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Originally Posted by minminRW
>via traditional means
This is bloodier way than advanced whaling.
You have not proved that bowhead whales are safe.
They might exist only under 10,000. USA hunts them over 50 every year.
Is it safe? I do not think so.
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First of all, traditional means may be bloodier, but advanced methods are more damaging to the population. Second of all my main argument has nothing to do with the respect I have for whales. I protest that simply but not eating whale meat. When I go to Japan again this year I will refuse to eat whale.
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Originally Posted by minminRW
As for Islamic society.
Your opinion indicates typical behavior of western people. That is dogmatic, self-righteous, and pragmatic.
You can give them some suggestion, but you must not force them to hold by your opinion.
Immigrants live in your territory, we are discussing on Japanese territory and international sea.
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Who is the racist? You just said that Westerners are typically dogmatic and self-righteous?
Culture and tradition are never excuses for irrational behaviour was my point. Culture, tradition, religion... these are merely ideas. If an idea is irrational then it must be disposed of. This happens in all cultures, Western culture too (Christianity is declining in all of the Western world and has been declining since the 16th century, In fact the only place it has any real power is in the United States but even there it's declining).
I've already said that I don't mind if Japanese hunt whale in their own territory (like the Inuit in the USA).
But the open sea does not belong to Japan. It belongs to everyone in the International community. Therefore what happens in the open sea should be decided by International consensus. Without that then the ocean is doomed.