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My post was mainly to state that personal or cultural preferences shouldn't be codified into a universal law. Or any law at all for that matter. Not to put you in the "Peta camp". I have an a "to each their own" philosophy. It doesn't concern me what others eat as long as the species isn't in danger of extinction. Many people right here in the US don't want deer hunted even though their populations now outnumber the pre-Columbian herds.

The Japanese hunt primarily minke whales which are far from endangered. Whales that are very low in numbers, such as the Blue whale and Grey whales are not hunted.

The relative intelligence of an animal has little to do with it's viewpoint as a source of food. Whales intelligence isn't any greater than a pig's. And a horse's is much less than a cow's yet most would be horrified(well maybe not the French) at eating horse flesh. I have expericence with these animals this because I was raised (and still live) on a farm and know through experience and by reading science articles about the size and intelligent of animals compared to their brain size.

It also has alot more to do with cultural conditioning. Animals that are perceived as "cute" or beautiful or graceful like dolphins are less likely to end up on the plate than less adorable creatures, like tuna fish or crabs.

Before the anthropomorphism or"Disneyfication" of cute animals, few ever thought of giving whales and animals in general, human like traits or rights.

As for "dated posts" I didn't see any 'expiration" date on posts ....