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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:02 PM Original message |
Why Do the Japenese hunt whales? Is whale meat popular there? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Other parts are used |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, it's actually not very popular in Japan. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Whales provide meat, medicine, cosmetics, ivory |
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prole_for_peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. they hunt them because they don't want to be told what to do. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I always got a "F*ck you" vibe about this. |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm of Japanese ancestry, and I wouldn't eat whale ... |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why are humans destroying rain forests |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. But at least there's a short-term reason people burn rainforests |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I am fairly new to this subject |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. My understanding is that the older generation loves whale |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My father tried whale meat during his military service |
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morgan2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. isnt the whale semen or something like that |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's political, it's cultural. There is no one reason. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. I would at least want to try some whale once before I pass judgement. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-20-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Have you tried dolphin meat? (not the bottle nose dolphins!) |
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