Quote:Because it is cruel.
We do plenty of cruel things to animals. Some of them you even support yourself. Whales are no exception. What is the real reason?
Quote:These animals are enormous and have lived for decades.
Maybe that's it - size really does matter.
Quote:Whales have enough to contend with as far as pollution, underwater sonic booms and hunting.
There are plenty of animals around in far worse peril.
Quote:Many species are becoming endangered.
There are many species of fish becoming endangered too. That is no good reason to put fish off the menu. It's like calling for a ban on chicken meat because the purple spotted guinea fowl is endangered. It is an appeal to ignorance, nothing more.
Quote:In regard to the Japanese their motives are only about continuing their beloved traditional hunting and nothing else.
How about you let the Japanese say what motivates them instead of putting words into their mouths.
Quote:The Japanese have had an unsuccessful concerted campaign to promote whale meat and only a small proportion of the population eat it.
Why is culinary diversity a bad thing? That is like KFC and maccas trying to ban meat pies because not many people eat them. Also, why is it legitimate for stoned hippies to try to invent another pointless taboo with campaigns to change what people eat, but when the Japanese encourage the consumption of sustainably harvested wild food it is somehow evidence of their illigitemacy? I would try whale meat if it wasn't illegal, and I don't need an advertising campaign to make me want to try. The fact that the Japanese are the underdog does not prove anything against them.
Mercedes:
Quote:I'm against whaling solely due to the critically low levels of whale stocks available.
The whales that are harvested are in abundance.
Quote:If whale stocks were of a sustainable level to permit widespread hunting again, I would be all for it.
They are, which is why the IWC scientific committee is drawing up plans for a resumption of commercial whaling.
Quote:I'm also in favor of treating Sea Shepherd (like say, the Animal Liberation Front) to the fullest extent of Saxon tribal law.
Me too. We are hypocrits for being so tolerant of their illegal and dangerous antics.