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Jane

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Re: whaling and the wretched Japanese

Mar 05, 2007, 14:30

You make some good points Rhiannon, especially about tarring all the citizens of a nation with the same brush 'bloody Americans' etc ...

But just to pick up on the pathetic reasons nations give for killing whales.

Scientific reasons. Pah! Any science going on should monitor numbers, breeding patterns, migration routes, feeding grounds, etc. Not murder shitloads of them and sell them for food.

The Norwegians and Faroese say it's their 'tradition'. At one time witch-burning was a tradition in this country. Sometimes we move on.... I never respond favourably to the 'tradition' argument. It usually conceals bigotry, laziness or both.

I will not be going to Japan or Norway any time soon and I certainly will not be buying Norsk or Japanese products without thinking very hard. It's really, really hard to boycott Japanese products :-(

There's some good stuff here:
http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/DB6E7E846A183F338025687F005409E6

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whaling and the wretched Japanese – Rhiannon, Feb 13, 2007, 20:03


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