I'm Norwegian. Which means I come from the country where you can buy t-shirts with "We kill whales 4 fun", the only country where Greenpeace can have a leader who's in favor of hunting whales and seals (Bj?rn ?kern, leader in the early 90s, interesting guy), the country where eating whale meat is normal (it's quite nice, as long as you get a good piece) and I'm really in favor of whaling. It's not proven to endanger the species. So I've got no problem with it. We're probably the country where "Whale Wars" on Discovery has the lowest ratings... in the world.
But please don't ridicule these guys. They might be crazed environmentalists (and the commercials for that show is ridiculous "these guys are out to call their bluff", wtf..), but they do what they do because they fervantly believe in it. They believe it's something they must do, that's why they are (after all) risking life and lim in the fight.
Disagree with them. But don't ridicule them.
They're not eco-pussies. Name-calling is childish.