JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Heda_Madness
Scrote. Imagine how you would feel if you were in that shelter and the person next to you got gloves. But you didn't. Imagine how that would affect your morale.
This was a policy amongst ALL shelters from the very earliest days. If there were 200 people and you had only 190 packs of noodles they would politely decline. No system is perfect but the mental welfare of the people 'stuck in the gymnasiums' must be considered.
There has also been a surplus of deliveries in some areas and companies like Uniqlo have literally flooded the area with warm clothes.
I really don't understand the relevance between this part of the article and the rest though. The housing situation could have been dealt with quicker and more effectively thanks to people like Colin Shea etc however the government/local authorities were very inflexible.
Posted in: Foreign firms feel sidelined in post-quake rebuilding
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Heda_Madness
Dog - my point was that it's not new news. I knew about these problems in April/May.
OkinawaMike - recently Surelock Holmes have secured a site to build a community centre in Rikuzentakata at a cost of 4 million yen. He's now looking for funding. Given your 'expertise' at thinking out of the box I would hope you contact him to help him in his fundraising efforts. Though don't be too surprised if he already tried that in March.
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Heda_Madness
Of course you're all incorrectly assuming that the all of the waste in Tohoku has been contaminated with radiation. Despite this being nearly 11 months after the disaster.
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Heda_Madness
Interesting but somewhat dated article. Anyway involved in Tohoku knew this in May of last year. I also don't see what relevance the gloves and the kids clothes are to the article.
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Heda_Madness
Germany is the greatest example of 'NIMBY'. They don't have any nuclear power plants, they just import it from France.
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Heda_Madness
Which is why I also mentioned the SMH. But the point made to me was that only a handful of Audtralians are anti-SS.
This is clearly not the case as most Australians are intelligent. And most intelligent people abhor the violent acts of the SS.
Though I'm sure that the SS supporters will be along shortly to 'speak for all Australians.'
Posted in: 3 anti-whalers injured after Japanese crew throw hooks, bamboo poles at them
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Heda_Madness
For starters the Telegraph and the SMH both had blogs that were highly critical of the illegal tactics of the SS. Both were written by people who are anti whaling but also anti SS. I was genuinely surprised by the amount of anti SS posts beneath the blogs as I had foolishly believed that most of Australia supported the SS. If that's true then they must be the silent majority.
Two words that you would never usually associate with the SS.
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Heda_Madness
So you think that highlighting that one of the protestors is holding a knife as it approaches the boat or shows the protestors are throwing glass projectiles at the people on the ship is not saying it's wrong. Just highlighting it in a Robin Hood type of way?
If you really do believe that, and I don't think for a second you do, then read the blogs. The blogs that talk about piracy etc, etc etc. All written by Australians. All written by Australians who are against whaling. All with a similar opinion of the SS.
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Heda_Madness
I don't think for a moment anyone is disputing that. However what the media are saying, what the blog writers are saying and what the majority of people who are commenting on the subject are saying. Is that the SS are WRONG. THat their tactics are dangerous and they should be stopped.
Posted in: 3 anti-whalers injured after Japanese crew throw hooks, bamboo poles at them
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Heda_Madness
Ossan, as I posted above the Australian media are showing video of the SS trying to disable the prop, of coming along side and throwing glass bottles at the person in charge of the water canon and holding a knife as the boat comes along side. Despite what the recent influx of SS supporters will claim on here, they are getting very negative press. Possibly the reason they've claimed there've been injuries is because they knew that the Japanese video evidence is so strong. Difficult to claim you've been attacked when your clearly the instigators.
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Heda_Madness
http://icrwhale.org/eng/120118SS.wmv
http://icrwhale.org/eng/120118SS3.wmv
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Heda_Madness
The Australian media are showing video ov the SS boat coming along side and throwing glass projectiles at the crewman on board. They also show one member of the SS holding a knife as the boat comes along side.
Yet another PR victory for the SS.
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Heda_Madness
Funny, Greenpeace has condemned the SS for the innocuous rope, perhaps you want to speak to them and inform them of their errors.
I am not happy that anyone has been injured. However if you play with fire you will get burnt. They've illegally boarded, they've attempted to sabotage and have thrown projectiles. All illegal. All dangerous and all proudly celebrated on the SS website.
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Heda_Madness
In the Indian Ocean, they regularly shoot people who approach larger vessels in high speed crafts without permission to come along side. Recently three 'activists' illegally boarded a Japanese ship. My experience of bamboo sticks is they are relatively short (couple of metres or so) which would indicate that this ship was very close.
Japanese prevent further illegal boarding by SS would be a more apporpriate headline.
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Heda_Madness
You've posted a lot of claims. But I haven't seen a link. A direct link from Gillard saying 'the 3 boarded the SM2 in Australian Territorial Waters'. Perhaps you could post this link again.
Posted in: Anti-whaling activists back in Australia; PM blasts their 'irresponsible' behavior
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Heda_Madness
Interesting post DJ booth, but you forgot to include the word 'Antarctic'.
The Federal Court has declared Japanese whaling in Australia’s **Antarctic **waters is unlawful under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) and granted an injunction restraining it.
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Heda_Madness
Did you follow the link? The link clearly said will.
Is ABC Australian media? They clearly say 'illegally boarded'. They also said that they could still face charges in Australia. That was on ABC.
Another quote
"Activity of the nature undertaken by these three Australians is unacceptable and will ultimately be costly to the Australian taxpayer," she said through a spokesman today.
"No one should assume that, because an agreement has been reached with the Japanese government in this instance, that individuals will not be charged and convicted in the future."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/ocean-protector-to-pick-up-antiwhaling-protesters-20120110-1psis.html#ixzz1jhg9ZjVP
The 3 broke the law. Your PM is mightily pissed off by them, not 'just' because of the cost in going to pick them up (see her press conference). Gillard's stance is so strong, it's even caused Paul Watson to go after her. Interestingly a number of posters on here are using the same logic in their defence of the SS.
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Heda_Madness
The Gillard government has slammed the actions of three anti-whaling protesters as "unacceptable" and warned that others who carry out similar protests will be "charged and convicted"
The video at the top starts with 'illegally boarded the Japanese vessel'.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/gillard-slams-whaling-activists-as-japanese-agree-to-release-20120110-1ps7v.html
"If people take the law into their own hands there are consequences for doing that and I think we're seeing some of those playing out," Ms Roxon
Again from the SMH.
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Heda_Madness
The blog I posted clearly shows that at least one area of the media had claimed a crime had been carried out. Perhaps you would like to adjust your claim to 'the media I want you to believe hasn't suggested they committed a crime.'
Here's another quote. But I guess that this isn't Australian media either:
To do so, they acted in the full knowledge that they were operating outside the law, would be committing an act of trespass and were beyond Australian territory.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/eco-pirates-deserve-a-long-haul-not-a-free-trip-home-20120111-1pv7h.html#ixzz1jhV02k00
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Heda_Madness
The maximum sentence for trespass in Australia is not relevant to the illegal boarding of a Japanese vessell in international waters. In other words the three could have been subjected to Japanese laws not Australian.
But keep spinning the party line, someone might believe it.
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