I eat meat and I know someones got to do it but how much did they need to pay you till you said hell yes, Ill stand on a production line of animals and kill them as they go past!

about $7 an hour while I was 17. I think. It was a long time ago. I've still got the payslips to check but they're in storage in QLD, so that's really not practical right now.

I quite enjoyed it, I think it was a bit more exciting than say working at maccas (futher down the production line) would have been. After the first couple of dozen and the dream where I myself was slaughtered and turned into steaks (a lot of young slaughtermen have that dream), it was quite emotionless. Then it was just a matter of how fast you could get through them and get to the pub after work.

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Originally posted by Kitehard

Sorry for not being a big fan of Greenpeace. My old man offered to donate some money to Greenpeace at some stage, I was house sitting for him and some tree hugger rang on the phone demanding money and was really very rude and aggressive. I told him to ring my old man when he got back and that in the mean time he should pull his head in, I will not support their efforts due to their collection strategy. Sea Shepphard sounds better.

As for the greenpeace effort, as I understand it, they will cut down a bunch of trees to make paper origami to send to the Japs to prevent them from whaling ... or maybe let them have a laugh at our attempt at origami?

The Japs probably wont be able to do much whaling for the first day or two once they get up from rolling around on the Floor laughing their arses off. OMFG! <slaps forehead>

Good winds,

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To all you rednecks,particularly Kitehard,your use of the term "tree hugger" shows where your brain is at !

Greenpeace is one of the only things standing between your chidren and total anihalation !
Before you criticise them(using the standard redneck terms) check out their literature and website.THEY are out there in rubber duckies puting themselves BETWEEN the harpoon guns and the whales.Someone was hurt recently by the harpoon cable,after the harpoon narrowly missed the Greenpeace boat.

I suppose you supported the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior (the Greenpeace ship,on a mission to stop Nuclear tests in the Pacific )and the murder of a photographer on board by the French Secret Service.If it was not for Greenpeace,they would probably still be testing!

Thanks

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Originally posted by Kitehard

Sorry for not being a big fan of Greenpeace. My old man offered to donate some money to Greenpeace at some stage, I was house sitting for him and some tree hugger rang on the phone demanding money and was really very rude and aggressive. I told him to ring my old man when he got back and that in the mean time he should pull his head in, I will not support their efforts due to their collection strategy. Sea Shepphard sounds better.

As for the greenpeace effort, as I understand it, they will cut down a bunch of trees to make paper origami to send to the Japs to prevent them from whaling ... or maybe let them have a laugh at our attempt at origami?

The Japs probably wont be able to do much whaling for the first day or two once they get up from rolling around on the Floor laughing their arses off. OMFG! <slaps forehead>

Good winds,

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To all you rednecks,particularly Kitehard,your use of the term "tree hugger" shows where your brain is at !

Greenpeace is one of the only things standing between your chidren and total anihalation !
Before you criticise them(using the standard redneck terms) check out their literature and website.THEY are out there in rubber duckies puting themselves BETWEEN the harpoon guns and the whales.Someone was hurt recently by the harpoon cable,after the harpoon narrowly missed the Greenpeace boat.

I suppose you supported the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior (the Greenpeace ship,on a mission to stop Nuclear tests in the Pacific )and the murder of a photographer on board by the French Secret Service.If it was not for Greenpeace,they would probably still be testing!

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Harden up User. Surely you realize everyone on this thread is taking the P1SS .... No amount of action/reaction is going to stop what we are all doing to the planet .... in a few trillion years it will all be over..... so in the meantime lets kite the ****e out of the place [}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

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How exactly does one cook a goose? I imagine they are quite the game type of meat... must be slowly boiled then a gravey sauce added with some noodles and a sprinkle of chili... because everything tastes good with chili... Even bits of dolphins I bet in chili flavored tuna taste good.

Is it humane to chop the head off a goose or that’s poor form now since the invasion of Iraq in which case how does one humanly kill a goose.. With bird flu perhaps? No that might offend American Indians.. How does one kill birds in general…The local port authority managed to kill a few thousand at last count..Oh perhaps its lead! And not the shiny stuff encased with gunpowder… might have to add more chili though.

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Harden up cwamit.....don't tell me your a mate of user trying to give him support..... none of this stuff is real comrade .....you are just being sucked into the game ......geez..... its a joke mate ..

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Hey user,

You dont know me or any of my philosophies or political stances, I just don't think greenpeace is the organisation it once was.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the environment, I was just really put off by the beligerent a*#hole on the phone demanding that I send them money on behalf of my old man.

If they'd been even slightly tactful about it, or even understanding of the fact that my father wasn't there and I was not about to donate money for him before I found out what it was about, I may have donated some bucks too.

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Hey Kitehard,I DO know you.That was the reason for my (probably a bit rude,I apologise) reponse.
I kinda figured you would be FOR the policies of Greenpeace.

You can't judge a Global organisation on one individual !
I met a kiter once that was a total dickhead,but most others seem OK.

The origami thing is aimed at schoolkids and regular people that can't be actively involved by going in the rubber duckies,wearing wet weather gear to stop the drenching from the Jap fire hoses, and risking their life to stop the harpoons.

Cheers

meat=murder

and we will all be judged.

User - these issues often touch raw nerves and there is really no need to get personal if there is a differance of opinion. Would it really be ok for vegans to club meat lovers over the head because they feel justified?

Please read my earlier post Re: Greenpeace's slide over the last decade or so. I (as a paid up member) really have had to question the motivation of this once trailblazing organisation.

It really is ok to be questioning (yes and maybe even cynical) of the "good guys". How do you think Bush so successfully got the green light for Iraq/Afghanistan etc etc? Because his dumb ass voters (all 30% that actually bother) believe he is wearing the white hat, put him up on an unquestionable (Un-American to do so) dias and swollew every shovel full - no questions asked.

Try reading Ben Elton's "This other Eden" which (as a confirmed green supporter as he is) questions green groups motivations (GP is the obvious model he has based it on). Not his best work but interesting and thought provoking all the same.

Anyway we all want a cleaner safer better world so F**K off the uneccessary 4WD for the soccer mums, catch public transport, get rid of the green cancer (lawn) as much as poss, eat less meat and find more common ground with fellow ocean lovers... etc etc

in 5000 years the it all over for the big blue rock any way . its a known fact in many science communities the the the earth is moving1cm closer to sun with each passing year and in 5000 years it will be close enough to put out the earths core thus causing the earth to harden to the point of imploding .
so in the year of jumping on the green band wagon for financial gain
take some time out think is it worth saving and if it is what is it worth saving for.
new kiting gear will still be to expencive , there will never be enough wind , your secert spot will always be to crowded and you mates sheila will always be hot .
sure i would change the world but as long as so much power is given to so few people there is no hope for change.