Dell Studio 15 only $749!The 404 240: Where we can't find the CNET holiday party
After getting bad news about the death of this year's CNET holiday party, we wallow in sorrow for awhile but count our blessings that our two week vacation is still in tact. We move on to congratulate Logitech on their 1 billionth mouse and recommend a few of our favorite peripherals. We also wag a finger at Canada and unleash a horror story about their massacre of our beloved Sea Unicorn, the Narwhal. Shame on you, we thought you were better than us!
There are two very large problems that are tackled in today's episode. First one is the fact that our CNET holiday party has gone missing. What happened to it? It got canceled! Unbelievable, how is Wilson going to dip his pen in company ink now? We're still happy that we get to keep our extended holiday vacation though, so look forward to some exciting repeat episodes come Christmas. The next problem at hand here is the large scale massacre of the Narwhal perpetrated by our frenemies to the North. What the hell, Canada? The Sea Unicorn is, like, the most mythical creature we can actually see and you go and kill 500 of them? That's like killing Bigfoot and stuffing him in a refrigerator, it's just irresponsible. Your report card isn't looking so good either, friends...first the beheading, then the Saskatoon, now the Narwhals? What would the B-52s think? Let's pour one out for our underwater friends we've lost in this horrible display of inhumanity. :( x 10!
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Wilson Tang is an associate producer for CNET TV. He's a part-time artist and filmmaker and has written and directed several films. He likes long walks on the beach and girls.
Jeff Bakalar is an editor for CNET Reviews, getting all the dirt on the gaming industry. After spending a few years in the world of film production, he has settled down and currently lives in New Jersey. He's an avid writer, gamer, and full-time pessimist.
Justin Yu can be found tinkering with printers and other peripherals for CNET, when he's not adjusting his headphones, riding his bike, or eating hot dogs for breakfast.
I am a Canadian and I am also quite horrified by the events that have transpired in our far north this past week. However, I recommend that you educate yourself on the situation a little more before making such brash and overarching comments about my people.
First off, these whales became cut off from both food and air last week and were beginning to starve and suffocate to death. There were even reports of some whales fighting to the death to get to the few remaining airholes in the ice, sometimes expelling calves (baby whales) onto the surface of the ice with their fighting. I don't know if you've ever gone hungry or had an asma attack, but let me assure you that starving and suffocating are not pleasant ways to go. I'd rather be hunted than subjected to such a fate.
Furthermore, the meat and many other important resources garnered from this hunt will feed thousands of native Inuit communities in the north who honor their prey and cherish the gifts that they are given by nature. These aren't your downhome sport hunters that keep trophies in their homes. They're subsistence hunters. They hunt for food and survival.
Thirdly, the Canadian government did look into getting an ice breaker to Pond Inlet in order to free them, but it would have taken over a week to get there, by which time most of the whales would have starved/suffocated to death.
It is a sad, sad situation, but it is the only humane one available. As a final point, there are already calls for the government to use the money from the sale of the ivory tusks to fund research into why and how this happened so that we can avoid it in the future.
Now please, tone down the hate and stop being ignorant.