Japan Stubbornly Propping Up Moribund Whaling Sector, Which Directly Employs 300 People

[PATRICK]

2. Why?

I had to dream up a wild fantasy satire to make more sense out of this "tradition" that seems an almost pure(animals not people) example of dedicated evil, that is where an atrocity continues despite ANY rationality- even self-interest.
It is bad etiquette to shamelessly promote my Xmas book here which is a deep attack on whaling. DU Marketplace has it. I figured there is some secret myth cult backing this endeavor which would seem more "logical" in a conspiracy theory sort of way.