Japanese Whale Hunting- REAL reasons???

Originally posted by Xtrozero
I lived there for 5 years and whale meat was never a common item at the susi bar.

There was a sushi-bar close to where I was called Gasso Kujira, I think. Another place was called Kantarozushi. They served whale sashimi, steaks, and other stuff.

I forgot which one I was at when I learned this, but I learned that Godzilla(Gojira) is derived from from the english (Gorilla) + Kujira(whale) = Gojira there.

Gorilla Whale. Super interesting, no?

my question is , if the Japanese claim their whale hunting is for research purposes, what research results do they have after culling approx 1000 minke
whales/season for about ten seasons now or is it a loophole to hunt whales for consumption in either case they must be the worlds foremost experts on minke whale anatomy, so what have they to show for it.....


edit for spelling


[edit on 11-2-2008 by ST SIR 86]

I don't understand the anti-Japanese statements that are being made here. Yes what they are doing is wrong. However, it is not any reason to hate the Japanese or bomb the hell out of them as one post suggested. That alone is a racist and ignorant statement and should not be tolerated in an intelligent adult conversation.

On the other hand I cannot condone what a portion of the Japanese population is allowing. I do understand that it is a cultural thing, and to a certain extent that should be respected. If they had some sort of two or three week whaling period a year similar to gator season that happens here in Florida I could almost stomach it. Even then I think it is detestable. However, similar to what The Walking Fox had to say, they are not a harvestable species. If everyone really wants to see a species hunted to extinction just so a few people can have a tasty meal, go ahead and ignore the issue or say it is as acceptable as eating a chicken or a cow..... but the truth is it is not the same. It never has been and never will be.

Somehow deciding that whales and other aquatic mammal's intelligence is just a happy environmentalist hippy-esque fantasy is also a load of BS. It has been scientifically proven that whales, of most varieties, have language, social structure, social etiquette, high reasoning skills and emotions similar to that of people. Dolphins, which are part of the whale family have brain sizes and functioning similar to that of the average human being. With that said, to me, the continuing trend of acceptable whaling is tantamount to commercial cannibalism. So anyone who really thinks that whaling is ok should go out kill and eat the first person they come across on the street. It's about the same thing.

In general I am a fan of Japanese culture, but in the case of whaling it will never be ok. I leave you all with a quote that is off that shirt I am wearing which just so happens to be from a local Japanese museum with the Kanji for chaos on it.

"a constant unfolding of the absurd....life itself"

I have an idea ... my government likes to test equipment.

Why not test them out on whaling ships?

Please, CIA, NSA, FBI, Military, and any covert organization; attack the whaling ships ... of course, make it look like malfunctions, glacier impacts, meteors falling from the sky, and just about anything else you can come up with. Keep you nose clean ... we have plenty of black budget projects I am sure could use some real world trials. Have at it. Billions of people around the world would cheer you if the secret ever came out you were involved


Let me make this clear, I love Japan. I would love to live there ... but I have no respect for whaling ... attacking a species in limited numbers. There are plenty of animals that are in much higher populations, even if it essentially is no different in morality of killing flesh, it is more humane and you are not risking eliminating a species from the planet. You can add Iceland to the list of me loving the country but despising the 'whaling heritage' and trying to use that as a grandfathering effect of continuing the atrocity.

I am a vegetarian ... because I find the consumption of meat and eggs quite unpalatable. Though, I do not stop others around me from consuming meat ... even though the thought, smell, look of it does turn my stomach.

I am mostly a pacifist too ... but stuff like this really makes my blood boil. They are lucky I am not in charge of a branch of the armed services. There would not be one whaling ship left. I could say more, but I would start to become quite vulgar.

Originally posted by benign.psychosis
There was a sushi-bar close to where I was called Gasso Kujira, I think. Another place was called Kantarozushi. They served whale sashimi, steaks, and other stuff.
Gorilla Whale. Super interesting, no?

Cool

I just loved the huge chunks of fish you got compared to many sushi-bars in the states.

You ever try blowfish? I never felt the need

Moronic.

Yes... once again for the dummies.


MORONIC.


Scientific research.

Thats what the ship have painted on them

While they POACH WHALES FROM "AUSTRALIAN WATERS"

Get real.

I would be happy to shoot them out of the water.


Try immigrating to JAPAN.

They dont want to know us.

But very happy to rape our sovereign waters.

Be tragic if they get a hole in there keel...... wouldn't it?

Mungo



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