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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Sad thing is, no one will get your bit of protest.
As long as you don`t order or eat whale, I don`t see the issue. If it were indeed something niche, with only a small number of places serving it - I could see the effort. Otherwise... well... Even small grocery stores have it so it will be quite hard to find food if you avoid all establishments that serve or sell whale.
Just don`t buy it.
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Your experience differs from mine quite a bit... in my 2 years there, I only saw 1 restaurant that served whale meat, and it was in Taiji, a small fishing village with a strong history of whaling. There's even a big whale museum there, and a mini-seaworld, both of which are surprising given the size of the town. But I never saw whale on other restaurant menus... maybe I just didn't go to enough fancy places, though... ramen shops, donburi shops, yakiniku-ya, etc were the kinds of places I ate at, and there are tons of places like that across Japan where you won't see whale on the menu. It's very easy to avoid if you stick to places like that.
That said, I agree that the Sea Shepard idiots are acting like terrorists, and are waaaay beyond the bounds of what is legal and right. Japan has petitioned for a right to hunt a limited number of whales, and they were granted that legal right. They should be able to exercise that right unmolested.