Manifeste sua (o)posição - III

Recebi esta resposta padrão. Acompanhe a íntegra em inglês - se precisar de tradução, peça pela área de comentário que eu publico depois.

Vale registrar a falta de respeito: sou brasileiro e escrevi para os representantes deles no Brasil em português, ou seja, eu não sou obrigado a entender e dominar o inglês - apesar de fazê-lo - e muito menos eles sabem disto, o que leva a crer que pra eles tanto faz mesmo, manda a resposta padrão e 'f0d4-53'.

Bem, o que esperar de 'pessoas' que praticam tamanha crueldade e falta de respeito?

Note que lavaram as mãos sujas de sangue colocando a culpa e responsabilizando as Ilhas Faroe, que fazem - mas pelo visto não tanto - parte da Dinamarca. Mais ou menos no esquema ' quando
interessa, fazem, quando não, não'.

Manifeste você também sua indignação:

Consulado Geral da Dinamarca em São Paulo : saogkl@um.dk

Embaixada da Dinamarca em Brasília : bsbamb@um.dk

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Dear Klaus

The Embassy of Denmark has received your letter where you express your feelings caused by some pictures circulating on the internet depicting selected scenes from the catching of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands.

We take note of the fact that a number of people find the above mentioned pictures disturbing. However, before passing any judgment upon whaling in general or the Faroese pilot whale drive fishery in particular one will need to supplement a possibly negative aesthetic first hand impression with considerations of a number of issues such as:

· General principles regarding use of wildlife;

· Biodiversity: the effects of the catch upon the relevant whale stock;

· Principles regarding the sustainable use of ocean resources, including interdependence between marine mammals and fish stocks;

· Animal welfare issues, including comparisons of a whale hunt with other hunts of large mammals in the wild, with the treatment of farmed animals throughout their life cycle, and of animals which are regarded as a nuisance; one might even consider certain kinds of non-food-related violent treatment of large mammals, found in some cultures.

· Ethics of food production in general. Does a meal of pilot whale meat represent more or less cumulated man-made animal pain than dishes normally eaten in one’s own country?

· Ecological questions, notably the ecological footprint of different modes of meat production, including the choice between local and imported food.

· Geographic and nutritional factors, availability of alternative food sources, notably in islands and remote coastal areas, not least in arctic or sub-arctic parts of the world.

· Cultural diversity, and tolerance/intolerance towards people with different food preferences and/or different attitudes towards different animals;

The Faroe Islands have autonomy within the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands are not included in Denmark’s membership of the European Union. Affairs regarding industry, agriculture, the environment, fishing and whaling, are subject to Faroese autonomy.

If you want to address the Faroese authorities regarding pilot whaling, the e-mail address of the Foreign Department of the Faroese Government is mfa@mfa.fo; The e-mail address of the Faroese department of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs is fisk@fisk.fo;

If you, before forming your own finite opinion of the subject, or before addressing the relevant authorities, should be interested in acquiring some factual knowledge about whaling in the Faroe Islands, you may turn to the homepage on whaling of the Faroese authorities: www.whaling.fo;

Eric Ribeiro

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ERIC RIBEIRO / ERIRIB@UM.DK

COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION

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Fors Fortuna,