Whale activists: 'Meet us don't eat us'

Pro- and anti-whaling nations are meeting in the British island of Jersey to consider the future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

Anti-whaling protestors gathered outside the 63rd convention of the IWC. The 89-nation body is deeply divided.While some member nations are pushing to enforce a ban, others have strong whaling traditions.

Iceland is one of the few nations where whaling still takes place and is an important tourist industry.

Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from Reykjavik, Iceland.

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[bushpigification]

dont join the EU you morons, the banks already fucked you over once, theyll do it again

[helixdq]

The minke whales that are used in comercial whaling are not an endangered species and their population has been increasing for some time. The groups protesting whaling aren't environmentalists they're kooks who base their protests on how cute an animal being killed is not ecological impact.

Funny how the country that practices whaling has so many in it's waters that it can practice tourism too, eh ?

But look out for the 4 little Icelandic whale boats !

[paratomato]

Fuck Nipland.

[bakagaijin1488]

@i7fan

"money driven bullshit"

You mean like the very computer you use to type your pseudo intellectual, pseud visionary comments? Society is compensation-driven. All things demand money. You're more than welcome to leave society and form a hunter-gatherer tribe with brainwashed retards like yourself and finally have your society where things aren't money driven, but survival driven instead.

[i7fan]

@bakagaijin1488 Haha your a smart one arent you? Im not a hippie or living in a rainbow, but when people say "hey the whales eat a lot of fish around japan so its good to kill them off". Well einstein they live in the fucking sea. They cant plant apple trees, hold cows, sheeps and build factories can they? We can, so to say that they "steal" the fish from humans is pure fucking money driven bullshit made by people that like flash, oh and those who like retarded sub human traditions.

[kiminibump7]

@bakagaijin1488 I agree with your point that the extreme leftists demand to eliminate the local tradition by putting their egoistic personal value on it. The eco-terrorist groups, particularly Sea Shepard, never exclaim at the pirates who need to be claimed, but they are willing to do against the local fishermen.

[sukebegaijin1]

@trini13archer No..but meat lover humans  are more aggressive than vegetarians.

[CorrerPorVida]

shave the whales

[abe911able]

meet us and eat us

[trini13archer]

@sukebegaijin1 because someone force fed you a man-meat sandwich? get off your high horse...