Why whaling is a no no.
December 24th 2007 05:00
Australia is busy leading the diplomatic charge against Japan's whaling for 'scientific' purposes and I of course, have decided to capitalise of this and write a blog entry about what today's youth think of whaling. Well I had no Japanese participants in this highly important study so we'll have to make do with the thoughts of a few of my friends.
What it basically comes down to for them is that whaling is wrong because it is the killing of animals that we do not usually kill for food. I'd like to stress that none of my participants are vegetarian so they're fine with the killing of pigs and sheep and things just as long as these animals are farmed and not in the process of dying out. Whales by contrast, are not on the menu but they do crop up on the endangered species list a fair bit and seeing as we're Generation Eco-Friendly, we've got a problem with that.
What gets us even more worked up is the way in which the whales are deleted.
They are harpooned for starters to slow them down. Then, an industrial strength rope is tied around its tale; it's dragged on board (sort of) and hung over board with it's blowhole under water until it drowns. We, Generation Let's be Humane, are not pleased by this the world over. In fact, my sources tell me that even in Japan ads have been commissioned to promote the eating of whale because the demand predominantly among the youth is nowhere near great.
Now Japan claims that the whaling is for scientific purposes but hands up anyone who has a clue what exactly is to be gained from killing the whales? Oh look at that, no hands are up. I thought as much.
So why is whaling a no no? Because it is conducted under false pretenses, harming the planet and tarnishing national relations.
What it basically comes down to for them is that whaling is wrong because it is the killing of animals that we do not usually kill for food. I'd like to stress that none of my participants are vegetarian so they're fine with the killing of pigs and sheep and things just as long as these animals are farmed and not in the process of dying out. Whales by contrast, are not on the menu but they do crop up on the endangered species list a fair bit and seeing as we're Generation Eco-Friendly, we've got a problem with that.
What gets us even more worked up is the way in which the whales are deleted.
They are harpooned for starters to slow them down. Then, an industrial strength rope is tied around its tale; it's dragged on board (sort of) and hung over board with it's blowhole under water until it drowns. We, Generation Let's be Humane, are not pleased by this the world over. In fact, my sources tell me that even in Japan ads have been commissioned to promote the eating of whale because the demand predominantly among the youth is nowhere near great.
Now Japan claims that the whaling is for scientific purposes but hands up anyone who has a clue what exactly is to be gained from killing the whales? Oh look at that, no hands are up. I thought as much.
So why is whaling a no no? Because it is conducted under false pretenses, harming the planet and tarnishing national relations.
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