Quote:
Originally Posted by Nameless
Pretty much this.
Cultural barriers always create these issues.
|
There is a history of whaling from some ports in Japan but there's nothing historically or culturally significant about sending fishing fleets all the way down to Antarctica to get whales. If the Japanese wish to maintain some cultural connection to whaling then do it in their own waters. But if they wish to do it international waters then they can expect international condemnation. I for instance don't really have any major issue with the dolphin hunt in Taiji. It is incredibly graphic and somewhat cruel but as others have pointed out this isn't unique to killing dolphins. But if Japan moves their whale fleets into international waters in the NW Pacific or the waters around Antarctica then the international community have every right to demand they cease such operations.