11/3/2003: Japanese dolphin kill

[coliano]

Thanks Whit glad to be here. It's a great place and all you regulars are why I keep coming back,

No threadjack intended. I confess to not having read the accompanying article before posting. A sin I know

Having read it I understand the context. As you say he was simply comparing the eating of one type of meat vs. another.

So here's my 2c.

Sato aside however and without weighing in on whether killing animals for food is right or wrong I think that when endangered or imperiled species are at risk, 'cultural bias' should be a non-issue. The japanese in this case, rationalize the dolphin hunt to westerners as a 400 year old cultural tradition. While I can't morally justify my objections to their eating dolphins, I can certainly justify my objections to their *killing* them.

Hopefully it won't be too long before we can synthetically 'grow' the flesh of the animals we eat. I know signifigant strides are being made in that arena. Besides, dolphins are too cool to kill.