Japan to resume Whaling in 2019

[San Lumen]

Yet no one seems to be doing anything about it. Its only getting worse. Why are they even pulling out of the Whaling commission? i see no rhyme or reason for it.

So that they can hunt whales in their own territorial waters instead of having to go all the way to the Antarctic to do so.

This is from literally the first paragraph in the source provided in the OP. Can you even be bothered to read your own sources?

Or how about not hunting them at all.

[Telconi]

They do perform research though, the vast majority of our knowledge today on whale populations comes from the ICR...

Bullshit. The sheer scale of the whaling that Japan conducts is not motivated by science at all.

-shrug- you're the mind reader I guess...

[Aureumterra]

How is it irrelevant? Thinking like yours is the reason species have gone extinct or are endangered. Im sorry your so short sighted and self centered.

So let me get this straight, other people should stop practicing their culture because it hurts your intolerant feelings, but it's also those other people who are self centered...

Like anyone in Iceland would stop whaling, it’s an integral part of our culture

[Ors Might]

So that they can hunt whales in their own territorial waters instead of having to go all the way to the Antarctic to do so.

This is from literally the first paragraph in the source provided in the OP. Can you even be bothered to read your own sources?

Or how about not hunting them at all.

Or how about caring about your fellow man?

[Freezic Vast]

Because it has absolutely nothing to do with this thread.

Don't care, don't need to be lectured by someone like you.

People like you will say years from now where is there no whales or fish or birds but by then it will be too late.

Don't. Fucking. Care. I don't need your self righteous bullshit every fucking time. How about actually practice what you fucking preach for once, we don't need your armchair activism all the goddamn time controlling us and telling us what we should and shouldn't do.

[The New California Republic]

Bullshit. The sheer scale of the whaling that Japan conducts is not motivated by science at all.

-shrug- you're the mind reader I guess...

I didn't realise that scales of things had consciousness.

[Telconi]

So that they can hunt whales in their own territorial waters instead of having to go all the way to the Antarctic to do so.

This is from literally the first paragraph in the source provided in the OP. Can you even be bothered to read your own sources?

Or how about not hunting them at all.

Or you could stop trying to dominate other people's cultures and be a tad more tolerant...

[Telconi]

-shrug- you're the mind reader I guess...

I didn't realise that scales of things had consciousness.

No, but research whalers do, and you apparently have divined their inner motivations.

[Novus Wrepland]

I doubt it’s necessary to hunt whales for sustenance and the people here arguing that are more likely just trying to argue with Lumen imo.

It's not necessary to consume any particular food for sustenance...

Then why are you arguing that they should hunt whales? I'm sure the Japanese can find a multitude of other meat besides whale meat at their supermarkets...

[The New California Republic]

I didn't realise that scales of things had consciousness.

No, but research whalers do, and you apparently have divined their inner motivations.

Yes, from the evidence for fuck's sake. Please try not to be contrarian or facetious for once, it gets fucking tiresome.

[Telconi]

It's not necessary to consume any particular food for sustenance...

Then why are you arguing that they should hunt whales? I'm sure the Japanese can find a multitude of other meat besides whale meat at their supermarkets...

Because there's no reason not to hunt whales...

[Aureumterra]

It's not necessary to consume any particular food for sustenance...

Then why are you arguing that they should hunt whales? I'm sure the Japanese can find a multitude of other meat besides whale meat at their supermarkets...

Do I need to repeat myself?
Fine, I grew up in a rural Icelandic village connected to the rest of the island by a single dirt road that connected to a highway, the only markets were local fishermen, and I grew up on a diet of nearly exclusively seafood. Whale is an integral part of that, and that’s how many people in rural villages here make money and feed themselves

[Telconi]

No, but research whalers do, and you apparently have divined their inner motivations.

Yes, from the evidence for fuck's sake. Please try not to be contrarian or facetious for once, it gets fucking tiresome.

What evidence is this?

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Many of them have especially in recent years.

The vast, vast majority have gone extinct for reasons other than us. Many before we even existed as a species.

Yes, the vast majority of species have gone extinct before we even existed, but life has existed on Earth for billions of years while human civilization is less than ten thousand years old.

[The New California Republic]

Yes, from the evidence for fuck's sake. Please try not to be contrarian or facetious for once, it gets fucking tiresome.

What evidence is this?

On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that JARPA II (one of the whaling programmes conducted by Japan) was not for scientific purposes.

[Old Tyrannia]

Im sorry you dont care and that profit and your own creature comforts are all that matter to you at the expense of bees, birds, fish and any other creature on this earth.

People like you are the reason I wish the series Zoo or the book Animal Farm would actually happen.

Then shut the fuck up about it, and stop lecturing me. Why don't you actually fucking do something instead of raising awareness with your armchair activism on a fucking forum? Not my fault we're omnivores, it's hunt or be hunted, get the fuck over yourself.

Freezic Vast: Given your extensive warning history and the flagrance of your rules violation here, *** nation DEAT for flaming. ***

[Reikoku]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

[San Lumen]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

What?

[Alanis Star]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

Ahh, so Aquaman IS real!

[San Lumen]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

Ahh, so Aquaman IS real!

I wish he was

[Greater Germany]

Your thoughts NSG?

QUOTAS! We allow whaling up to a certain quota limit. We can meet with some marine biologists and figure out a number that both maintains the whale population and allows restaurants to get their main dish. Of course, it'll require a boost in funding to the coast guard to make sure these whalers are sticking to the quota, but what's a few yen to save the whales?

[Reikoku]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

What?

Environmentalist organization which harasses Japanese fishermen.

[The New California Republic]

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

Ahh, so Aquaman IS real!

I haven't seen that movie yet.

[San Lumen]

What?

Environmentalist organization which harasses Japanese fishermen.

Yeah because who cares about the wales and fish? Only humans matter.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Shame. I understand whaling if the lifeblood for a lot of japanese people, but its still a shame.

It's worth it to spite the Sea Shepherd.

What?

ITS WORTH IT TO SPITE THE SEA SHEPHERD