Japanese continue to Slaughter Whales!

I'm 1/2 japanese, and I've always loved sea animals, especially dolphins and whales. but I've never heard of any whale hunting in Japan, or Japan using whales all my life from my Japanese friends and family. I'm shocked and confused by this. :/

I have seldom done this but being a spiritual person and believing in divine justice, I just PRAY & HOPE with all the fervour of my beliefs that those people who have and are harpooning the whales and their babies, go through the same (I cant find the exact words) …at some stage of their lives. I don’t care whether the govt is sanctioning these and for whatsoever reasons, I still believe it’s a personal choice. There are a thousand other professions to choose from, you don’t need to go out into the ocean and show your ‘bravado’ and earn your bread by hunting down these magnificent creatures alongwith their babies. I went to the link and the very words ‘tired & disoriented’ made me imagine the bewilderment of the mother whale (being a mother myself). Should she protect herself or her baby? Where can she run? How can she hide? Whales are very intelligent and I was just trying to think of me in a mother whale’s position…have become very emotional, feel like hugging my baby and crying. Oh I wish these bastar*ds burn in hell’s fire.

The reasoning behind the killing of whales by the Japanese to me is a load of rubbish. Thank goodness the 2 protestors that actually ended up on one of their ships were unharmed, but I have to give them much credit for what they did. I myself have to switch off when I know this is about to be shown on the news but you end up getting bits of it and it is quite disgusting. We really need to take a stand and not be intimidated by the Japanese.

I don't want to read the whole story because it would make me sick. No wonder that actress from NBC's show Heroes went over there to protest. Her name is Hayden, you may have read about that. She protested the slaughter of the whales, and she actually had an arrest warrant issued in her name after she left the country. Of course, after the publicity, the Japanese police dropped the charges. I can see why she felt it was so important to go over and protest.

This has been going on way too long. Greenpeace? well,they used to help but it seems the people in Japan demand their whale meat..blubber and fat is yummy to them. Since the world governments are having issues with China and Japan over lead in the stuff they sell and Japan killing the whales the simple thing would be to just shut them down economically...this would not take to long as both giant trade countries depend on the rest of the western world for keeping its economy going. In the end its all about greed for oil..and the total extinction of the whale species..mankind will be the next species to evaporiate

I think that it is sick to slaughter innocent whales and that it should be illegal to do so and if you get caught you should do some jail time.

Ugh! I started a discussion about this 2-3 weeks ago when I found an updated story that Japan was still whaling. This frustrates me so much!!!! I really do not understand how any culture can hurt these majestic animals. I wish there was more I could do.

Those poor creatures... the Japanese are so stubborn when it comes to issues like this... they think they are above everything and they deserve to hunt and kill dolphins and whales for their eating pleasure... i hope that the international community can put pressure to their government to stop this type of slaughter... I feel for the whales and dolphins because they are such intelligent creatures... just like us humans... and they do not deserve to be hunted down and turned into a delicacy...