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Originally Posted by cranks
A lot of people in Japan think these activists are racist. And I agree.
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i will have to disagree with this one. i totally abhor whaling because i got my own personal attachments with dolphins and whales and not because of the japanese people doing such acts. thus; i said before, i take the issue of whaling on a personal note.
the problem with some activists is they tend to generalise the whole scenario, which would normally start from a personal realisation (flipper's suicide as for the cove) and would make it a higher cause. on the other hand, some japanese are quite offended by the documentary because they are being scorned by millions of people for the gruesome slaughter; thereby generalising everyone as racist due to the fact that the naye-sayers are throwing lines such as "your government", "the japanese", "japan" to refer to the culprits. also, the problem with media, when the subject is way too emotional, hyperbola and myopia are often abused just to catch people's attention.
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so there... if you'd like to take the whaling issue as something personal, we can go ahead and talk endlessly about our personal sentiments, as i think this is where the argument is leading to. however, let's also be rational and not point fingers at anyone or any country, as everyone's also at fault here.