Iceland To End Whaling By 2024!

It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.

- Margaret Mead

This is great news but never confuse this for moral progress of Icelanders and Japanese Whale meat consumers. This happened because a handful of human beings who scarified many things in their lives for doing the right thing and worked untiring to raise awareness. But they knew just "awareness" doesn't work with humans and they knew they have to use every tool available to reduce pain and suffering. The tool they used and succeeded is called Economics! 

Understand, they didn't get blinded by bullshit phrase of "love" changes mind nor they believed in "conversation" changes minds. Instead, they worked hard to hit where it hurts most - economics a.k.a money. We are seeing the results now: 

Iceland says it will end whaling from 2024 amid dwindling demand and continuing controversy.

"There are few justifications to authorize whale hunting beyond 2024," when current quotas expire, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Svandís Svavarsdóttir said in an op-ed in Friday's Morgunblaðið newspaper.

The minister wrote it was "undisputed" that whale hunting had not had much economic significance to Iceland in recent years, with no big whale caught in the last three years, except for one minke whale in 2021.

"Japan has been the largest buyer of [Icelandic] whale meat, but its consumption is declining year by year. Why should Iceland take the risk of continuing fishing that has not yielded economic benefits, in order to sell a product that is in low demand?" she asked.

The most, yes the most difficult thing in the world is to change a human's gastro-intestinal pleasures; a learned behavior via couple of the most over hyped English words namely "culture" and "tradition". 

But yet, these people came up with a plan and executed brilliantly to change the diet of an entire nation.  

Thank you for everyone who worked untiring to make this happen. 

Max and I were able to live a peaceful life for13 years only because of people like you happened to live before our times. Thank you, Thank you.