Take a regulated amount of Minke's, leave the rest alone.



Problem solved. Trustifarians aboard the "Sea Shepherd" will have to find a new cause or join the workforce.

The Japanese whalers should start reciprocating the love. I'd start launching chum bombs at the hippies.

It's OK. Next year they'll discover that whales cause global warming.

/Who trips over my bridge?

Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

CasperImproved: Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

Cheese.

brap:
A Minke, a minke!

Yes! That's what I said. Take a chimpanzee Minke!


Not now Kato.

Isn't this an "international waters" situation? Like, you can marry a cow, gamble?

Why does Hamas care about whales? Don't they have enuff issues with Israel, now they are harvesting ambergris?

I dont get it?

CasperImproved: Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

Ball bearings. The complete works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Zip(r) Disks.

Mega Steve: "But it is obvious they would rather assist Sea Shepherd with its violent illegal actions against Japan's perfectly legal research programme."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Eliminate ALL whaling, including for "research" purposes.

amazing_live_seamonkeys: Take a regulated amount of Minke's, leave the rest alone.



Problem solved. Trustifarians aboard the "Sea Shepherd" will have to find a new cause or join the workforce.

Your jealousy is so CUTE!!!!

"But it is obvious they would rather assist Sea Shepherd with its violent illegal actions against Japan's perfectly legal research programme."

This 'research' makes about as much sense as aliens researching humans by giving them anal probes. What possible use can whaling serve, other than gnarly food for shockingly wealthy Japanese? I must honorably call bullshirt upon your ancient practice, seaman-san.

/had to say seaman...

Mega Steve: "But it is obvious they would rather assist Sea Shepherd with its violent illegal actions against Japan's perfectly legal research programme."

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Well, hey, they also called the Oriental Third Reich the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere."

/It's all in the marketing.

TheGreyPiper

What?? It's just a co-prosperity sphere. No different than any other. Nothing wrong with that.

when was the last time a whale did anything for you? : D???

Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

Wrong stereotype. It's the Chinese that eat snake gallbladders, bird's nest soup, shark fins, pig faces, etc.

Now if you had said ANY SEAFOOD, then I would have said, no, there isn't any seafood the Japanese won't eat.

Next time just kill the bastards. They are boarding your ships illegally, shoot them, they're pirates. Problems solved.

/arrrrggghhh
//then make hippy pirate sushi

CasperImproved: Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

Yeah, whale apparently. I saw an article about a year discussing just how hard it is to sell whale meat in Japan. There's still some elders who like whale, but for the most part, they can't give it away.

MasterJKD: They are boarding your ships illegally, shoot them

While I am against the whole whaling thing, I fully support this statement.

forensik: Why does Hamas care about whales? Don't they have enuff issues with Israel, now they are harvesting ambergris?

I dont get it?

Assuming you're NOT kidding....

Her Majesty's Australian Ship, not Hamas.

And if you are kidding, I just walked into it. Good on ya.

CasperImproved: Is there ANYTHING the Japanese WONT eat?

Mexican food, surprisingly enough. At least in my experience.

Gracie is pregnant.

amazing_live_seamonkeys: Take a regulated amount of Minke's, leave the rest alone.



Problem solved. Trustifarians aboard the "Sea Shepherd" will have to find a new cause or join the workforce.

This.

But it's going after the South Pacific population of Minkes that gets them in such hot water with the Aussies and the Kiwis.

Ironically, part of the reason they go down south is because American whalers all but decimated the whale populations in North Pacific about 100 years ago.

Evidently I am the only one totally boggled by the phrase "Stands Out Like A Shag On A Rock." Will one of you please let me in on it?

You know, I don't think people realize that the species of whale these Japanese have been trying to eat are far from even remotely endangered, even if Japan culls them at like 50 times their current rate. The Japanese aren't endangering a SINGLE species out there, animal, human, what have you. Sure it's cruel to whales, but we're going a farkload more damage to sea creatures just with our environmental pillaging than anything Japan is ever willing to do. I mean, the US has it's Iraq, Japan has its whales. And I have a feeling Japan will stop indulging in whales long before US can fly out of Iraq.

if whales are intelligent, should we be killing and eating them? Discuss.

oh and I've heard that younger Japanese people don't like the taste of whale meat and the population isn't clamoring for huge amounts of the stuff. The government has whale meat served up in school cafeterias to artificially inflate demand. One of those bullshiat nationalist issues.

/obligatory

wheaties: /obligatory

Gotta nuke somethin'

I love them calling it a "research" program. The only thing they're currently researching is how to convince Japanese kids to eat nasty-tasting, rubbery, fishy whale meat.

Egalitarian: oh and I've heard that younger Japanese people don't like the taste of whale meat and the population isn't clamoring for huge amounts of the stuff. The government has whale meat served up in school cafeterias to artificially inflate demand. One of those bullshiat nationalist issues.

Yeah, it's true. Whale meat was cheap to purchase in the post-war period before Japan's economic turn around in the 70's. So a lot of older Japanese still feel nostalgic about it. But the kids are raised on beef and hamburgers (go USA!) and don't particularly care about whale meat or the flavor.

I've heard that about some schools also trying to push whale meat, but like so many other controversial things in Japan, it's only among a very very small percentage of schools (probably less than 1%), but just enough to piss people off. Like the revisionist history textbooks.

Whale meat is still too expensive to incorporate into a school's lunch menu, so once the nationalism wears off (or wears thin), we'll see how much whale meat some school with only 25 kids in a town in backwater Hokkaido will keep on the menu in the long run.

Japanese nationalists are fond of doing this stuff. They know that Japanese general opinion frowns upon major rocking of the boat, so they do just enough to gain foreign exposure and then back off.

name your boat Steve Irwin. Receive a slap on the wrist and a "hello Mate" from Australians in return.

kawaikunai: Whale meat is still too expensive to incorporate into a school's lunch menu,


Not here... blubbernuggets every tuesday.

A compromise between the Australians and Japanese...



both are happy!

Phil the SWO Quote 2008-01-25 01:54:05 PM
forensik: Why does Hamas care about whales? Don't they have enuff issues with Israel, now they are harvesting ambergris?

I dont get it?

Assuming you're NOT kidding....

Her Majesty's Australian Ship, not Hamas.

And if you are kidding, I just walked into it. Good on ya.

I was kidding.
;-)

netcentric: kawaikunai: Whale meat is still too expensive to incorporate into a school's lunch menu,


Not here... blubbernuggets every tuesday.

Where's here (I'm assuming your in Japan)? Your profile says "Penn".

They should have just tossed their arses overboard.

Is subby from Maine, or does "shag" mean something in Australia (besides "to hump")? Is this a reference to a cormorant or to Steve Irwin?

*insert obligatory Star Trek IV image here*

ComicBookGuy: Eliminate ALL whaling, including for "research" purposes.

They make new whales!! If every whale that has ever lived was alive today, there'd be no room for boats.

/obscure?
//Not on Fark

The anti-whaling protesters should start "researching" some Japanese people. Shoot them with harpoons and measure how many pieces they break into, or something.