{"id":21972,"date":"2015-07-06T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21972"},"modified":"2015-07-06T06:01:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T06:01:54","slug":"the-crimson-sluice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/the-crimson-sluice\/","title":{"rendered":"The crimson sluice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crimson sluice of whale blood<br \/>\nInfused with brine does show<br \/>\nHow serious the case is<br \/>\nAnd how it seems to grow<br \/>\nThe Faroe Islanders nonsense<br \/>\nIs seen by all for we<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t bear to hear the cries of woe<br \/>\nComing from out the sea<\/p>\n<p>This murdering and violent  spectacle<br \/>\nIs creating far and wide<br \/>\nA virulence of contaminants<br \/>\nNow lurking deep inside<br \/>\nWomen and children suffer<br \/>\nThe vagaries of men<br \/>\nWho have no regard to life itself<br \/>\nAnd only think of when<\/p>\n<p>They can kill another Pilot Whale<br \/>\nTear its head off, and watch<br \/>\nIt pump its life&#8217;s blood through the surf<br \/>\nThankfully they botch<br \/>\nTheir dietary principles<br \/>\nWith mercury and more<br \/>\nWith poly chlorination<br \/>\nAnd heavy metals galore<\/p>\n<p>This affects their unborn children<br \/>\nYes they affect it all<br \/>\nTheir kidneys and their livers<br \/>\nThis cocktail does appal<br \/>\nThe grind its called<br \/>\nTradition its known as<br \/>\nWe all see<br \/>\nDenmark send its war ships<br \/>\nAs protection ludicrously<\/p>\n<p>Which keeps the spirit rising<br \/>\nOn these islands where we see<br \/>\nSuch carnage, and such bitterness<br \/>\nAnd such madness actually<br \/>\nChildren are  immersed in it<br \/>\nWomen seemingly<br \/>\nStill consuming the blubber<br \/>\nAnd dying unnecessarily<\/p>\n<p>We humans exploit nature<br \/>\nAnd the wild souls of the sea<br \/>\nAnd we suffer for our arrogance<br \/>\nIt seems consistently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crimson sluice of whale blood Infused with brine does show How serious the case is And how it seems to grow The Faroe Islanders nonsense Is seen by all for we Can&#8217;t bear to hear the cries of woe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/07\/the-crimson-sluice\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orcas-and-dolphins","category-whales-and-sea-shepherd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21974,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21972\/revisions\/21974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}