Eat More Whales

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Everyone (see right) seems to have blogged the hell out of the weekend news and I’m stunningly lacking in inspiration. So another post from the photo archive.

I used to walk past this billboard in Tokyo everyday on my walk to the subway to get to work.

Being as the Japanese are not known for profound views on the pros and cons of animal welfare, being mainly concerned with whether a creature is either ‘tasty’ or Not tasty’. I thought it was nice to see that some group had put up a sign about anti-whaling.

Sadly this was not the case.

I can’t remember what the discussion in the office started as. But one day it got on to the subject of Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth etc. A Japanese colleague mentioned there was a growing awareness amongst the youth, but it was still very small and hardly noticeable. ‘But,’ I said ‘I pass an anti-whaling billboard every morning’. ‘I don’t think so’ he replied

So I took the above photo and took it into the office the next day. It caused much amusement amongst the Japanese there when it was explained what I thought it was for.

You see it’s actually a Pro-Whaling billboard

Basically what I was told it says is along the lines of.

Eat More Whales

Whales are now back to their pre-whaling numbers, so we should be able to eat them again.

Whale meat is tasty and good for you

Note: If anyone can provide a more accurate translation for my records, I would be most grateful.