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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I didn`t think that it was directed at me, as I have never supported whaling and never cited tradition as a reason to continue it.
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You did rubbish my suggestion that Japan return to traditional whaling practices if it was truly about tradition
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
But it would definitely be a start to push to make them rule against whaling altogether, in my opinion.
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Well what do you think the anti-whaling group have been trying to do?
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Originally Posted by Nyororin
Norway takes as many whales as Japan, in a completely commercial capacity. They`ve supposedly said that they would continue no matter what, have been pushing every year to take even more whales, etc. Iceland takes about half? If I recall correctly.
Japan gets all the publicity. Painting Japan as an enemy is a whole lot easier than doing the same to Norway, and various groups have stated this.
If people are against whaling, they should be against whaling - not against whaling if Japan is doing it.
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Well fine.. I'm against Norway and Iceland too.
Japan hunts in close proximity to New Zealand and Australia and we are the most vocal anti-whaling nations out there. So perhaps it's simply a matter of geography on a governmental level why Japan is the target here.