Comments on: Humans are Still Killing Substantial Numbers of Whales, New Analysis Finds

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:34:18 +0000

There are several reasons why we would never issue economic sanctions on Japan.
1) they are a truly massive economy, and a good portion of American trade and debt is with Japan.
2) Their research whaling is technically legal under international law, and as such they are committing no crime to encourage sanctions.
3) Japan is a close ally in the pacific theatre, we have an air base there, and they would be essential in the case of a showdown with china or north korea.

All of those reasons are far more important than a couple of whales to the government. besides, the fatalities due to human activities in this article describe accidents with fishing gear and collisions with boats.

By: psweet

psweet — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:26:20 +0000

I think the first paragraph needs some editing, to make it immediately clear that they’re talking just about the western North Atlantic. Somehow I doubt that humans are having quite the same impact in, say, Antarctic waters.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 02:48:29 +0000

How’s that, Bert?

Your comment was pretty worthless itself.

Japan kills hundreds of whales a year under the guise of “research.”

By: BertNye

BertNye — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:06:14 +0000

“issue sanctions on the Japs” In those five words, you’ve managed to be incredibly stupid twice. Good work.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:04:07 +0000

I wish the US would issue sanctions on the Japs. This is unacceptable.