Tanmateix, Masablog no està d'acord amb aquells qui usen la cultura gastronòmica com un contraargument, perquè el considera reduccionista.
There is no reason that whales should be treated any differently to any other resource. Whales should be managed properly, so they aren’t recklessly driven extinct, but there’s no good moral reason to privilege the “rights” of whales over the right of humans to hunt them.