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Lead front page article in this morning's Vancouver Sun: "Members of Parliament from all parties voted unanimously Wednesday in favour of a Bloc Quebecois motion calling on the government to come up with a way to integrate seal pelts into the athletes’ uniforms.
“With the upcoming Winter Olympics that will be in Vancouver in 2010, the government has a chance to offer some concrete action to promote seal products,” Bloc Quebec MP Raynald Blais said."
It has been a long time since every Member of Parliament in Canada voted in favour of any motion.
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You know what the walrus had to say about seal skin sporrans? "No skin off my back!
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 Originally Posted by ThistleDown
Lead front page article in this morning's Vancouver Sun: "Members of Parliament from all parties voted unanimously Wednesday in favour of a Bloc Quebecois motion calling on the government to come up with a way to integrate seal pelts into the athletes’ uniforms.
“With the upcoming Winter Olympics that will be in Vancouver in 2010, the government has a chance to offer some concrete action to promote seal products,” Bloc Quebec MP Raynald Blais said."
It has been a long time since every Member of Parliament in Canada voted in favour of any motion.
Looks like sealskin sporrans for all our athletes! I don't personally wear sealskin sporrans because I don't wear something I don't eat. But I don't begrudge others choice to wear one.
[B][COLOR="DarkGreen"]John Hart[/COLOR]
Owner/Kiltmaker - Keltoi
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EU regulations also force fishermen to throw fish accidentally netted that do not fit certain specifications back into the sea. Their swim bladders are already ruptured and they will not survive or breed afterwards but they must be wasted on principle nevertheless.
One wonders where the logic is.
Sporrans are a limited market and seal fur ones are not going to severely decrease the seal population. So it can be seen as an attack upon a traditional way of dress by the anti fur brigade who are not directly affected themselves by the move and who have long had the freedom of choice to go for substitutes themselves.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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 Originally Posted by ccga3359
The hunting of seals will continue due to the over population of seals, the ban isn't going to lessen it. It is done as humanly as possible as per regulations as opposed to PETA distruths. I respect your choice but I do ask All of the seal is used, meat oils and pelts, so how is this different from bovine?
Exactly. With an enlarged international ban culling will continue and the carcasses will be used as before. It's the good use of the skins we are discussing here. Sporrans are traditional, as are coats.
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Not sure if this is a good or bad thing as it depends on your personal viewpoint, and I respect all other's.
One effect, however, for those who do not mind owning or wearing sealskin sporrans, is that there is likely to be a good sale on those products over the next 6 months as stores try to purge their stocks to come into compliance, which means more product and better prices for the buyers.
And that would be from seals who have already paid the price, not likely from newly killed seals.
Last edited by ForresterModern; 8th May 09 at 06:02 AM.
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I just can't stop!
If it's a sporran ya want and made o'seal,
Nows the time to make the deal.
It seems that Parliament has banned,
Not just the new, but all on hand.
So if it's seal skin that ye lust,
Better buy it, before August.
Sorry.
Last edited by kiltedsawyer; 8th May 09 at 07:28 AM.
“If you want people to speak kindly after you’re gone, speak kindly while you’re alive.”
Bob Dylan
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 Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer
if it's a sporran ya want and made o'seal,
nows the time to make the deal.
It seems that parliament has banned,
not just the new, but all on hand.
So if it's seal skin that ye lust,
better buy it, before august.
nice!
The Barry
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis;
voca me cum benedictis." -"Dies Irae" (Day of Wrath)
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Luckily, it looks as though kitten sporrans are still legal.
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Same old same old.
Funny how people have contempt for politicians -- on the one side, but I suppose not on the other.
[FONT="Georgia"][B][I]-- Larry B.[/I][/B][/FONT]
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