Despite the fact that she’s got a warrant out for her arrest in Japan, Hayden Panettiere (Who needs to get a new last name immediately) was ultimately unable to be a hero to whalekind when she joined a protest earlier this month. Japanese vessels have now set off towards Antarctica to hunt for rare humpback whales following a send off that involved the theme from Popeye the Sailor Man and a crowd waving flags emblazoned with smiling whales. What a strange goodbye party. Wouldn’t it make more sense if they had like Xs on the whales or maybe a circle with a slash through it? Call me crazy but I don’t think the whales are going to be pulled into port with cheshire grins on their faces.
I’m not a hunting critic or anything like that, but if you know humpback whales are near extinct and you have a culture that’s hunted whales forever, wouldn’t it make sense to help preserve them? If whaling is important to your culture, what happens after they’ve died out? Am I thinking too hard about this? Leave them alone for a few years. Go hunt some tuna or something if you want to spear some fish. I like tuna, I’m fine with that.
MSNBC - Popeye the Sailor Man?
