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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070209/sc_nm/japan_whaling_dc

I think the Japanese should hunt down and sink this vessel and hang all the survivors as pirates.

The Japanese aren't hunting them to extinction, what would be the point in that? They'd go out of business. Big business prefers steady stable assets, they are not pirates out for an easy buck who will disappear once people realise the damage they've done.