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[mises]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/richardblack/2011/02/is_this_the_beginning_of.html

[Steelrails]

As long as the whales aren't endangered I don't care if they are hunted.

If they are, obviously that's bad.

Maybe now the can go harass the Norwegians and the Icelanders. Unfortunately, their whole whaling thing doesn't jive well with the Left's perception of progressive Scandinavia.

That would be pretty awkward if during next year's Nobel's and the Left of the world was lecturing everyone on environmentalism and so on while there were whaling protests going on.

And we wonder why the Chinese were a little ticked by the sanctimony. You don't think they noticed those whaling people making a stink about an Asian nation in relation to a progressive issue, while those same people ignored that issue being practiced by the Nobel host nation?

The Japanese have been pretty good sports about the whole being nuked and occupied thing, let em' have 500 non-endangered whales a year and spare them the sanctimonious values lecturing.

[mises]

Some of the species of whales that are killed are endangered.

[jvalmer]

As long as foreigners keep on lecturing Japan on whaling they will keep on whaling. It's mostly about face, and add to the fact the Norwegians and Icelanders get nowhere the same amount of international (western) pressure, it does hint of racism. The best thing to do is to get Japanese anti-whaling organizations to pressure the Japanese themselves.

[visitorq]

The amount they catch is entirely sustainable. The Japanese whalers catch mainly Minke; around 500 per year (out of over 1 million in the southern hemisphere alone, according to the International Whaling Commission). Whaling is no more cruel than any other form of meat consumption (probably less cruel than eating a factory farm pork chop, actually).

It also tastes quite good and is nutritious (I don't believe all the baloney about it being chalk full of mercury). I ate some last month on a trip to Tokyo -it was quite delicious, reasonably priced, and well prepared. No qualms about it.

[jvalmer]

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

Whaling is completely unacceptable these days. This isn't the 1800's. There is no need for whaling anymore. I doubt that the Japanese have truly given up. I just don't see that happening. Therefore, I will continue to applaud those that interfere with their activities. And it should be applied across the board. I don't care if it is an Asian nation or a Scandanavian nation...it is wrong and should be stopped.

As far as the notion that the Japanese should be allowed to continue whaling because of being nuked and occupied in the past is quite obtuse. You know damn well that the Japanese would have never given up during WW2 without being nuked. The atomic bomb saved more lives than the destruction it caused. As far as occupation, Japan needed to be occupied(like Germany). They were brainwashed and, if not for occupation, would have simply continued their old ways. Why should whales suffer because of Japan's desire for the Great Asian Co-prosperity sphere?

[UknowsI]

[geldedgoat]

As long as people continue to consume pork, chicken, beef, eggs, and milk harvested from commercial slaughterhouses and farms, places that employ practices that would make a medieval torturer blush, while at the same time condemning practices such as this, I'm just gonna laugh in their faces. So... ha.

[Kuros]

I really hope the protesters of whaling, in their victory, choose to devote funds to whaling staff re-training and unemployment benefits.

Other than that, I agree with the opinions expressed in this documentary.

[Fox]

[geldedgoat]

[jrwhite82]

I think the SS eat an entirely vegan diet during their trips to interfere with Japanese whaling. I don't see a problem with what the SS are doing. They picked their battle and are going for protecting whales and other aquatic life. Saying they should focus on stoping slaughter houses or meat farms is like saying every scientist should stop what they are doing to focus on curing cancer instead of working on other problems and diseases simultaneously. Why do it like that?

The southern ocean is supposed to be a whale sanctuary. Endangered or not, whales are not supposed to be hunted there. (Squirrels aren't endangerd...but would you like your neighbor coming into your backyard to blasting away with a shotgun?) The Japanese have agreed to this but are using a loophole to hunt whales in an illegal manner. Hunting of whales is permitted for some populations for cultural reasons. These indigenous tribes are not using fleets of ships and factory vessels to turn large profits on meat from nature preserves.

[geldedgoat]

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

Oh, what a surprise. I knew that someone would come out with the usual, "well, people eat chicken and beef, so eating whale is okay." Just like when you mention that you are vegetarian and people say, "what about the plants?" Yep, nothing like rolling that out to desperately make a point out of thin air . And I do advocate a vegetarian/vegan diet. I will try to make it simple for you to understand: Eating whale is not necessary because there are plenty of other options out there that don't involve painful death. It's not too tough to understand and I believe that you might actually learn something from it. At least I hope so.