This is a documentary about exposing the tragic mass killing of dolphins by fishermen in Taichi town, Japan. Interspersed in the middle are the causes of volunteering, the risky actions of volunteers, the inaction of relevant international organizations (International Anti-Whaling Commission), the superficial and deep reasons for Japan's killing of dolphins, and shocking and tragic images.
The discussion elicited by the film is very similar to the debate about eating cats and dogs that is commonly seen on the Internet.
In fact, from a rational point of view, I know that we can only restrain our own behavior, and have no right to interfere with the Japanese hunting and killing of dolphins that are not endangered.
However, emotionally speaking, dolphins are too lovable, they are highly intelligent, have similar emotions to humans, and often help humans. Therefore, dolphins inspire human compassion far more than lower animals. And love is unreasonable, and actions that arise from love are hard to stop with reason.
Power and love, one is rational and the other is emotional. Since there is no common starting point, it may be difficult for the two to solve problems through discussion. It may only depend on who has more action and influence.
Dogs and cats are defined as companion animals, and dolphins are considered highly intelligent, all of which are compelling reasons to call for protection of these animals.
But looking at the apparently more basic morality of "people cannot kill people", we can see that it has not always been like this. In primitive society, this morality did not exist, and it was only natural to eat prisoners at that time. Assuming that human morality evolves gradually, then according to the median value theorem, there must be a period between "cannibalism is justified" and "cannibalism is extremely sinful", and whether or not cannibalism is moral is a rather tangled problem. Perhaps we are in a similar tangle about how to treat those smart and cute animals ethically.
There has never been any hesitation and compassion in hunting and killing animals. Humans have not yet gotten rid of their meat-eating shells, nor have they developed meat substitutes, but they have developed a sense of compassion for animals. This kind of situation where there is more than enough heart but not enough power can probably only be attributed to the imperfect evolution of human beings.
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