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Originally Posted by GoNative
I have no particular love for whales or think they require any special protection above that of any other wild animal.
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If you think so,you don't need to say that justifications for Japanese whaling are obviously completely and utterly ridiculous.
You should only say treat whales as same as any other wild animal.Instead of that,you posted so long anti whaling opinion.Don' act like as if you were Neutral.Where are the justifications for anti whaling?
As for current demand,Have you ever been to Shizuoka,Chiba,Iwate,Wakayama Prefecture?
They actually eat whale meat more often than in Big Cities like Tokyo.
In addition,why don't you take account of potential demand?
I wonder why someone try to forbid whaling,when he thinks there is no demand for whale meat.
As for Nationalist , even communist party don't say stop whaling.All political parties from left to right are not against whaling in Japan.They never treat whaling as political issue.
On the other hand,the Australian Labor Party tooK a legal action for next election.
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Originally Posted by GoNative
If they can even slightly make a case of it being somewhat traditional then how about retricting their whaling to traditional areas rather than down in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
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Unfortunately,Aus Gov.doesn't allow any kind of whaling ,even in Japanese traditional areas.And The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is Public see.
Japanese government doesn't justify whaling by saying only "our Culture". This is mainly resource problem.
"provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry".
btw,there was no Westerner in Austraria continent.Why don't they go back to Europe? Their traditional areas.