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      01-08-2010, 04:37 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by jeremyc74 View Post
If your livelyhood threatened to make an species extinct, I'd expect you to find another one.

This isn't about some salty old fishermen doing what they've always done. It's corporate greed, and nothing more.
I don't watch the show, so I may be wrong, but aren't the Japanese within legal rights when whaling? Shouldn't these activist be trying to change the system rather than the grunt workers doing the actual fishing? I'm 100% certain the fisherman hauling up that whale isn't responsible for his company policies; he's just trying to feed his family.

Edit: someone in an earlier post mentioned how the Japanese were only hunting smaller species of whale, which are not protected by IWC. Can you seriously blame the fisherman on the whaling boat?
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