Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years
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#2"My heart is overflowing with happiness, and I'm deeply moved," said Yoshifumi Kai, head of the Japan Small-Type Whaling Association. "People have hunted whales for more than 400 years in my hometown."- Just because something has long-standing traditions, doesn't mean that should be continued.
We used to burn people for witchcraft and did so for a long time.
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#3Shame on you, Japanese government. Shame on you.
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#4Just in time! The humpback whale is just starting to recover its population.
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#6Shame on you, Japanese government. Shame on you.
It's not like that Japanese government is consuming the whale meat. So why only blame it? seems deliberately missing the target.
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#7Shame on you, Japanese government. Shame on you.
It's not like that Japanese government is consuming the whale meat. So why only blame it? seems deliberately missing the target.
Because consumers aren't capable of international treaties, which is the only mechanism that ended whaling.
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#8What can the Whaling Association do about it?
They have any power what so ever? something like EU and Brexit?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not like that Japanese government is consuming the whale meat. So why only blame it? seems deliberately missing the target.
Because consumers aren't capable of international treaties, which is the only mechanism that ended whaling.
Consumers are well capable of voting in Japan though, isn't it?
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#10Faroe Islands and Norway catch more whales than Japan [1] but for some reason don't receive nearly the same level of outrage.
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whales_Nordic.png
