That was one of The Onion's finest moments. Their "man on the street" commentary for that was, "So I stopped eating tuna because of the dolphins and now we're just blowing them to shit?"
"we have the best whales, they're blue and bik- Like, really, really bik. Like, huge. They're the best! we love our bik blue whales and I'm ganna put them back to work!"
Seems pretty darn pleasant actually. Kinda reminds me of those stories about police dog candidates that they have to 'fire' cause they're too friendly.
My understanding is most cetaceans are pretty friendly with humans. They don't see you as a threat, and seem to understand that you're also a mammal. There are reports of them protecting divers from sharks and things like that. You probably don't want to piss off a killer whale though, those things eat great whites.