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Would you eat whale?

Richard Black, a BBC correspondent in Japan, ponders the cultural mores that make eating one type of animal a delicacy in one country, and unthinkable in another. Very interesting article, but a little unnerving. For a moment, I could see the other side of the argument, and then I felt all unclean and ashamed for doing so.

Cruelty and the kitchen

2 Comments so far

  1. Justin May 28th, 2007 5:41 pm

    Face it, they’d eat us if they had the chance.

  2. Caitlin May 31st, 2007 1:24 am

    Whales eat us? Only if we were plankton.

    That Jonah guy was full of tall stories. ;-)

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