In Dealing with Grassroots Activism, Active Response, Rather than Passivity, is the Correct Response
In recent news, the annual "slaughter" of dolphins in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture has been splashing headlines in many news outlets, drawing widespread criticism from manly Western audiences. The author feels particularly at home discussing this topic as his summer internship at Wakayama's municipal government, where he personally encountered whale-hunters and retailers, gave him a perspective on this previously little-known facet of Japanese tradition. And the author is a fan of whale meat, and possibly dolphin too, had he the chance to taste.