SCREWED UP!! GO DIE IN A HOLE U ASS HOLES!!
Mark, is that you? Mark, are you SHMO? You’re SHMO, right? Come on, you can tell me. It’s so good! You almost had be fooled. Good one!
WHAT THE HELL U RETARD?!?!? MY NAME IS NOT MARK! I SWEAR TO THE WHALES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE!
I’M NOT MARK
We are natural too. It doesn’t matter if we’re the cause for extinction or not, because all species meet extinction at some point or another. It is normal and natural for species to become extinct.
Also, I (like two thirds of the world) have no problem eating dog meat. A dog is just another beast and just more food for me.
The world doesn’t need saving, because the world will continue without you, without whales, without any of what is now. All that is now will fade away. All that is now will move on into non-existence. It is normal. It is natural for what is to pass away, to give way to what comes after.
Let me say this one more time:
Extinction is natural.
We are natural.
We are a natural cause of natural extinction.
It is okay for things to die and species to end.
It is only the human ego that makes us believe we are the caretakers or destroyers of the world. We are not so important.
God made us to be the caretakes of the world he did not want us to be the destroyers of this wonderful world we have made into a a living HELL for every thing that we think is not as smart as us so yes it is up to us to save animals from dum fucking dicks like you all.Phillip, if your so hungry why i dont come HARPOON you and your family so then you all and have a nice big dinner! how would that make you feel! oh you would be ded so i guess that would not matter!!!!! and i would feel just fine!!!
Phillip, it is niot our ego that wants to save the world, we simply want to preserve it! becuase of retards like u and chris, the world and many of it animals are going to die, NOT IN A NATURAL WAY!!! THEY ARE DIYING BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LKE YOU THAT WANT TO EAT THE WHALES! WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU IN THIS WORLD… THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM!! get it? or is that to confuzing for your stupid little head? u r such a fuckin pig!! u need help if u want to eat ur dog. yea y dont we just cum harpoon u and chris and them feed u to the whales?? HUH??? how does that sound?
and dont talk to us like we are five! we are very intellegent teenagers THAT ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR WORLD UNLIKE DICK SUCKER LIKE U!!!
so u Kill the Manatees, Kill the Children, Kill the Tigers, Kill the Dolphins, Kill the Bay, Kill the World, Kill the Koala, Kill the Pandas, Kill the Rhinos, Kill the Elephant or Kill the Whales. Y???? if u kill them, then u will die too! ever thought of that smart ass? yea cause even if we loose plankton, our whole ecosystem will be screwed up!! so if u kill all those animals then u will die and go to hell! God would not want u to be in his kingdom later for u to screw that up to.
so u Kill the Manatees, Kill the Children, Kill the Tigers, Kill the Dolphins, Kill the Bay, Kill the World, Kill the Koala, Kill the Pandas, Kill the Rhinos, Kill the Elephant and Kill the Whales. Y???? if u kill them, then u will die too! ever thought of that smart ass? yea cause even if we loose plankton, our whole ecosystem will be screwed up!! so if u kill all those animals then u will die and go to hell! God would not want u to be in his kingdom later for u to screw that up to.
It does not matter if humanity becomes extinct. We are also a natural creature and that is an end we must face. So, no I don’t care if the current world passes away. There is no problem. People cause extinction, like any dominant animal in an ecosystem it will cause a hardship on the other creatures. This is normal and natural. We are natural creatures and eating and killing other creatures is natural behavior for human beings. Stasis is not natural. The world changes. Life forms and species pass away and new species are born from what is left behind. The survival of any species currently on this planet (including the human species) is not of paramount importance. The ecosystem will recover. It will change into something new, with life forms that have never existed before. Species die out and it is normal and natural. When they die out from us (a natural creature just like any other creature) it is also normal and natural. When we meet our own extinction it will be normal and natural. Life on this planet does not need us and will continue despite what we do to the current set of plants and animals on this planet. The worst we can do is end what is, but that does not end the future of life on this planet. Life has survived ice ages, meteors, volcanic ash laden skies, and more. This world will survive us. the individual species that exist now do not matter. Their fate, our fate, it is of no consequence. The world will simply change and grow, old will pass away and new will thrive. Weak will become extinct and strong will evolve. What you lack is a full vision of the world, of life, of the universe.
Humanity is a natural creature.
Extinction is natural.
Extinction caused by a natural creature (such as humanity) is natural, normal, and okay.
The extinction of the human species (or any species) is of no great importance in the world.
The continuation of the human species (or any species) is of no great importance either.
SHUT THE HELL UP!! O my god.. yes it is natural, but the way that the whales and other animals are dyeing is NOT! so shut up! idc if its natural, th whales and other marine animals cannot go extinct if we want our ecosystem to survive without major issues. stop acting like a smart ass!
The current ecosystem will simply be replaced by a new one. The whales may not be a part of it, we may not be a part of it. That does not matter. Change is normal. Extinction is part of that natural change. We are part of the natural order. That which we do is natural.
The way the whales are dying is in fact natural. It is caused by the natural creature that is humanity.
Species dying out is normal, natural, and okay. It is the way things have always been. It was this way before the human creature arrived, and will be this way long after we depart.
The mistake in your thinking, is the idea that humanity is somehow not a natural creature. The idea that humanity is somehow outside of nature. That is simply untrue. WE are a natural product of the ecosystem. We are a natural result of what came before. What we do is part of nature.
there is no dounght in my mind that we are natural, but they way that the whales are dying IS NOT NATURAL!without us, they would be fine! how do u not c this? yes things die and new things replace them, but in this case when a certain species hat is sellfish becuase they want to eat an endangered aimals, this is not natural. WHY ARE U THE ONLY ONE THAT DOES NOT SEE THIS?
How old r u any way? cause u act like u r some old smart fart! but ur not!
Without us they would simply die off from some other reason or creature. Species eat and decimate other species. It is in fact natural for one species to obliterate other species. Why are there so few who realize this? The reason would be the mass media propagation of the idea that ecological stasis is the norm. In fact, ecological stasis is neither normal or natural.
Ecological change, disaster, and rebirth are normal.
so u get it? that without the humans they would not by extinct right now? o finally ur stupid liitle brain takes in some sense. that i what i have been trying to say, that yes the whales would have died without us, but the fact of the matter is that they are dying right now! yes all creatures eat eachother, but the human race is way to universal and we eat creatures that we dont need to eat, and that are supposed to live longer. GET IT YET??? if not i will be back later!!
The point being, it does not matter if humans are the cause or a meteor or some other creature. Extinction is normal and natural. Human beings are a natural creature leading to the natural extinction of other creatures. We are not outside of the ecosystem. We are part of the ecosystem. Nothing that we do is unnatural. Everything that we do is a natural extension of the ecological system. If we’re causing an extinction or many extinctions that is only a normal and natural progression of life and evolution. We are not above nature, and what we do is a part of the natural cycle.
It is completely and totally okay in the grand and massive scheme of life on this planet for creatures to become extinct. yes, it’s even okay for a natural creature, like humans, to cause the extinction of other creatures. It is the norm. It is the way it has always been. It doesn’t matter if it’s us or something else. Everything meets extinction eventually.
This is awfull. of course we must save the whales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SAVE THE WHALES!!! I am with shmo we HAVE 2 HELP THEM I MEAN WITHOUT THE HUMANS WHALES WOULD BE FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don’t save the whales?
What the hell is wrong with you, jesus christ. If whales are the devils servants then you are the devil!
Will Litchfield » What does that even mean? And, please don’t call me Jesus Christ.
somebody » How are you saving the whales today?
thank you no name! as to you phillip… i dont inderstand why you need to wirte such long blogs, its really qite annoying! we need to save the whales becuase someone said before even if we loose plankton, you know those tiny miniscule things in our ocean, we willl be in big trouble. so imagine what would happen if we lost the whales or the manatees, or penguins, polor bears, etc. get my onsomble?
Chris will litchfield is just a name it doesnt mean anything, dont be a wise ass. and i bet “somebody” is figuring out what to do, you cant expect everyone to just start something right away!
wow! that was insightful!
ok i think that was a waste of time and space if i do say so myself
shmo! » That logic doesn’t work, Shmo. The lower the order the more important the species is: plankton and coral are essential ingredients of undersea life while whales and manatees; penguins and polar bears, higher up in the chain, are really less essential. Losing bees is a big deal, losing man isn’t. Losing algae is a big deal, losing the blue whale isn’t. That said, as we have been discussing via email, I am not a proponent of whale-killing and am in fact more of a green freak now that I have ever been. I moved to Europe, gave up a car, ride by bike, go to the green grocers and buy veggies without plastic bags and carry them home in a reusable cotton bag. When I need to go far, I choose the train, when I need to go close, I take the subway or mount my bike. My footprint is low and I am active in my community.
What have you done for he whales or for the environment lately — besides attacking me?
shmo » Well, I am some old smart fart! I am 38! 38 is old!
geeezz!! what the heck! someones angry today?! thats good and i am gld that u are doing that. it doesnt madder where on the food chain the whales are. they obviously had a purpose on this earth, or they would not be here. why is that so hard for people to understand?? it doesnt madder where they are they are here and important, maybe not as important as other species, but they are still. After reading ur “posts” my friends were very alarmedd, and so we have been making flyers, that we are actually going to give out at school today! what do u think about that? huh? public awarness? we arent adults, so we cannot do as much, but we ARE DOING ALL THAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE ARE GIVEN!!!!
O and by the way, about my last six blogs were not directed to you, they were to Phillip! but thank you for telling me ur age, becuase i was wondering about that!
shmo » I appreciate you for engaging with me and for opening yourself up to this conversation and for calling me out on being controversial — really, the title of my article has very little to do with the whales or the rain forests, it has to do with family, but I knew that “Don’t Save the Whales” and the graphic would get a lot of attention. How old are you?
it doesnt madder what the objective is, you diplayed this on the iternet,and now you have to live with the consequences.
I don not need to reveal my age, that is of no importance.
shmo » Well, je ne regret rien.
what the heck does that mean?
shmo » “je ne regret rien” means, “I regret nothing.” In French.
and how do u think that i would know that?
well ok then, becuase u better be prepared for people to continue hating you for what you have said and posted, especially if the whale situation becomes worse.
shmo » Well, I do expect illiterate and ignorant people to continue to write poorly-written sub-literate comments full of swearing and very little thought, that’s for sure. It has been happening for well over 3 years.
i think that the people that write on here are very literate, intellegent, and that swearing is common, becuase of the posts that u have posted. just shut up… u write on here too!
and there is a lot of thought that goes into writing, i should think that u know that… but maybe not!
shmo » There is no literacy or intelligence. The English and grammar is appalling — including your grammar and spelling. You should be ashamed. I hope you get into college.
what the heck! this is only cause it doesnt madder! if i was turning in a paper for a grade then it would be good. when people are on here we dont care if the spelling is wrong!
I’m not ashamed! idc.
and i will get into college. there is still thought that goes into it, whether u believe it or not!
BLOW ME!!!!!!………. A BUBLE!!! I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHMO HAS SAID! THERE IS THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THESE (WELL NOT REALY MINE) BUT WIT EVERYONE ELSES! AND YES I AM NOT USING GOOD LANGUAGE, BECUASE I DONT CARE WHAT U THINK! U NEED TO RECONSIDER UR IDEAS AND HOW U DISPLAY THEM!
well thank u for ur agreeing, but ur words did not really prove my point. but thats ok! thanks! i think so too!
shmo » You undermine all of your arguments because you communicate sub-literally… it really does madder (sic) — all the time. There is never a time when it doesn’t madder (sic). The entire world will dismiss comments like these — dismissing you as poorly-versed and poorly-informed. Ignorant, really, although I know you aren’t, Shmo.
shut up!! therea re times where u can use akranims and poor spelling ( like i just did) cause it
noone cares!i am not poorly literate! infact i love to write and english is one of my best subjects. i will admit that i am a bad speller, but thats ok, cause WHEN I CARE ABOUT IT… i will fix it and re-read my work, but on here, iam not going to waste my time! get it?
no one cares!i am not poorly literate! infact i love to write and english is one of my best subjects. i will admit that i am a bad speller, but thats ok, cause WHEN I CARE ABOUT IT… i will fix it and re-read my work, but on here, iam not going to waste my time! get it?
well, i would first like to say that i have borwsed this web all over and have read every blog, so that chris could not call my uninfromed.
Now, why would you evoke such an image on the web if ur point was totally different? i guess for attention- public awarness- but dont complain now.
My family is complete. i have two wonderful children, i live in australia where i am a marine biologist, and my husband studies mamal existence. so why should we not save the world? even if my family was messed up, i would still save the world, becuase i care. all the “stupid wahle queadas” as u say are doing the same thing, but in smaller picture, as they cannot do as much as us adults. i do not agree that you descriminate against them, becuase they are trying to make our future bright and becuase they care. if we dont trust them… then who will? and who will fix our previous mistakes?
as i have read these blogs, i can agree with both sides. not the family issues, but if we should get involved. as few have said, god has made us care takers of this world, but is it our job to fix it? i mean there are two sides, a) that god has everything planned out that we fix what has been odne, or b) that he has the future organized that we dont need to help. now to decide which one to go with, you need to follow what you believe, and stick with it, dont give up.
as to the teenagers, keep up your commitment to our planet and follow you dreams, they will come true.
Chris, i would appreciate if you would stop bashing my fututre and yours. they are literate and i see shmos point of how puncuation and speeling doesnt madder, i dont care right now either.
Phillip~ i have to agree that you have some excelletn points! but then again i am back to my spiritual ways of believe what you believe.
chris i must say that your arrogance is very… excentutating. it shows that you will commit to what you have started, and that is good even though you get so much grief. i do believe however that the grief you get is very apprehensive and undersatndable.
thank you for reading my long speil, feel free to blog back to me for info and advice of how you can help.
wow! lizzy i am so glad that you have said that! you are seriously living my dream, i mean australia, thats my goal! well thank you, i am glad that adults see us as a bright beacon for them in the future! and that some think we contribute a lot! thank you
lizzy » How can you be an adult woman with children and a scientist husband and be able to write like this, “My family is complete. i have two wonderful children, i live in australia where i am a marine biologist, and my husband studies mamal (sic) existence. so why should we not save the world?” Mammal! Mammal! The job your husband does every day is studying Mammals, with two els. Besides, “excentutating” isn’t even a word, so I don’t even know what my arrogance is! Egad! The future is ruined if the entire island of Australia is subliterate, even the wives of marine biologists! Good lord! Please tell me that you’re a 14-year-old girl just pretending to be a mom and wife because otherwise you’ll make my cry.
shmo » What is an “akranims?”
see like i said, i am bad at spelling. like a.k.a. or t.t.y.l how they satnd for stuff. c’mon use some common sense and sound it out.
i hope you do cry, i am speaking like this to prove a point. i’m not going to say what it is, or you would never have to find out. we also have differnet ways of speaking, learn that you bone head!
yes, why try and save the world. After all it is the only planet in the solar system capable of supporting life!
thank you! exactly! well… actually so far! but thats still so true!
lizzy » There may be different ways of speaking but there is a dictionary for a reason and when speaking English, mammal is always spelled mammal and never mamal, especially when that personal supposedly has a husband who studies aquatic mammals. So, you’re just plain wrong, sub-literate, and — to be frank — either lazy or wrong.
you r so cruel save them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shmo » I will use common sense next time if you spend the little bit of time trying to sort out what I am trying to say, too. Meet me half-way.
no! ok i am done trying to undertand what is wrong with you.
to everyone that reads these, dont listen to chris abraham, do as much as you can to help our world and dont let anyone stear you away from what you believe.
shmo » Oh, egad!
i am with shmo, there is no point in this website. afternoon chap! good bye!
lizzy » I appreciate it. Thanks for coming.
ah, chris. you’re my hero. nicely done.
Much obliged, brother!
Dearest Chris >> Reading the above posts about how awful you are, sent me into an outburst of uncontrollable laughter! Laughter coupled with the irony of your article “Don’t Save the Whales” has been good medicine and compelled me to write you in thanks. I have had personal experiences with one that has worn many benevolent masks of philanthropy, such as Saving the World, Saving the Sea, Joining Team Blue and I’d even dare say Saving the Musicians. While at first the motivation to engage in these heroics seemed honorable, ultimately the motive was replace by a relentless need to gain fame and fortune. Ego and greed pushed loved ones aside leading to unloving actions. In the end, and most disappointing of all, I witnessed a loss of integrity and self-love. I don’t believe any success, be it a charity or otherwise can compensate for failure to ones-self or to those beloved to you.
Chris I applaud you for your controversial and antagonistic approach to bring awareness to saving ones-self along with protecting loved ones etc. It’s a brilliant bit of marketing for your site, best wishes for your prosperity. However, as you are aware, it appears the essence of your article was lost on most of your readers.
For the sake of another full-hearted laugh, let me join you in your scrutiny and say, Don’t Save the Whales, Don’t Save the Rainforests, Don’t Save the World, Don’t Save the Sea and Don’t Join Team Blue. Stop trying to fool the world because the person your fooling is yourself. Instead, Save Yourself and I’ll do likewise. Possibly with taking on this objective, money, cars, success, fame and charities will find their appropriate place among priority lists.
The original post by “jenn” on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at 6:46 pm is so surreal to me. Her venom was release upon you because she lacked understanding. Yet her statement ironically has validity to another that shares your name. If there is anyone deserving of having a whale beach itself upon them, it is he.
Thank you for this article and Jenn of Jan. 3 2008 thank you for your post. You have all made my day.
Chris possibly one day Jenn, Kevin and Joe Shmo will discover the truth of this whole confusing affair. And like a lightening bolt, clarity and understanding may strike, and with perfect focus they will finally see the “real you.”
You’re SIDING with this freak? Jeez maybe you and him should get together with a bunch of your friends and family so you can ALL hang yourselves?
haha wow looking back a my blogs i nvr remember saying any of those things, but they all r true. i still cant believe that u r continuing with this, i mean, what is your motive? theres is no sense for u to display such pofound crap. w/e go on with it
If you’re thinking of eating whale, you might want to think again – the blubber of dead whales in some areas is so highly contaminated with organochlorines such as PCBs and pesticides that it would be classified as toxic waste!
you serrisley think people dont want to save the whales than think again you suck…
What does “serrisley” mean? Seriously!
i think that u r very smart…… y kill thousands of babies a day to abortion but try to save a couple of whales????
i dont understand.
half you “hippie i love the earth save the whales” fuckers are just plain stupid. this guy has a good point, in fact, people who try to save the environment but sacrifice their families are the most selfish of all. Why are you idiots so concerned with whales, do whales put bread on your table, do you get sexual pleasures from whales i mean what the fuck! Whales are a source of oil and food for the people that fish them just as cows are a major source of meat and milk in the U.S. Why don’t you go complain about cows first, after all cows and whales are both animals.
email me at theahndynasty@yahoo.com
if you wanna try to convince my of why whales should be saved. I doubt any of you could come up with a viable argument
WHAT THE FUCK IS WORNG WITH YOU PEOPLE WHALES ARE AS IMPORTANT AS WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE HARPOONED AND STILL BE ALIVE IN MAJOR PAIN JUST TO BE SLAUGHTERD WITHOUT ANY PAIN KILLERS? I HATE POACHERS THEY ARE ILLEAGLE AND SHOULD BE SENT TO DEATH ROW FOR KILLING ANY ANIMAL. KILLING AN ANIMAL IS LIKE TAKING YOUR BEST FRIENDS LIFE. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE UR BEST FRIEND TO DIE? WHALES HAVE FAMILIES. POACHERS I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS IF YOU CAM HOME TO FIND OUT ONE OF YOUR FAMILY MEMEBERS HAD BENN KILLED JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED THEIR TEETH OR HAIR HOW WOULD U FEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE ALL POACHERS ARE DAMNED TO HELL!
That is an awesome post and just why I blog. Illeagle. Awesome.
Bahahahahahahahaha, you my brother need to save yourself!
However I give you props for the innovative title, you got a lot of clicks-
good marketing technique-wrong idea.
PEACE OUT BROTHER
You’re like Lady Gaga-trying to stir controversy in order to get attention.
you might as well kill a whale and wear it……….that was a joke…don’t really do it.
Nice, you just gave him an idea!
Chris, I’ve read your article and I think people make sacrifices in order to achieve something noble. Now, since you put up the family up bringing issue, I have to tell you this, when men go to war they always leave their loved ones behind. Many kids don’t even see their dads all their lives but that does not mean we should stop sending men to war. They go to war for a purpose and once it has been achieved they return. If now their purpose is to save the whales, then they make their sacrifices and they go to war. This time they try to end the cruelty humans are showing towards creatures.
Phillip, what is the natural way crap you’re on, if tomorrow someones shows up and kills your family in front of you, would you say it was nature that took its course. Really don’t fill us up with your crap.
I think this whole article is gay, maybe Chris you should start spending more time with your own family, help your kids grow with good values and stop spreading crap like this and pick on people who don’t have good english. Really