Protests IMO are pointless: the only thing they are good for is to bring attention to an issue. Since whale hunting is already on the government's agenda, this protest was just there for shock value, and I despise actions which try to use shock to galvanise opinions. That said, I don't think the Japanese are entitled to go out into international waters to hunt for whales. The justification is that they are preserving the small industry which lives off whale hunting: if so, they should do so in their own coastal waters. Whale as a meat... (
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