Reflection of video – South Park’s Whale Wars

          According to the South Park Whale Whores; the issue raised in the episode was the ongoing problem of the Japanese killing whales; as a result of them dropping the nuclear bombs "fat man" and "little boy" on Hiroshima.

          The japanese people were portrayed with a stereotyped asian accent with a slur and poor pronunciation on words , they were also depicted as having small eyes, another Asian stereotype, they were traditional Japanese clothes .They can also be seen running away and being afraid of a Godzilla figure. They were also obsessed about killing the "culprits" that were behind the Hiroshima bombing. Their savagery were also depicted in the manner of which they slaughtered the whales and dolphins, brutally stabbing them to death with make shift pitch forks.

          The activists depicted in the show were trying to stop the Japanese but failed to do so as they had no real way of physically stopping the slaughter through lawful means, this is proven when one of the crew members told Stan that they couldn't follow through with his ideas because it was against the law. Also Captain Paul Watson refered to the incident whereby he faked getting shot and then using the press against the Japanese. Stan takes over and then proceeds to actively make a difference and stop the Japanese, however his methods relies heavily on killing the Japanese, being aggressive before the Japanese have a chance to hunt; backed up with him saying on the television interview "they can be stopped, if you have balls." They are also shown to lie for higher ratings, as did Cartman and Kenny when they joined up with the crew, despite clearly not showing an interest in being an activist earlier on in the show.

          Another issue is the cultural ignorance potrayed towards the Japanese. The average viewer does not even know why the Japanese killed the Whales and Dolphin. Stan's hasty generalization towards the Japanese thinking that all Japanese does not speak english when he asked "You speak english?"

          Lastly, when the Japanese stopped killing whales and dolphins and killed chickens and cow instead Stan's father said " Now they are normal like us." He is trying to imply that killing cows and chickens are normal while killing whales and dolphins are not. Whales, dolphins, cows and chickens are all living things after all. This is what makes me puzzled,  they all can be eaten but why is it normal for humans to eat cows and chickens but not normal to eat whales and dolphins?