Japan to commence whaling mission and Applesauce cups

Issue: Japan to commence whaling mission

This mission to kill 1,000 whales confuses me. “The 239-man mission plans to kill more than 900 minke whales as well as fin whales and humpbacks, in a South Pacific whale hunt that will run until mid-April.” The Japanese fisheries officials explain this murder mission is so biologist can do research on the whales’ internal organs. And although the meat collected going to market, gaining a profit is not the primary driver of this excursion. I really think that it is wonderful that the fishery officials can declare that killing 50 humpback whales will be no biggy. "Taking 50 humpbacks from a population of tens of thousands will have no significant impact whatsoever." I want to see the statistical analysis that is supporting the statement “no significant impact.” Um excuse me, where’s the p-value to back that up, pal? The article’s author throws in that a Greenpeace ship will be following the fleet. I just hope that whatever tactics they are planning don’t just result in a pollution of the oceans. Otherwise what are we doing? Contaminating the oceans to save whales…ya, that doesn’t add up. I say this because I had recently heard from a classmate, that an “environmentalists” group was ramming and cannon balling a Japanese fishing boat in the Arctic. Sinking a boat probably isn’t going to help the condition of the oceans.

Discussion based on Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7099720.stmPublished: 2007/11/17 13:18:35 GMT© BBC MMVII

Deed: I stopped buying the six-pack of small applesauce cups and just got the large glass jar. Then I recycled the jar.