They Shoot Whales, Don't They?

Goddamn Japanese. If it's alive, they'll kill it and eat it. Especially if it's an endangered species. Luckily, not everyone in the world agrees with them. The International Whaling Commission is so far blocking the Japanese from restarting commercial whaling.

I've got nothing against the Japanese in general. What I can't understand is why they have these obsessions with eating or drinking bizarre bits of weird and wonderful creatures. I mean, what's a dried tiger's penis in your tea really going to do for your sex life? Don't you think it would be better left on the tiger, and that tiger left to go on with its life?

I should point out that anyone who kills animals and thinks it's just fine and dandy is an idiot in my book. Those who feel guilty and wish it didn't happen, but decide that there's nothing they can do and go along with the crowd anyway, are probably right - but that doesn't make it any better. In this day and age there's absolutely no reason for humans to eat other animals. I say 'other' because of course, humans are animals. Just because we've invented loads of crap doesn't make us the Lords of the Earth with an open invitation to do what we want, when we want. Everything has a right to life, and when you take that away it's called murder.

Murder of a single life is bad enough, but when you're planning on wiping out a species that's called genocide. That's exactly what the Japanese want. They want the freedom to hunt whales until there are none left. They don't give a damn whether the 'stocks' are rebuilt or not, they just want to make a fast buck at the expense of the largest and most extraordinary creature this planet has ever seen.

Whaling should be stopped completely; absolutely no commercial whaling. No scientific whaling either. What can that possibly achieve anyway? The Japanese have been killing hundreds of whales for 'scientific' reasons. Like what? To check they're still whales? Give me a break! I say we send the Japanese, the Norwegians and the Icelanders out across the North Sea and hunt them. See how they like it. After all, they're not exactly an endangered species!