Can any of the North Americans explain to me why the Inuit may kill whales as part of their traditional culture and for instance the Faroese should not though whale killing has been a part of their culture since many centuries and they do not kill more than they can eat? (Their catches have been stable over the centuries)

Is the difference that people we regard as "whites" do not have a tradition and culture worth to be preserved whereas people we regard as "nonwhites" have a culture worth to be preserved?

That's a nineteenth century white supremacy position in my eyes though held with the best of intentions this time: The poor wild people just don't know better but we stand above them and therefore don't .... (fill in your choice of what we should not do whereas for them it is still ok).

To me that looks like a patronising attitude just with the best of intentions this time.

Wolfgang (who has eaten whale only once, in Iceland)