OldNSalty
Contributor
Although I haven't been able to follow this entire thread due to being out of town, I am concerned about several posts I have seen which condemn the Japanese for the actions of the Japanese whalers. This is highly inappropriate as there are Japanese who are working for the end to whaling in their country.
It is also similar to to those who condemn all fishing (when many eat fish themselves). When I talk about fishing activities decimating the oceans, I am very unkind towards those who fish in illegal ways. I try to go easier on those who fish legally even though it is the cumulative effort of all fishers, commercial and recreational, that have caused the problem of overfishing.
Let's condemn the Japanese whalers (if we think we are without guilt ourselves... individually or as a nation), not the entire Japanese populace. Like any group of humans, they have varying opinions on this issue as well.
I am curious, and maybe you, or someone else, could help out with this. Why do they (the whalers) hunt whales?
Is meat so hard to come by in Japan? Is it a tradition thing? Is it really tasty? I mean, I think part of it might be that they are a proud people and simply might not like us telling them what they can do (plus the meat has to be useful for something) but I don't really know.
Understand why they do it might help in finding ways to persuade them not to do it. Might be more effective then chasing them around in small boats