Comments on: Scientific Slaughter - Japan and the Whales

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:11:14 +0000

Whaling is a cruel and disturbing way to kill an animal. The Japanese say it’s for scientific research and they need to get skin samples so they kill them. When the whales show of or dive huge chunks of skin come off and they could scoop it up in a net but they kill them instead! The meat also just happens to end up in shops for people to by!!! Whales are usually killed with an explosive harpoon that detonates inside the whale’s body!!! It’s ok to kill cows for there meat because there not endangered!!!!! The government can put a stop to this and let the population breed up again so they can survive, once there go they can never come back!! Whaling is not humane and is stupid, so stop whaling and survive on something else Japanese and Norwegian people!!

By: VIPからきますた

VIPからきますた — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:56:33 +0000

International wheat and other food prices are going up due to increased consumption in China and India, and this obviously puts more stress on “food security” in the public. I think, there will be a big move by Japan about whaling in next 3 years (incl. “Norway option” or officially list Sea Shepherd as terrorist organization and use due force)

By: Jon E

Jon E — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:54:43 +0000

PRESERVATION!
Let’s preserve the whales and culture. I am Asian-American and would like to think that I can see both sides fairly. Growing up, I was often caused a spectacle when I ate. My American (non-Asian) friends could hardly believe the odd and peculiar things Asians eat; tongue, intestines, insects, etc. In contrast, my more traditional family could not understrand my love for hot dogs, Big Macs, and deep dish pizza.
I don’t want any animal going extinct, but I also don’t want cultures being changed just because outsiders think it’s gross to eat, in this case, whales.
If you can honestly say you understand a culture and do not agree with their actions, then by all means, go ahead. Fight your fight. But we here in the U.S. have more issues to deal with worse over-whailing. Let’s clean our house before we mind someone else’s.

By: longlivewhales

longlivewhales — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:40:43 +0000

Japan is a small f***** country. what the hell does it need to eat whales for? the UN and US should put sanctions on them (like banning all their automobiles and electronics) if they do not quit their s***.
seriously, if all the countries decided to get a quota of their whaling rights, the I’m pretty sure Japan would have to do with 1/1000th of a whale portion per year. kudos to the greenies, biologists, and all those who support the whales, and all those who oppose Japan’s irrational stand on whales.

By: nihonjin

nihonjin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:33:40 +0000

I can speak only poor English.
I am glad that an argument about active whaling is considered to be it here and think.

Please try so hard that I have you understand the present conditions and legitimacy of the whaling towards most.

By: Tak

Tak — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:36:28 +0000

I meant ‘now I know many of whale eaters are eating just for delicacy, too after reading some more articles’ From what I used to see around me I thought only minorities near searshores like us eat whales. And they sell those whale meats overseas for dog food and stuff, too. Damn. And we get blamed for all that. I still will defent eating whales itself, though. But when people worry about more than they need, mass-slaghtering start.

By: Tak

Tak — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:11:10 +0000

just wanted to clarify what i meant. Japan is not centralized like people would imagine. People from different island/region often find each other’s custom especilly food DISGUSTING. But all the money goes into Tokyo and some rich folks get to try everything from every island and they introfuce those as gourmet to the world. Sushi is one of them. And they mix up everthing and use sensationalism to tell how barbaric everybody in Japan is. Then if we are not barbarian, some of us simply should commit suiside to save the world.

By: Tak

Tak — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:02:04 +0000

I, too, blame how they do it especially when they are lying. But eating whale has not been popular amongst mains stream Japanese like that. Some minority group has been. Do not generalize such a huge population. I personally think bringing Asian philosophy into the islands are the cause of sins and disasters. How many became slaves? Don’t blame slaves, though. They are just doing what they force them to do. Isn’t there any way to preserve the whale eating culture and do not exterminate any species?

By: Tak

Tak — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:40:06 +0000

You’re right about International Rule. But real problem is, Japan has hundreds of islands that have different groups of people with totally different lifestyles. Don’t blame every citizen for everything everybody does. Japan is NOT homogenious like that. Many people are forced to do what they do because centralization/Imperialism/
Globalism took everything from poor locals. Think about people who have to change their jobs and move around every time global trend changes and critisize what ‘JAPANESE’ do. Many just do what they do to eat. I know many ‘Central’ Japanese make money from it or eat it as delicacy, they should get punished.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:26:48 +0000

You’re right, you are no sea captain. Anyone who has spent time at sea knows there are two major rules for crossing the path of another ship. Give way to the ship on your starboard side and a turning ship must give way to a ship going in a straight line. Japan was in the wrong on both counts as anyone can see.
You might hate Greenpeace for all sorts of reasons (as a commerical fisherman, I don’t like them much myself), but they were 100% in the right here.