H$(D??(Bvid A. Falch <decoy@tele2.no> wrote:
 
> 
> 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.

Actally your argument is deeply flawed. Your statement about the
motivation of the antiwhaling campaigners are way of the mark, and prove
that emotionalism  certainly is not confined to one side in this
conflict.

As for commercial motivation,remember that some of the largest
industrial corporations in Norway  (chemical factories and shipping
corporations especially) were   founded on  the hunt for blue whales, of
which there at one time, largely because og norwegian industroial
whaling,  were only a few hundred individuals left.
  
As for the minke, the present population may be able to withstand a
limited hunt,
 but actually I dont see the point in doing  it,
except a childish wish to raise a finger at the international community.
Not all traditions are worth keeping up.