Interview · moment 29 of 37
Has Anyone Changed Eli's Mind?
from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356
2 min
Guest
Tim asks if any fishermen have swayed Eli's views, and Eli says only Indonesian protein scarcity resonates, while most shark fin trade is mafia-driven and pointless, especially in Spain.
- Shark fin soup tradition is a fake marketing gimmick, not a genuine practice.
- Tim asks if sitting down with actual fishermen has changed anyone's mind on the practice.
- The only legitimate argument he sees is starvation in Indonesia driving protein need.
- The real answer for why it continues: everyone's just making money from killing them.
- Tim rejects compromise: the middle ground would be viewing sharks as violent predators to protect ourselves from.
- He's been in the water his whole life and saw a sand shark once that was disgusted by him.