1 Tibetan Buddhists are not strict vegetarians, as it is difficult to grow vegetables and grains in the Himalayas. 2  Three major monastaries have become fully vegetarian recently with the help of imported foods. 3  The Dalai Lama wishes to be a full vegetarian, even though he cannot, as he applauds the compassion it shows.
Welcome to POON Harpoons Harpoons are used as a tool to land large fish as an alternative to a straight or flying gaff. They allow for greater reach and accuracy, cause less damage to fish, and overall are a much more effective and safe in landing large Tuna, Swordfish, Mako Shark or any other large pelagic species.
It looks like spear is the most general term. More specifically, though, the spear would be used to stab someone up close, the javelin would be thrown from far away, and the harpoon would be thrown at a whale or other sea creature and used to pull the animal back in (Good job, Chris.) It looks like Moises was right, too.