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Japan confirms it will quit IWC to resume commercial whaling

Japan is to leave the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling for the first time in more than 30 years, the government said on Wednesday, in a move that has drawn international criticism.

The countrys fleet will resume commercial operations in July next 2019, the governments chief spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, said of the decision to defy the 1986 global ban on commercial whaling.

Australia urges Japan to remain in IWC after its bid to lift whaling ban rejected

Suga told reporters the countrys fleet would confine its hunts to Japanese territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, adding that its controversial annual expeditions to the Southern Ocean a major source of diplomatic friction between Tokyo and Canberra would end.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/26/japan-confirms-it-will-quit-iwc-to-resume-commercial-whaling

Would you object to trying whale meat? Do you think it is irresponsible for Japan to resume whaling?
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I've had whale meat in Japan. It's fine, but like not something I'd go out of my way to get. I don't see many Japanese people eating it either, like it's very rare, so I'm not sure why they're whaling so much.

I don't necessarily object to eating whale meat, but I object when the whaling is fucking up the ecosystem and endangering species.

If any country has the right to say "fuck the future I wanna indulge right now" it's Japan. Their population is going to decrease by half in 100 years or something
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CommonStar posted...

I don't necessarily object to eating whale meat, but I object when the whaling is fucking up the ecosystem and endangering species.

I'd be down to try whale meat, but yeah the hunting needs to be extremely limited.
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I live in Japan and do not eat whale which is pretty widely available where I live. That said, I am fine with Japan doing this because the IWC has decided to ignore all science and data related to sustainable whaling forcing Japan to join other whaling nations like Iceland and Norway in leaving. If the IWC doesn't want sustainable whaling to exist, because it objects to all whaling for any reason it shouldn't be surprised nations that want to continue eating whale won't be involved. It's really quite foolish because Japan provided them with a very decent proposal last year and they rejected it because they just want to ban whaling.
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CommonStar posted...

I've had whale meat in Japan. It's fine, but like not something I'd go out of my way to get. I don't see many Japanese people eating it either, like it's very rare, so I'm not sure why they're whaling so much.

It's not rare, it's just not very popular so it's quite cheap actually. We also don't whale so much, we whale less than Norway despite being much larger.
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Isn't that what Fate Grand Order has already been doing?
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ssjevot posted...

CommonStar posted...

I've had whale meat in Japan. It's fine, but like not something I'd go out of my way to get. I don't see many Japanese people eating it either, like it's very rare, so I'm not sure why they're whaling so much.

It's not rare, it's just not very popular so it's quite cheap actually. We also don't whale so much, we whale less than Norway despite being much larger.

I meant like it's rare that a lot of Japanese people would eat it regularly. Not that the whale meat is rare to find.

i generally find whaling morally reprehensible because whale populations are drastically declining and they are extremely intelligent animals
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Apparently the "minke whale" that they want to farm is not endangered at all. That's the "sustainable plan"
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They better not complain when Godzilla comes back pissed.
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Eh, as much as I love whales, I'm not opposed to sustainable hunting options against species that are not endangered.

And no, I'm not terribly interested in trying whale meat for myself.
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CommonStar posted...

I've had whale meat in Japan. It's fine, but like not something I'd go out of my way to get. I don't see many Japanese people eating it either, like it's very rare, so I'm not sure why they're whaling so much.

I don't necessarily object to eating whale meat, but I object when the whaling is fucking up the ecosystem and endangering species.

How much did it cost?
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...does it keep the asians from buying boner pills made from rhino horn and tiger teeth?
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I would never eat whale. Just like I would not eat monkey or human or dolphin

LittleScootaIoo posted...

CommonStar posted...

I've had whale meat in Japan. It's fine, but like not something I'd go out of my way to get. I don't see many Japanese people eating it either, like it's very rare, so I'm not sure why they're whaling so much.

I don't necessarily object to eating whale meat, but I object when the whaling is fucking up the ecosystem and endangering species.

How much did it cost?

2000 yen (~18 usd) for a lunch set that had whale sashimi and grilled whale steak.

andel posted...

i generally find whaling morally reprehensible because whale populations are drastically declining and they are extremely intelligent animals

Minke whales are not declining and number over 500,000 to 2 million depending on the estimate, and Japan is harvesting less than 500 a year.
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Nope
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Zikten posted...

I would never eat whale. Just like I would not eat monkey or human or dolphin

Yeah if whales are comparable to those animals in intelligence, I wouldn't want to eat whale meat. I'll add dogs and cats to that list, humans at the top.
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Too bad animals weren't intelligent enough to fight back and harvest us.
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I summon WilliamPorygon. @WilliamPorygon
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ledbowman posted...

I summon WilliamPorygon. @WilliamPorygon

Yeah, I was waiting for somebody to do this.

andel posted...

i generally find whaling morally reprehensible because... they are extremely intelligent animals

That's pretty much all I have to say about it, really.
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Fuck you whale, and fuck you dolphin!
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If they're endangered, yes.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

Isn't that what Fate Grand Order has already been doing?

i appreciated this

Who'd a thunk an island nation lives off animals they find in the sea.
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Kombucha posted...

resume commercial whaling

You know, as opposed to that "research whaling" they've been doing for 30 years.
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UnhndredDescole posted...

Of course Australia would urge them to remain. Half its citizens are probably half whale.

???
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Hope the ships sink tbh
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I hope you hypocrites know that Pigs and Whales share similar biology and thinking processes. So most whale studies were actually done on pigs too prove how overly intelligent they are.

You know Pigs who can play video games, make choices, paint pictures, and cry and scream when they see their parents slaughtered and know they are next while they shit and piss them selves in fear.

You know pigs which are endlessly more intelligent than dogs and cats.

You are fine with chopping them up and eating them in billions.

But 500 whales a year for Japan is too much.

You all are morally disgusting, and only pretend to care when it matchs how you live.

Japan is a terrible country wtf
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@Rika_Furude posted...

Japan is a terrible country wtf

Right USA kills 150,000,000 equally intelligent pigs a year.

Japan kills 500 whales a year.

Ya soo terrible...

Wow, what a repulsive post
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PS oh special ones, Natives in Alaska do not follow federal law.

They hunt more whales per year than Japan does.

So be sure to hate USA more for killing more Whales and eating more of them.

Good on them, the outrage at Japanese whaling has always been absurd.

Now the next question is how do we keep Japan on the straight and narrow where without international oversight they don't hunt endangered species, cause I don't trust people and governments not to do that.

NibeIungsnarf posted...

how do we keep Japan on the straight and narrow

Thats what the IWC was for... but no you would prefer they kill endangered species...
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NibeIungsnarf posted...

Good on them, the outrage at Japanese whaling has always been absurd.

Now the next question is how do we keep Japan on the straight and narrow where without international oversight they don't hunt endangered species, cause I don't trust people and governments not to do that.

You don't, they will go extinct and people with your attitude will be to blame.
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RealityCheckBro posted...

@Rika_Furude posted...

Japan is a terrible country wtf

Right USA kills 150,000,000 equally intelligent pigs a year.

Japan kills 500 whales a year.

Ya soo terrible...

We raise millions of pigs for slaughter, and they reproduce very quickly. There isn't a shortage of farm pigs and those kind of pigs aren't endemic to the US. Cetaceans are very slow to mature and reproduce very slowly.
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Irony posted...

You don't, they will go extinct and people with your attitude will be to blame.

Any reason to think this? You could apply that kind of logic to any sort of hunting.

RealityCheckBro posted...

@Rika_Furude posted...

Japan is a terrible country wtf

Right USA kills 150,000,000 equally intelligent pigs a year.

Japan kills 500 whales a year.

Ya soo terrible...

thank you for the reality check,bro

RealityCheckBro posted...

@Rika_Furude posted...

Japan is a terrible country wtf

Right USA kills 150,000,000 equally intelligent pigs a year.

Japan kills 500 whales a year.

Ya soo terrible...

Whales are really rare compared to pigs.
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CommonStar posted...

I don't object to eating whale meat, but I object when the whaling is fucking up the ecosystem and endangering species.

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Rika_Furude posted...

NibeIungsnarf posted...

how do we keep Japan on the straight and narrow

Thats what the IWC was for... but no you would prefer they kill endangered species...

IWC brought it on themselves by refusing to let Japan harvest whales in numbers less than other countries that whale. It's absolutely ridiculous how Japan got singled out to not be allowed to whale when so many other countries (all mysteriously populated by Europeans) are allowed to do so without censure. Japan will harvest under 500 whales a year from a species of at least over 500,000 (possibly in the millions). That's less than .1%.
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ssjevot posted...

IWC brought it on themselves by refusing to let Japan harvest whales in numbers less than other countries that whale.

how about japan fuck off and not whale at all ever? not even for """research purposes"""
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Rika_Furude posted...

ssjevot posted...

IWC brought it on themselves by refusing to let Japan harvest whales in numbers less than other countries that whale.

how about japan fuck off and not whale at all ever? not even for """research purposes"""

So why do European countries get to whale?
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Rika_Furude posted...

ssjevot posted...

IWC brought it on themselves by refusing to let Japan harvest whales in numbers less than other countries that whale.

how about japan fuck off and not whale at all ever? not even for """research purposes"""

Why is it okay for countries with white people to whale and not Japan? Why does Japan, the only whaling country that followed the rules get singled out for leaving rather than ignoring the rules or exploiting different loopholes like other countries do? I mean isn't it weird that Japan doesn't take the most whales of any country by raw numbers and is among the lowest as a percent of population yet all the hate goes toward Japan? What is it that makes people hate them so much and forgive all the white countries?

I don't even eat meat, but the hypocrisy makes me sympathetic to Japan's plight.
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LightHawKnight posted...

Rika_Furude posted...

ssjevot posted...

IWC brought it on themselves by refusing to let Japan harvest whales in numbers less than other countries that whale.

how about japan fuck off and not whale at all ever? not even for """research purposes"""

So why do European countries get to whale?

Only one does and they should not do it either. It's like Norway or something

I support this action since IWC has proven itself to not be acting in good faith in regulating whaling as they are supposed to rather than just outright banning the practice altogether.
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As long as it's not killer whales.
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