> How long until it’s open season on hunting them.
In 2011, the subgroup had 39 members. Yes, let's go hunt a sentient, intelligent species trying to protect themselves and their young to extinction; forever losing their intelligence and culture.
I remember seeing a video of a mother whale thanking sailors by bringing some food after they freed her kid from a fishing net. I believe if we actually start killing those intelligent creatures, we will severely off balance the ocean!
I knew people were going to react like that, but tell me: what value is there in the primitive, inscrutable culture of a tiny group? That kind of thing gets lost all the time. Every time a school class graduates, their tiny culture dissolves.
I'll repeat that I'm against hunting them, but that's because they are sentient and intelligent.
Precisely the same rationale can be applied to you. When you figure out why your inscrutable culture has any perceptible value, apply that reasoning outside your intentionally-narrowed values system. Recognize that the culture has not truly dissolved - it's merely your recognition thereof which has.
What value is there in the advanced, inscrutable culture of a large group?
* Our culture isn't inscrutable. You're part of it. You understand it.
* But is it the culture that makes you oppose killing people? Or whales? Chickens have no culture, certainly not factory farmed ones. Killing them is fine? Pigs? Cows? Solitary humans?
I wonder if this is what a hypothetical alien civilization may think of us: If we blow it up and build a hyperspace bypass through it, nothing of value will be lost.
It's tough. Humans initiated the invasive and agressive behavior. Now that orcas have retailiated, for whatever reason, it isn't right for humans to act innocent and blameless and to want to retaliate back.
Deterrence should be the only goal. Anything more should be met with harsh penalties.
