deepblue
07-01-2013, 05:23 PM
YES! It's a good step in the right direction.
Shark fin ban in California begins today. (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-shark-fin-ban,0,6629903.story)
I especially like the last paragraph, because this is the truth of it.
In 2011, restaurant critic Jonathan Gold wrote an opinion piece deploring finning and urging a ban. "There is no third way with shark's fin — we either stop eating it because we choose to preserve the species, or we stop eating it because soon there will be none left to eat.
Of course, there are people claiming this is unfair to them and their traditions. I'm native american, I understand the value of tradition and culture- when it doesn't mutilate anyone against their will or destroy a species. But if a tradition is literally decimating a species and therefore damaging the ecosystem and throwing everything out of balance, and therby affecting everyone else, that tradition needs to die.
Shark fin ban in California begins today. (http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-shark-fin-ban,0,6629903.story)
I especially like the last paragraph, because this is the truth of it.
In 2011, restaurant critic Jonathan Gold wrote an opinion piece deploring finning and urging a ban. "There is no third way with shark's fin — we either stop eating it because we choose to preserve the species, or we stop eating it because soon there will be none left to eat.
Of course, there are people claiming this is unfair to them and their traditions. I'm native american, I understand the value of tradition and culture- when it doesn't mutilate anyone against their will or destroy a species. But if a tradition is literally decimating a species and therefore damaging the ecosystem and throwing everything out of balance, and therby affecting everyone else, that tradition needs to die.