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I think everyone is doing the wrong thing. Austerity in Europe is a failure. You can't…
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Guy-jin
Yes.
It was not until 2010 that an arrest warrant was issued for Watson, and he was declared internationally wanted by Interpol. There's 8 years of mystery cleared up right there. However, the notice was "blue--" meaning that national police forces were to monitor him and disclose information about, for example, his whereabouts, but not necessarily take a hand in arresting him. He was apprehended in May because the Costa Rican government appealed directly to Germany to do so.
Without being able to speak for sovereign nations, it could be that May '12 presented itself as the best time to take him, whether it was Costa Rica, Japan or someone else. And since the Interpol notice did not require uninvolved countries to intervene, there are plenty of reasons they wouldn't have.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd fugitive Watson says Japan after revenge
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Guy-jin
LOL, priceless. This is another prime example of selective reading. Originally, I pointed out that your definition of "conspiracy" is severly wanting for any correlation to the transparent procedings against Watson-- which you completely failed to acknowledge. Then you demanded that I answer what could only be described as a deflective question of your own. When I said I would answer it gladly, provided you acknowledge and respond to the conspiracy question, you seem to have read only the first part and not the second. This is exactly the problem inherent with trying to have a rational discussion with a Paul Watson supporter-- they will only read what they want and ignore everything else.
This WHOLE discussion is essentially moot for two reasons: 1) Japan is operating within internationally established and recognized laws. 2) Paul Watson is a fugitive from the law. You CAN NOT dispute that-- those are facts. Therefore, whether or not you think there's a conspiracy (which there most certainly isn't-- at least not by any reasonable person's definition of the word) doesn't matter at all-- if Watson wasn't conducting annual coordinated attacks against Japanese vessels on the open ocean, he wouldn't be in the trouble that he's hand-over-fist heaped upon himself.
Incidentally, any other Watson groupies that have called this a conspiracy and think they can explain just what it is that makes it so, please, feel free. Not meaning to single out 2020 here.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd fugitive Watson says Japan after revenge
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Guy-jin
So you watched a propaganda film in which Paul Watson stars. That's how you judge what is and isn't crime, huh? Please. Some of us are trying to have a serious discussion here.
I'll answer that with pleasure-- though it won't matter since all fact and logic I present will be dismissed out of hand. But before we go through that charade, you can stop dodging the question I asked you before-- provided you have an answer to offer. Otherwise, just keep demanding answers from other people while conveniently forgetting to provide them yourself.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd fugitive Watson says Japan after revenge
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Guy-jin
Remember that big conspiracy where international governments coordinated a secret worldwide attempt to capture and detain one innocent man, but despite it being a secret, the governments also spoke plainly and publicly about what they were doing?
Is that really how conspiracies work to you, 2020? Maybe it's different than in my scenario because Watson is not, in fact, innocent, but then, that's not conspiracy either-- it's international justice.
Which leads neatly into my rejoinder to the next bit of pro-Watson wisdom:
Do you understand, at all, how international law works?
Posted in: Sea Shepherd fugitive Watson says Japan after revenge
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Guy-jin
Like what? Maybe whales are affixing dynamite to the very foundations of the islands of Japan in order to sink them into the ocean, and only the Japanese fishermen know about their plot? Or you think maybe a whale killed Akihito's father, leaving him scarred for life with an unquenchable thirst for revenge?
It's such a simple issue. Japan is a nation of fishermen. Whaling is part of their culture. It doesn't matter who thinks that that culture is inappropriate in today's moral world-- Japan acts within established international laws on whaling and can therefore legally participate in said culture. Every year, Captain Stubing decides for himself that what Japan is doing is illegal-- can't stress enough that it's not-- and attacks them in provocative, militant and dangerous ways on the open ocean. Anyone who thinks Japan has no legitimate reason to want this jerk put away needs to stop pretending they have the logical capacity to continue engaging in this discussion.
Here's a hint, anti-whaling/pro-Pee-Wee; if you want Japan to stop whaling, it's not going to happen care of a fat old Canadian narcissist who isn't just chasing whalers-- he's chasing fame, TV ratings, money and his own bad-boy image. LOBBY THE IWC! I repeat, Japan is acting within the laws. Maybe they found a loophole, but that's STILL WITHIN THE LAW. Change the law, close the loophole, and see if Watson finally goes away.
Posted in: Sea Shepherd fugitive Watson says Japan after revenge
1
Guy-jin
kcjapan, it's awfully hard to take you seriously when you insist on inventing clever little nicknames like a kid on a playground.
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Guy-jin
Back when Watson was first arrested in Germany, he went on and on about how his life would be at risk if he entered the Costa Rican judicial system. He spun whale tales of shark fin mafia hit men who would infiltrate his holding cell and assassinate him in cold blood. Now, he's suddenly saying that his biggest fear is extradition to Japan. Suspecting a route that would allow him to avoid the danger of a Costa Rican prison, which loomed so threateningly just a few months ago, he's made himself an international fugitive rather than being tried in a country where prison murder is virtually non-existent.
Do these sound like the behaviors of a highly suspicious and highly guilty man to anyone else?
Posted in: Sea Shepherd founder Watson skips bail in Germany over Japan extradition fear
2
Guy-jin
For all you posters saying that defense against the government is an artifact of times gone past, you need only recognize recent episodes of police in California opening fire (with dummy rounds) on peaceful protestors. If the dummy rounds cease to be effective at dispersing gathered citizens, it's only a short step up to live ammunition-- and then what?
With regards to general gun ownership for private citizens; this is a very caustic topic. I am a gun owner and would consider myself center-right on most political issues. However, I would be VERY comfortable with increased, EFFECTIVE, screening measures for pistol permit applications (and maybe even a ban on "assault-type" weapons). I didn't feel like it was overly easy to get my permit to carry, but maybe that was just my state-- it varies based on where you live. There are certainly other places that need harsher evaluations, and for me, the process becoming a little more difficult does not equate to losing my gun rights.
Posted in: Gun culture thrives in U.S. despite cinema massacre
7
Guy-jin
I'd love to know exactly what percentage is being interpreted here as "in droves." I have a feeling it's not quite that dramatic. Perhaps "in droves" by Japanese standards only.
Posted in: New hirees quitting in droves
0
Guy-jin
@tokyobakayaro Why would be be extradited if he hasn't even been charged with anything?
Posted in: 'King of Tokyo' dethroned by insider trading probe
2
Guy-jin
Not true. A radical facist dictorship based on a dynasty model would have a great interest in preserving and strengthening its bloodline for the next succession. I wouldn't put anything past the Kims that would provide them a means to maintain their familial claim to the helm of the DPRK.
Posted in: Mystery woman with N Korea's Kim stirs speculation
3
Guy-jin
Go to onsen, pay 500 yen to bathe there > Go to onsen, pay 3,600 (+2,400 for containers) to get some water from a tap, schlepp it back to your house, and bathe in your dinky little tub after you've diluted the water anyway.
The math here isn't adding up for me.
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4
Guy-jin
http://www.globalnewsdesk.co.uk/middle-east-asia/iran-threatens-israel/01307/
Not exactly ambiguous. Let's see... Israel blows up possible sites of nuclear weapons manufacturing, Iran takes that as a valid excuse to commit utter religious, cultural and national genocide. Yeah, that seems fair.
"They will hand us an excuse to wipe them off the face of the earth." Clearly, the intention to erase Israel from existence is already there.
Mind you, this quote is before Iran even has the nukes. Imagine what would happen once they get them.
Posted in: What if Iran gets the bomb?
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Guy-jin
HAHAHA, anti-whaling is at it again. T_rexmaxytime posts two comments back to back. The one that's neutral-- not even pro-whaling, but completely neutral-- gets thumbed down twice. The one that smacks of anti-whaling, two thumbs up. You guys are predictable if nothing else.
As for Probie's comment, it makes a lot of sense. Which is why I find it strange that it's only been negged once.
Posted in: Whaling nations defeat proposed Atlantic sanctuary
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Guy-jin
It should be a given that Japan has to apologize to Korea once and for all for the mass-scale government-sanctioned raping of Korean women that took place during the occupation. That's to say nothing of other atrocities, but would be a good (and at the end of the day, essential) first step.
Then, it falls to the Koreans to get over it. After all, they actually invaded Japan first.
http://discovermagazine.com/1998/jun/japaneseroots1455/
Posted in: S Korea's president raps cabinet on bungled pact with Japan
7
Guy-jin
Oh, the iorny!
Posted in: Welcome to the toy cafe; no kids allowed
0
Guy-jin
Seems pretty logical to me. A cop doesn't roll through gangland without a bulletproof vest on. If a woman knows that she's about to enter a packed train full of horny male commuters with wandering hands, she can suit up or risk being shot.
To be fair, though, the subway company should also've made a poster of a train groper with his hands cut off-- ala Tokyo Gore Police or something.
Posted in: Shanghai subway tells women to have 'self-respect'
0
Guy-jin
Agree completely with you, Wolfpack. When this most recent tax hike debate came up, I'm sorry to say I bought the government's line about it being a bitter pill we'd all have to swallow. That was until I stopped to think about it for two seconds. Not to say that the J-gov is the only one in the world that's fat and corrupted, but I'd say it's pretty high up there among democracies. Cut wasteful gov't spending and take your thumb off the consumers-- that's the way out of this problem.
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1
Guy-jin
Hmm.....
There's a certain nonchalance in the choosing of words here.
Posted in: Asian reality stars go overseas in search of fame
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Guy-jin
I'm not sure that anyone could reasonably argue, after 3/11, that nuclear energy is a prudent choice for Japan in the long-term. However, they NEED at least some power generated from the idled reactors to sustain the industries that in turn power the economy and drive the movement toward alternative energy sources.
People should try to understand that if you have leukemia, you don't stop your heart to fix the problem. You keep the blood flowing, because your body needs it, while you look for a cure.
Posted in: Japan's May trade deficit jumps on soaring energy costs