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homkono22 t1_j6mp8kr wrote

Don't generalize, people are individuals, judge people individually on their own merits. Culturally there can be some things you can generalize as many are exposed to said culture throughout their lives and things get normalized. But not everyone will follow everything in their own culture.

"x race are some of the smartest people" is a dumb generalized statement, being japanese doesn't automatically make anyone smart. Human intelligence vary, culture and educational systems have an impact but smart people are smart regardless. Whale hunting is down to bad education regarding the subject, not due to people being intelligent or not in general. People are people regardless of where they come from.

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GrnShttrdLyte t1_j6mlsq2 wrote

Norway doesn't eat a lot of whale.

The amount of whale meat in stores is only a couple hundred tons per year, whereas the others (beef, pork, chicken) are in the hundreds of thousands of tons. Other fish and seafood consumption total several thousand tons.

Depending on where you are in Norway, whale may not even be available at your local grocery store. If you do, its probably buried in the frozen food section.

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