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12-02-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by miMix View Post
At least the Japanese use every part of the whale, other countries will be wasteful of some parts of the animals they kill. It is of Japanese tradition to greatly respect nature, animals and the like. Also, I often hear how people accuse the Japanese of killing dolphins and eating them, but other countries are the ones who can't even tell the difference between tuna and dolphin when dolphin is packed into tuna fish cans.
What do you mean the Japanese greatly respect nature? The former Japanese foreign minister said himself that their is NO interest in Japan in whaling and many Japanese don't eat it but for a small but powerful conservative lobby group who insist on it.
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