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08-30-2009, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire View Post
You've missed the point.

-Australia is under the jurisdiction of the Australian government and laws.

-However, the open sea belongs to no country. Therefore the open sea and it's ecology must be protected via International consensus and challenging Japanese ships in open waters is fine to a certain extent.

-Japan goes against International consensus concerning whaling.

-Commercial whaling pushed certain species of whale close to extinction therefore if commercial whaling were to resume, they would once again become endangered.


I don't know where you got this idea from. Whaling was outlawed in the 20th century because they were endangered.
You are the one who has missed the point.

>-Australia is under the jurisdiction of the Australian government and laws.
>-However, the open sea belongs to no country. Therefore the open sea and it's ecology must be protected via International consensus and challenging Japanese ships in open waters is fine to a certain extent.

Whaling is restricted by IWC. Amount of hunting dolphin is also restricted by Japanese government. So you can blame Japan and IWC. Likewise we can blame Australia.

We are discussing whether hunting wild animal is wrong or not, the matter of target we have to protest is another thing.

>-Japan goes against International consensus concerning whaling.

This is just as much as tyranny by major group.

>-Commercial whaling pushed certain species of whale close to extinction therefore if commercial whaling were to resume, they would once again become endangered.

Commercial whaling must be controlled instead of inhibited.
Many data shows that some kind of whales are increasing.

>Whaling was outlawed in the 20th century because they were endangered.
Once western people overhunted whales and had no other choice to decrease the amount. They quit whaling as petroleum products replaced whale oil. Afterward whaling was outlawed.
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