# Did you donate to the relief effort in Japan? If so, some of your money is going towards whaling... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 13, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044 "2011-12-13T16:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/1 "2011-12-13T16:27:02Z")
I pit the Japanese government for [this](http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/12/blood-money-tsunami-recovery-funds-go-to-japans-whaling-industry/). I gave money to help the tsunami ravage regions recover. I did not expect my money to go towards reviving the whaling industry. I am not happy about this ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/2 "2011-12-13T16:35:35Z")
Well, that just blows! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/3 "2011-12-13T16:37:16Z")
It does definitely seem like something to wail over. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/4 "2011-12-13T16:40:38Z")
Everyone needs to quit their blubbering. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/5 "2011-12-13T16:48:59Z")
There is a movement amongst the younger citizens to protest this action by invading piers along the Japanese coastline… #OrcapyWhaleStreet ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/6 "2011-12-13T16:53:38Z")
Nuke the whales. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/7 "2011-12-13T17:30:24Z")
If you gave money to help the the tsunami ravaged regions recover, and the whaling industry was injured by the tsunami, then why shouldn’t money go to it? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/8 "2011-12-13T17:38:03Z")
That is interesting. I gave a bunch of money to the whaling industry and those bastards in the government better not have given any of it to the tsunami relief. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/9 "2011-12-13T17:52:23Z")
I find it cool that Sea Shepherd calls their effort “Operation Divine Wind”. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/10 "2011-12-13T18:19:07Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > If you gave money to help the the tsunami ravaged regions recover, and the whaling industry was injured by the tsunami, then why shouldn’t money go to it? I understand you POV but doesn’t mean I have to agree that it’s right. I think the whaling industry should have been allowed to die a natural death. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/11 "2011-12-13T18:37:41Z")
Does that mean that if you gave money to help the whales, they actually spent it on preventing Japan’s tsunami ravaged regions from recovering? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/12 "2011-12-13T18:46:26Z")
If it helps, OP, I think that’s pretty fucked up, too. With all the moves Japan has done to revitalize their tourism since the disasters, you’d think they’d have hidden this little bad PR gem. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/13 "2011-12-13T18:53:10Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > I understand you POV but doesn’t mean I have to agree that it’s right. I think the whaling industry should have been allowed to die a natural death. You still haven’t established that the money came from donations as opposed to the actual government. Or at least the article doesn’t make it clear. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/14 "2011-12-13T19:05:54Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > You still haven’t established that the money came from donations as opposed to the actual government. Or at least the article doesn’t make it clear. Actually re-reading the article, you are right. There is nothing there that says that the money that I personally donated will go towards that. I still don’t have to like the fact that they continue whaling. Ok, so change it, I pit that Japan continues whaling in spite of the fact that 95% of Japanese people don’t eat whale meat. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/15 "2011-12-13T19:06:30Z")
This is as bad as the time I gave money for Katrina victims and some of it went to black people. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/16 "2011-12-13T19:11:23Z")
> [@bup](#): > > This is as bad as the time I gave money for Katrina victims and some of it went to black people. Yeah sure it is :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/17 "2011-12-13T19:12:09Z")
> [@bup](#): > > This is as bad as the time I gave money for Katrina victims and some of it went to black people. Yup. That was a dark time in America. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/18 "2011-12-13T19:29:55Z")
First I was forced to read _Moby Dick_, and now THIS! ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/19 "2011-12-13T20:46:58Z")
Color me surprised. I didn’t shed any tears about the recent “tragedy” for two reasons – mass uprisings in North Africa and the near East were of far greater interest, and mostly, fuck the Japs. Their leaders are the same as those found in commie North Korea, remorseless, and their culture is vapid and devoid of lasting art. Those gooks can go pound shit into sand. I pray every day Red China grows a pair and nukes the shit out of that little scab of a country into the ocean. At least PRC has a history of real language, real literature, just about anything besides their unfortunate mass-murdering communist tendencies. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044/20 "2011-12-13T21:20:26Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Color me surprised. I didn’t shed any tears about the recent “tragedy” for two reasons – mass uprisings in North Africa and the near East were of far greater interest, and mostly, fuck the Japs. Their leaders are the same as those found in commie North Korea, remorseless, and their culture is vapid and devoid of lasting art. Those gooks can go pound shit into sand. > > I pray every day Red China grows a pair and nukes the shit out of that little scab of a country into the ocean. At least PRC has a history of real language, real literature, just about anything besides their unfortunate mass-murdering communist tendencies. You must be a joy at parties :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-donate-to-the-relief-effort-in-japan-if-so-some-of-your-money-is-going-towards-whaling/606044.md?page=2)