Japanese Whalers Take Australian and British hostages

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I'm all for Australian naval vessels firing on any unwelcome, foreign ships in our waters - but there is no way the Australian government would ever fire on a Japanese vessel.

Unfortunately, I think the Aust government is *trying* to look like its doing the right thing, while actually doing nothing to annoy the Japanese.

The smart thing to do, would be to harvest the same whales ourselves - and sell them to the Japanese.