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Northwindlowlander t1_j6n0uj0 wrote

The bizarre thing about the japanese whaling is, it loses money and there's no demand for it. Without subsidies, the industry would disappear pretty much overnight. So they use the false cultural argument and the laughable research argument in order to prop up an industry that makes no sense

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HamburgerFromParis t1_j6odqo3 wrote

It makes sense for them to maintain that fishing as an attention focus, so the world doesn't mind some of their other dark fishing businesses (e.g. red tuna overfishing east of African coasts).

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shaginvolkswag t1_j6nxmk7 wrote

It’s the only way they can say F you to the rest of the world lol

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