Do you agree with Japan's whaling?

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Japan are trying to over turn the international ban on whaling. But either way, they will continue whaling for 'scientific purposes'. Since when was eating whale science... Makes me dislike japan.

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This is a "copy and paste" from an answer I gave recently on the same topic. I am not here to debate about animal rights or activism. I respect other's opinion and answers - please read my answer first and then have the courtesy to respect mine.
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I eat meat. I make no apology for this. I have no problem with hunting animals for food.

Hoewever, I am opposed to whale hunting for a number of reasons.
Whale number is very much close to extinct. The Japanese don't seem to care. I remembered years ago - probably before even some of you on this anwer page was even born. But a representative from Japan said that they will hunt whales until there is not more (to hunt). That is such a stupid reasoning. If they want to have whale fo their consumption, they must think about being able to sustain it.

I am opposed to the way the whale is hunted. It is cruel. Extremely cruel, prolonged agonising death. I would only agree to whale hunting if there is a better, more humane way.

As someone else said - while it is being eaten in Japan. Only a few actually do. This is more of a prestige than food to survive. Some of the other countries hunt whale because it IS food. There is a difference.

To say that it is hunted for "scientific research" is an insult to our intelligence. It is offensive. How many whale do they need to split open from head to tail for ONE tissue sample? Let's call hunting "hunting" and not research.

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Its not a pretty scene even if they say its for science other mammals are not killed for science ~~
**** the Japanese
they are murderers
my holy brain
They sneaked attack Americans and killed thousands;

They murdered hundreds of thousands of Koreans and Chinese;

America hit back killing hundreds of thousands.

Now the Japanese wants to hunt and kill whales en masse under the pretext of science (whales can't hit back).

The scientific evidence researched by the IWC's Scientific Committee demonstrated up to 2,000 minke whales could be taken each year without any impact on their population. This is the basis on which Japan is making its request for establishment of a commercial whaling quota.

Whatever scientific research Japan Whaling Inc conducts, it is just a pretext for commercial whaling; looking for legal and ethical reasons to continue killing whales en masse. Pro-whaling critics say one shouldn't interfere with a nation's traditional diet. I say we continue to support Greenpeace - financially or morally.
Deception is a two way street here.
Japan evades bans on whaling by pretending its for "scientific research" even though its not.
Anti-whaling advocates try to keep whaling banned forever by pretending the hunted species are still "endangered", even though they're not.

Both sides are happy, because they both get to keep playing the game and getting either cash for whale meat, or cash from left-wing donations.
In fact, if the anti-whaling advocates actually got what they wanted, both sides would be out of work. I think they're happy that there is some limited whaling which they can protest against.

Ethically, I don't really see much difference between eating whale and eating cow. And since there is no great demand for whale oil and ambergris these days, there is no chance at all that resuming commercial whaling for the meat will result in the decimation that occured over 100 years ago.

But maybe you on the left do see an ethical difference, which makes this a clash of cultural values. And YOU want to impose your culture on a foreign people? Doesn't sound very "liberal" to me.

Whale sushi is not the most tasty, kind of like a cross between a raw steak and maguro(tuna). But I like to "research" the flavor once in a while, all in the name of science!
Living in Japan 10 years, and much more accepting of other cultures and traditions than most environmental extremists.