Whale blubber sculpture makes me so sleepy.

South Korea is asking the International Whaling Commission for permission to resume commercial Whaling.

``Before the ban, South Korea had bigger whaling vessels than Japan did. But now, there is not a single whaler left,'' said an official at the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. ``We are in a situation where we cannot completely ignore steady calls from fishermen in Ulsan and other southwestern regions.''

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Oh, Boo-hoo. Our ships were bigger. Basically what South Korea is saying is, if Japan can do it, we can do it. The problem is, Japan is breaking the law. If the International Whaling Commission decides to allow South Korea to resume Whaling, the commission might as well dissolve itself...either that or turn into a pro-Whaling lobbying group, because its existence as an apologist for scofflaw Whaling nations like Japan, Iceland, and Norway isn't cute any more. 30 out of the 84 member nations of the commission already want to allow the resumption of commercial Whaling. Nice. Kill and eat everything I guess. If only greed, stupidity, and lack of perspective were edible. Mmmmm, lack of perspective.

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