Harford 1, Japan Nil

[Monoriu]

I have yet to try any whale meat.  I doubt it is good though.  Everything I've read indicates that it is for the sake of tradition and employment. 

[Neil]

Hopefully they ignore this unjust decision.

[Razgovory]

I'd support Iceland being hit by a CVBG.

I like where this is going!

[Monoriu]

I can't help but think that the Japanese government secretly welcomes this decision.  They now have the perfect excuse to stop this embarrassing activity that causes nothing but trouble.

[Ed Anger]

I'd support Iceland being hit by a CVBG.

I like where this is going!

Make it 3 CVBG's. Supported by 2 Ohio class SSGN's.

[Josquius]

I can't help but think that the Japanese government secretly welcomes this decision.  They now have the perfect excuse to stop this embarrassing activity that causes nothing but trouble.

Possibly so, it reduces the loss of face for backing down on whaling somewhat whilst still letting them stop subsidising a pointless industry. And saving money is top of the agenda for the current government.


I don't think I've ever eaten it either. I am curious. But I only ever worked one day a week in a primary school so never got the full assortment of disgusting quasi-food people have to eat there,.

[Malthus]

Bjork reminds me of the weird woman at the grocery store that hangs around in the produce section.

Both are targets for CdM's hot-wheels treatment? 

[Legbiter]

Now it's time to take on the Norwegistanis and those weirdo blonde people from that volcanic island.

By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. The cetacean menace never rests. 

[The Larch]

This decision won't stop Japanese whaling in full, only the operations in the Anctartic Ocean. Japan will still be able to whale in the North Pacific.

[CountDeMoney]

Larch, always looking at the ocean-is-half-full angle.

[The Brain]

katmai will still be able to wail in the shower.

[The Larch]

Larch, always looking at the ocean-is-half-full angle.

Just putting things in perspective, this is not the death blow to the Japanese whaling industry that is being reported, although it is a small victory against them.

[CountDeMoney]

Larch, always looking at the ocean-is-half-full angle.

Just putting things in perspective, this is not the death blow to the Japanese whaling industry that is being reported, although it is a small victory against them.

No, it's not a death blow, but there's going to be a whole lot of Antarctic whales that aren't going to get death blows either.  And that's the point.

[The Larch]

Larch, always looking at the ocean-is-half-full angle.

Just putting things in perspective, this is not the death blow to the Japanese whaling industry that is being reported, although it is a small victory against them.

No, it's not a death blow, but there's going to be a whole lot of Antarctic whales that aren't going to get death blows either.  And that's the point.

Oh, they're the big winners, that's for sure. 

The big loser is, I'd say, Japan's "scientific" reputation. Come on, they've been using the "scientific research" excuse for decades and they've only been able to produce a couple of papers of dubious value as a fig leaf?

[Neil]

The big loser is plankton.