A blogger for the Kansas City Star wrote an interesting editorial about the effectiveness of protesting against things you don't like, especially (well, exclusively) when it's something other people are doing that you don't condone. Basically, he is attempting to debunk the justification for whaling used by Japanese whalers that it's part of their culture to hunt and eat whale. The Japanese have said they will halt the whaling of humpbacks. So maybe it worked... maybe. The blogger himself says that they have said nothing about the other whale species and of course no mention of the giant squid, which surely makes millions of people salivate uncontrollably. I mean just THINK of the giant calamari rings. I for one would like to see the Japanese start going after those giant squid, which they recently confirmed does in fact exist and is estimated to be 30 to 60 ft in length... because MAN, if you can get that in the boat and eat it... well... you go right ahead buddy!Thursday, January 10, 2008
Protest Can Work?!
Hmm...
A blogger for the Kansas City Star wrote an interesting editorial about the effectiveness of protesting against things you don't like, especially (well, exclusively) when it's something other people are doing that you don't condone. Basically, he is attempting to debunk the justification for whaling used by Japanese whalers that it's part of their culture to hunt and eat whale. The Japanese have said they will halt the whaling of humpbacks. So maybe it worked... maybe. The blogger himself says that they have said nothing about the other whale species and of course no mention of the giant squid, which surely makes millions of people salivate uncontrollably. I mean just THINK of the giant calamari rings. I for one would like to see the Japanese start going after those giant squid, which they recently confirmed does in fact exist and is estimated to be 30 to 60 ft in length... because MAN, if you can get that in the boat and eat it... well... you go right ahead buddy!
A blogger for the Kansas City Star wrote an interesting editorial about the effectiveness of protesting against things you don't like, especially (well, exclusively) when it's something other people are doing that you don't condone. Basically, he is attempting to debunk the justification for whaling used by Japanese whalers that it's part of their culture to hunt and eat whale. The Japanese have said they will halt the whaling of humpbacks. So maybe it worked... maybe. The blogger himself says that they have said nothing about the other whale species and of course no mention of the giant squid, which surely makes millions of people salivate uncontrollably. I mean just THINK of the giant calamari rings. I for one would like to see the Japanese start going after those giant squid, which they recently confirmed does in fact exist and is estimated to be 30 to 60 ft in length... because MAN, if you can get that in the boat and eat it... well... you go right ahead buddy!
