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Originally Posted by MissMisa
There are a lot of terrible things going on in 'our' industry... but just because everyone is doing bad things, doesn't mean you should too. Battery hens, for one is a terrible way to treat animals. I don't buy eggs at all because we have pet chickens, but they are free to roam and we don't kill them. We only buy 'freedom food' RSPCA approved chickens because they have been free to roam and have been killed in humane ways. I know I'm doing my bit, and I also campaign against battery hens and the like.
The thing is, the animals that we kill are bred and farmed to be eaten in England. They are sustainable. Whales ARE NOT YOURS - they are wild. That's the difference here. That's not to say that terrible, illegal and wrong things happen here, but similarly it doesn't excuse the fact that what Japan is doing is wrong.
Killing animals to be eaten is a fact of life and needs to be done. However, we can kill smaller animals in ways that can be considered more humane. This is not to say that it happens all the time, and it's all roses and peaches. But killing a chicken in a very quick manner, and killing a whale which dies very very slowly and painfully, is different. Neither is good, but one is the lesser of two evils.
If you found a way to kill whales sustainably and to kill them in a way that is not so inhumane, painful and takes a lot of time, I think people would be less bothered about it. The fact is, it's very difficult/impossible to do this with a creature of this size.
EDIT: I see you've edited your post so... here's my edit. Look above, I acknowledged the fact that in some cases, we are no better. I'm not really speaking for England here, I'm speaking for myself and what I know. What's in the past... is the past, and is also wrong. It's still inhumane to kill whales by the methods the Japanese are using... I think that's the point.
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RSPCA aproved, is that your god or something? All my points of view are totally wrong since the RSPCA approved it! We have the FDA here in America and they are doing a cr@ppy job! I stick to my point, there is NO human way to kill an animal, We killed farm animals and ate them during my childhood. Kill a pig first, then tell me how it's done humanly.
I stand by point two, Japans whaling industry was sustained until you westerners destroyed the world whale populations. Whatever is in our local waters is ours.
I'm tired of going on and on. I acknowledged your points and gave a counter argument for each one, but you haven't even acknowledge that Japan has the right to make its own decisions. That's your fundamental flaw.
So one last point about culture. you don't see Asians going around western forums and telling them whats right and wrong or what they should do. This is absolutely cultural.