Let me start by laying out my position on whaling (please understand my knowledge of whales and the whaling industry come soley from watching re-runs of "Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home" and "Free Willy"). Basically I think there is probably a sustainable level of whaling, but not now, not yet... maybe sometime in the future. Most species are endangered as far as I know.
Anyway, I was recently incensed by the deliberate ramming by the Japanese whalers. But maybe I am missing some understanding of the Japanese... and like the Japanese whalers, I think scientific research will yield an answer.
Therefore I propose the following experiment to find out what enrage the Japanese to kill whales and try to kill Sea Shepherd activists. The experiment basically involves throwing eggs at staff from the Japanese Embassy to elicit rage from them and measure this through detailed observations of their rage reflex mechanisms. I am exluding the general Japanese population in Australia from this experiment as I think their mingling with other Australians might increase the scientific margin for error. I think the Embassy staff are a great sample of live Japanese specimins which are perfect for our scientific research. For a control in this experiment I will use my Japanese flatmate who returns from Japan soon.
Until my control returns from Japan, I cannot proceed with scientific observations of the rage responses. However I will refine my egg throwing technique (henceforth referred to as my scientific input) in the meantime.
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