Comments on: South Korea may resume whaling, like Japan, "for scientific purposes"

By: Jason Conort

Jason Conort — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:14:00 +0000

Many whale species are endangered, but don’t worry I am sure once there gone, we can move on to the next thing to kill off.

http://www.un.org/works/OLD/environment/animalplanet/whale.html

By: crummett

crummett — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:33:00 +0000

Whales: how do they work?

By: Alden

Alden — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:52:00 +0000

How many whale-related scientific papers a year are published in Japan anyway? There must be lots!

By: lecti

lecti — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:48:00 +0000

The problem is that they are giving the same lame excuse for hunting whales. Just admit it’s for food, and everything’s fine (as long as they don’t hunt it to extinction). Why copy the bad part of Japan?

By: timmaguire

timmaguire — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Do they explain what they hope to learn from new scientific research on whales?

What aspect of whale academics could be helped by hauling in a few hundred every year, chopping them up, and selling them to sushi houses?

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 20:19:00 +0000

They already have scientists on whaling ships. They’re just normally too busy getting raped or murdered to do any research.

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Tsk. Speling….

By: LennStar

LennStar — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:22:00 +0000

I am amazed that they openly admit how bad their scientists are. I mean, to not now what a whale looks on the inside afters *centuries*!!

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Believe me, here in Texas (and other like minded states such as Mississippi) are working very hard on this very thing. Here is one of our supporters talking:
“People now don’t die from prostate cancer, breast cancer and some of the other things.”—NY GOP congressional candidate Chris Collins, in explaining why the ACA should be repealed
[eh, I'm in Austin. One has to have a healthy sense of humor to live in this state]

By: Kaden Harris

Kaden Harris — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:09:00 +0000

The research in question: “What does that whale over there taste like?”

By: technobach

technobach — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:02:00 +0000

On a related note, North Korea is considering allowing the hunting of humans, again for “scientific purposes”

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:00:00 +0000

We should disguise a torpedo as a whale and let them harpoon it! I’m heading over to Kickstart…

By: John Bodart

John Bodart — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Then I suggest we torpedo whaling ships and call it war games.

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Don’t miss the exciting arcade action offered by the Japanese Cetacean Research Simulator!

http://harpooned.org/

By: Stephen Schenck

Stephen Schenck — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:36:00 +0000

How about South Korea can kill as many whales as it likes, but only if it does so by leaving them in rooms where there are electric fans running?

By: Mitchell Glaser

Mitchell Glaser — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:30:00 +0000

This is why science should be banned. This, and colonoscopy.