On this I am opposed but see Charles has made some interesting points, look the fact is, Whales ARE intelligent like Dolphins and if they were killing Dolphins then what? If you have seen the movie the "Cove," then it puts things in perspective. We can talk about culture and all of that, but can we be completely honest the Native Culture of the past is just that, the past. I cannot name all the ways it has been for lack of a better term diluted. So to say they are living in the cultural way, is kinda intellectually dishonest, modern boats, motors, heck houses, they have access to health care. If we say it all right for Naives to kill whales then it needs to be okay for everyone, Japan, Norway, Iceland. Just like Ivory, either we ban Ivory or we kill the elephants. This racist case exceptions is not good for anyone, allowing one set of people to step back and forth into the 21st century based on race to their advantage is just as bad as what Wohlforth describes.