I agree on the Norwegian and Japanese position on permitting the hunting of non-endangered species of whales as a cultural exemption. This is once again, dominant cultures forcing their "morals" on inferior cultures. I honestly feel like this is a new form of colonialism. As the great Christian philosopher so beautifully put, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron 's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." This is literally what is happening in this situation.
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Knowing about many international panels from our POL 1503 class, there is going to be a huge American and Western European influence on them, which means they are going to side with their own cultural beliefs and ban whaling. However, if there should be a panel, it should be a panel of former whalers, fisherman, historians, and marine biologists, that are actually educated on the culture and the practice of whaling, to decide it. Would someone want a judge who is a ballet dancer with no background on law, presiding over their case? Absolutely not. So the panel should have people knowledgeable on the subject. I believe if there is a panel as this, there would be no ban on whaling.
I believe a cultural activity is an activity that has been taking place in a group of people for hundreds of years. For example, Indians throwing paint and powder at each other on Holi is a cultural activity (Kaur, 2013). Americans shooting fireworks and eating barbeque on July 4th, is a cultural activity. Just like that, Japanese and Norwegians having their right to hunt whales in their own waters as a cultural
Knowing about many international panels from our POL 1503 class, there is going to be a huge American and Western European influence on them, which means they are going to side with their own cultural beliefs and ban whaling. However, if there should be a panel, it should be a panel of former whalers, fisherman, historians, and marine biologists, that are actually educated on the culture and the practice of whaling, to decide it. Would someone want a judge who is a ballet dancer with no background on law, presiding over their case? Absolutely not. So the panel should have people knowledgeable on the subject. I believe if there is a panel as this, there would be no ban on whaling.
I believe a cultural activity is an activity that has been taking place in a group of people for hundreds of years. For example, Indians throwing paint and powder at each other on Holi is a cultural activity (Kaur, 2013). Americans shooting fireworks and eating barbeque on July 4th, is a cultural activity. Just like that, Japanese and Norwegians having their right to hunt whales in their own waters as a cultural