ABC - IWC 2008 Day 3 Update

Aust to help decide Whaling Commission future
Source: ABC News
Published: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:26 AEST

Australia and Japan have been appointed to a new working group, that will decide the future of the International Whaling Commission.

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[fruitbonbon]

whaling countries are outnumbered by anti-whaling countries. that is correct and that is why iwc is not working. whaling countries do not need to be there but most of them are there because:

1. be deplomatic and nice

2. as you said, some countries (actually us) threatened whaling countries (actually japan)

don't you feel anything?

btw you keep saying japan. i wonder what you think about other whaling countries. i assume you are from australia. is is racism?

[fred100446]

As for calling australia racist, i strongly disagree. we are very multicultural and do have clashs. But we are made up of many and we are all strong together. We also have a large group of japanese prefering to live in australia. We don't have selective signs on restaurants or even our RSL club (vetrens), australia excepts anyone and if u ask any refugee from asian countries they would say they love australia for giving them a second go at life.

[fred100446]

and once again racism won't justify what the internatrional courts decided about japan.

Even if Australia was the most racist country in the whole world and does so many illegal operations... doesn't mean japan can get away with illegal acts in a protected area.

[fred100446]

btw if anti-whaling countries out number in the world, get over it thats democracy an if the world doesn't want it japan has to deal with it. Do you want the world to be communist still?

[fruitbonbon]

it sounds like a bussiness issue. somebody wants to make money by meat and somebody wants to make money by whale watching. they can talk to resolve the issue. why does australia behave like s hypocrite?

[fruitbonbon]

i am not 100% sure what ats means but i guess it is that australia insists some part of antarctica is australian territory. if it is the case, of course i do not support it. i do not think any other countries support it. i repeat any other counries suppots australia own any part of antarctica. if australian anti-whaling policy is based on ats (or whatever it is called), it is much bigger issue than anti-whaling.

[fruitbonbon]

>ICR website say they hunt endangered fin whales.

can you tell me the link? i wonder how many they caught fin.

[fred100446]

You got that right, racism causes nothing but trouble. My relatives are infact japanese, so of course i am not gonig to be racist to them.

When refering to antartic whaling, I'll still continue to say "Japan", as they are the ones doing it - not norway or iceland.

[fruitbonbon]

i do no think where your family lives means anything for whaling or anti-whaling or even racism but i feel you insist you are not a racist. that is good. at least we can continue to talk. i just suggest you that you should say whaling countries instead of japan. otherwise i smell lots of racism. i hesitate to visit your website even though i do not know where it is. :-)