Ethically? What is the very ethical hunting? Please explain it.
I said that breeding animals for food may be more ugly than hunting because they deprive animal's freedom from the birth.

Some kind of whales are increasing enough to be hunted.

Japan have held by IWC ruling. Some people blame excessively.
I do not agree to IWC ruling. I want Japan to leave IWC as well as Canada.
International Whaling Commission have forgotten its identity.

Decision by a majority is no more than a way of achievement for democracy.
Freedom of each country must be maintain unless violate the rights of other countries.
Some kind of whale is not under extinction fear, the right of whaling countries must be esteemed.

IWC can control all amount of whaling by the IWC member.
There is no reason for banning in a single uniform way

From eyes Japanese, this seems opportunism by western people.

Factory farming I agree is quite brutal also and I hope that it may become outlawed. However that is another issue entirely.

As for ethical hunting... hunting with the wellbeing of the eco-system in mind is ethical at the very least.

Certainly sustained hunting can take place. Commercial hunting is a different matter though.

Canada has already left the IWC... but maintains a ban on commercial whaling.

First of all, countries do not have rights other than those set out by the UN charter.

Considering that Japan does not own the pacific ocean, and considering the ocean is a valuable resource for all countries in East Asia, the pacific and the Americas, then if Japan acts against this consensus by hunting whales Japan is violating the "rights" of other countries who utilise the ocean.

That's a huge assumption.

The very reason for banning in a single uniform way is because there are too many potential risks to the eco system. Also we can't trust the private sector and considering whaling activity is likely to increase if commercial whale hunting were allowed, the cost of monitoring Japanese whaling operations would also increase.

Speak for yourself. It's only the perspective of Japanese conservatives and nationalists. In fact oppurtunism is what the small but powerful Japanese whaling lobby is doing by trying to envoke nationalist sentiments in the Japanese population with regard to this issue.

Let's keep this discussion rational.

I felt that your post should have been in the "Chinglish" thread for a sec.:mtongue:

It's Kangaroo not loo.


Japan NEEDS to change it's ways and fall into line with it's international "friends" before they all dump it.

Your explanation is not clear enough. I think whaling by Japan fits with wellbeing of the eco-system.

It is not the matter whether a certain whaling is Commercial or not.

USA hunts Bowhead Whales (classified "Endangered" by red list) as non-commercial whaling every year.(IWC allowed it!)
Japan hunts whales as research but these are classified "Least concern".

First, Japan does not act against World consensus but just stay minor.
Almost countries do not have culture of eating whales.
Japanese whaling do not violate the rights of these countries.
Though, I agree to your viewpoint taking whales as "resources".

We have not discussed about monitoring costs...it may not be a big problem.
Anyway, whaling must be controlled and we can do.
It is easier than that of CO2.

Speak for yourself, Natural activists have got huge donation from financial establishments of USA and Australia. They include some group of lobbyist that wants to take chance of increasing meat export to Japan with blaming whale hunting.

Likewise.

Sorry for my poor English.

I did not know that.

That's a shock that the IWC allowed it.

I think I'm on MinMinRW's side here, just something about his argument that speaks to me.

By the way MinminRW...don't worry about the English, I'm American and I can't spell it worth a darn, can't speak it that well either considering how often my general bluntness gets me in trouble at work. :o The way I see it, if the other folks understood what you ment, it was spelled correctly. ;)

Only because it is severely restricted currently.

Japan doesn't hunt for research. Japan says that it hunts for research and then sells the meat commercially. The United States does not hunt Bowhead whales. It simply allows Inuit people to hunt them in US waters via traditional means.

The ocean as a whole is an eco system and any act which may endanger it is a concern for all countries who consider the ocean a valuable asset or worth defending.

And the culture argument is not valid. Japanese can hunt whale in their own territorial waters. Just stay off the ocean.

We can't trust the Japanese to moniter themselves because of the whale hunting lobbyists. Whaling can't be controlled because private corporation can't be trusted.

I am speaking for myself. You're the one trying to make this a case of Japan versus the West (which is a typical Japanese nationalist perspective.. and something that didn't work out for you guys). Where in fact it's simply whale hunting versus non-whale hunting.

When I ask you to keep things rational, I'm asking you to keep things within the parameters of whale-hunting.

It also means Japan hold by restriction.

Inuit people are US citizens.
Traditional means? Japan have had tradition of eating whale for over 1000 yrs.
Bowhead whale is subject to danger. Minke whale is increasing.
This is the fact.
You are saying as if Commercial is evil, but we are living in free commercial world. Are you communist?

Again, Japan do not act against world consensus.
Research whaling is under control of Japanese gov. and IWC.
And Japanese whaling do not hurt the asset instead of that of US.


Your explanation is not fair.
You are saying you can not trust Japan or Japanese people.
I feel sad.

Western people now ruling the world. They are blaming Japanese whaling with no logical reason. You're the real one trying to make this a case of Japan versus the West
If you refer to people supporting whaling as Lobbyist or Nationalist, I must say you are racist.

I only answer you. If the discussion is out of certain truck, the reason is your question.

I LOVE these whale debates:rolleyes:

I think Japan should stop whaling as they are beautiful intelligent creatures and the harpooning is so bloody barbarixc and cruel, not to mention the dolphin round up ultimate stabbing of hundreds at Taiji.

The fact is, these debates never get anywhere and Japan and the West simply do not seem to garee to want to udnerstand each other.

Like Ronin said, it is only the natives who are allowed to hunt. We are the same in Oz with Aboriginies allowed to hunt endangered species as it is their native food.