Quite right, it's about human decency. Why should we care about whales? There are enough of them anyway.
What better place to hunt and kill them than in an International Whale Sanctuary (under the pretense of Research)?
What a strange dance is performed every year in the Antarctic, the Japanese catch whales that hardly anyone back home eats (except maybe some old folks), Sea Shepherd do their best to prevent them doing so. I suspect some kind of private war is going on..
Maybe they can sell some whale meat to China, tell them it's libido-stimulating.. The Chinese like that..
Be it rhino-horn, elephant penis or tiger testicles, they'll eat it..
ps: I do agree that a solution should preferably be found through diplomatic means..