I am a FAN of nuancing and you have just nuanced.
You make the case that eating whales is "horrific" yet try to say that you did not say others shouldn't do it.
True, I do not recall you explicitly stating as much, but in this case I believe there is a bit too much of a nuance and I'd start calling it squirming. :-)
This thread is largely about whether others should eat whales or not. I see nobody here talking about their personal desire to eat whales.
I therefore consider it very very disingenuous for you to imply that you do not wish that other people would stop eating whales after calling the practice "horrific" and saying that whales are "too precious, to kill".
Are you talking about your own experience in killing and eating whales or that of others?