[lastofthemojito]

I think a lot of it has to do with how they do it. I believe a lot of other whaling operations catch and process whales at sea. In the Faroes, whales are driven into shallow water and killed near land in sight of people who aren't accustomed to such things.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45209587

[nhod]

Traveling to other cultures involves being exposed to seeing things you aren’t accustomed to. In many ways, that is the whole point.

I’m not defending the Faroese here (nor casting aspersions on them, either), more just saying that it’s your responsibility to research the customs of the places to which you travel, and to not go if you think you might not like what you see.

[yard2010]

It's also fine to say it's cruel as fuck.

> "The squealing from the whales was horrible. They were putting hooks on ropes in their blowholes to pull them in and then hacking at them with knives."