I am torn on this subject. On one hand I hate to see any animal hunted, especialy when it is a mammal. On the other hand, whale hunting has been part of a lot of cultures for hundreds of years and in some cases still heavely relied upon as a major food source.
Whales have always been a passion of mine so it is difficult to stand on the side line and watch, but the situation you are refering to deals with a commuinity that all pull together for the hunt and all share in the spoils.
I don't agree with large scale commercial hunting but don't feel as if I have the right to judge community's who are hunting for their own survival. Especially when I live in a country that not longer hunts it's food, but rather raises stock to be slaughtered by the thousands, usually while beign mistreated.
Even after trying to reason it still stings me to see it happen, but it is a part of life.
chris