"thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
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> Funny how the Japanese justify the slaughter of thousands of whales in the 
> Southern Hemisphere under the guise of "science".
>
> Yet they also then push the line that other nations should not try and 
> stop what is "Japanese culture". Huh? Are "scientific experiments" a kind 
> of "Japanese culture"?
>
> Of course, whaling in the far oceans is not a part of Japanese tradition 
> going back centuries; they (the Japs) were ordered to hunt whales under 
> the US occupation to prevent hunger/starvation.
>

So what?

> The arrogance of the Japanese is amazing. I don't think it is so much that 
> they want to hunt the whales; but more a case of them being offended at 
> being pressured by other nations.

Australia seems just as offended by the Japanese position.

>
> That Joji Morishita prick from their (the Jap's) peak body lobbying for 
> continued whaling is one asshole I'd love to punch in the head.
>
> Perhaps it is time we (non-Japanese) did some scientific research 
> ourselves; harpoon a few Japs.
>
>

Yeah, and Hindus would like to kill people who eat cows. Doesn't make them 
(or you) morally correct; quite the contrary I would have thought. Wanting 
to kill people you don't agree with (particulary on cultural matters) isn't 
a good thing.