"Jan Bojer Vindheim" <jan.vindheim@gmail.com> skrev i melding 
news:1gymiyp.1jw1inw166ufrwN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com...
> Lex T <trumbauer28@zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
> Some people like it of course,
> but most people eat it  ( or at elast want it on the menu)
> for  political reasons.
> Whaling is seen by many as an affirmation ofNorwegian culture and
> independence.

True. And that is an interesting point. So many could do without it, but 
still want it on the menu as some sort of political statement. In my 
opinion, that can be traced directly back to the way certain organizations 
and individuals campaigned against whaling in the last few dacades. Lies, 
emotions and whatnot else they could get their hands on were thrown at us, 
in what many pro-whalers consider the biggest fundraising campaign these 
organizations ever embarked upon. Yes, that again. I get tired of repeating 
it, but it was really all about money, and nothing was to stand in the way 
of the "green movement" as they collected their cash.

These days, most of the organizations have cooled down. Some have even 
aknowledged the fact that they went a little overboard with their arguments 
before. But even now that the whaling issue looks more like a conflict of 
interests, rather than outright war, most people over here still want 
whaling to continue. And I guess that is simply to prove a point. The point 
that it can be done sustainably, and that all the gruesome prophecies set 
forth by certain elements will not deliver. And of course, the most 
important one: We will not be pushed around by the ignorant world opinion.

Well, that was a bit long, and a bit beside the post I was replying to as 
well. But I felt that it was at least a little relevant...

> So even if it  makes no economic sense
> the government has to support it.

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H