Japan is on crack

And also Iceland and Norway. I love each one of these countries, but their governments are taking crack. These three countries all really want to resume full-scale whale hunting. Wasn't that over in the 1800s? Do we also want to bring back the black plague and oil-burning lamps? Isn't this just a tad out of date? I mean, Japan, Iceland and Norway should know better, they're all otherwise 'hip' countries - but recent news that they want to take over the International Whaling Commision is just bizarre. Don't we have better things to be doing? While Japan still hunts whales for scientific purposed, reports say that whatle carcasses are just piling up in the freezer instead of being used by the public. I mean, what is the demand here? Is this just like pissing in your backyard because you can and you want to irritate your neighbors? Freaking weird times we live in.