JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Heda_Madness
Interesting conclusion. My conclusion is that there is no scientific reason to justify why a limited amount of commercial whaling can not be carried out. Which would allow the international community to focus on far more pressing environmental issues and species in far greater detail.
Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd
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Heda_Madness
Is this the same IWC that **allows ** Japan to conduct research whaling in the 'whale sanctuary'? The same IWC that was established to provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry?
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Heda_Madness
No, that's just one report that they've published. But it's a report that highlights again that you grossly exaggerate facts in order to try and prove your point.
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Heda_Madness
So just to confirm you found
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Heda_Madness
And cleo, you are very good at finding information on the ICR website, why is it that you're unable to find the amount of papers they've published? Is it because it further disproves your argument?
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Heda_Madness
As Cleo is well aware, the Japanese posted a report that there is a correlation between a reduction in whale blubber and global warming that was published in the international magazine Polar Biology. Cleo failed to mention this as it would destroy her argument that the reports are mostly useless and mostly weird.
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Heda_Madness
Speaking of quotes, this is my favourite:
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Heda_Madness
The article was published om the AP website on December 27, the day before the last temporary shelter closed in Fukushima, so unless those that moved to other prefectures have been forced to live in such conditions (which would be news to me) then the article is grossly exaggerated. Which is pretty much how most of the Western Media reported the earthquake and tsunami in March.
Posted in: No-man's land attests to Japan's nuclear nightmare
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Heda_Madness
Hi Zichi, I know about Minami Soma but I genuinely didn't know about the rest of Fukushima before I Googled it. I only asked you because I know that you're very good at finding info.
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Heda_Madness
I've just googled it and discovered that all primary shelters in Fukudhima prefecture have in fact been closed but there are still 600 people who were evacuated from Kazo who are living in Saitama but it doesn't say whether they are in shelters or temporary housing.
I would suggest that the authors claims that 10's of thousands are now huddled in schools, cars etc means that either this article was written weeks ago or the author is misrepresenting the facts.
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Heda_Madness
I can't speak for the other areas but in Minami Soma you are eligible for a temporary house if you lost your house in the tsunami or if you were living in the mandatory exclusion zone. I am surprised that this article is inferring that is not the case for all victims. Also, I thought that all temporary shelters had closed in Fukushima (Zichi - do you have the correct info?).
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Heda_Madness
So... I have a negative rating...
Anyone care to explain what was wrong with my posting? You disagreed with it, I'd be very interested to know why that is so.
Posted in: New Year despair for Japan's nuclear refugees
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Heda_Madness
FIrst of all, I made it clear in my initial post that I wasn't talking about the nuclear response, but the response to the tsunami and earthquake.
Secondly... I HAVE spent a LOT of time in Mimami Soma, where the postal service and Takyubin refuse to deliver. I have also driven through Fukushima city which has substantially higher levels of radiation than Minami Soma but the postal service delivers there so please find out your facts before you have the gall to accuse me of being hypocritical.
Thirdly, I have never suggested that 20 millisieverts of radiation are safe for anyone especially not children. I have, on countless occasions, suggested that EVERY child in Japan be tested for thyroid cancer on a regular basis.
I could go through the rest of your post and pick it apart but quite frankly I'm offended at the accusations of hypocracy.
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Heda_Madness
Nicky, you may have misinterpreted my comments (and an earlier one has been deleted) so let me try another way. I've driven about a dozen trucks to Tohoku, in total we've delivered well over 30 tons on those trips that I have personally been on. Without donations of money, of food and supplies we'd have had empty trucks. We cannot possibly do it alone and there have been literally thousands of people either directly or indirectly supporting us.
Posted in: Tsunami refugees dig in for harsh winter
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Heda_Madness
Cricky, I pretty much disagree with everything you say. You've been to Tohoku, you should be fully aware of the scale of the disaster. You should know that everyone has left the temporary shelters and those who were elligible for temporary housing have been allocated them,. Yes, the government have made mistakes but FCS, I can't imagine anyone doing a better job of managing the victims of this terrible disaster. I'm not talking about the nuclear issue, but the tsunami. The government has done a pretty damned good job and if you still don't think so, compare it to the Hanshin disaster and compare it to Katrina in the US. Both were substantially smaller disasters and in both cases the government failed it's people.
In this case the Japanese government accepted help from the US immediately, not to mention help from countless other countries and individuals.
It's good that you've taken things to them, as have I. But in most (if not all) communities they are now trying to rebuild. Stores are being opened for people to buy them. We've been asked in some areas not to take clothes because a) Uniqlo has delivered so many and b) because it's damaging the local economy. I believe that the red cross have finally spent some of the money to ensure that everyone has heating (unless they've sold it) but they perhaps don't have the funds to pay for it.
I, personally believe that the government have done a remarkable job. I have a lot of contempt for the Red Cross and if I ever meet someone high enough they will regret it. I have a massive ampount of contempt for the postal service for recfusing to deliver to areas because of an inaccurately perceived threat of radiation. But I think that considering the total scale of the disaster and the fact that they had to deal with THREE major incidents that the government have done a reasonable job.
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Heda_Madness
That's very true Zichi. The mayor of Rikuzentakata became Mayor at the end of February, his wife's body was discovered in June.
Presumably there are some on here who thinks he also needs to find a conscience as well.
Posted in: Tsunami refugees dig in for harsh winter
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Heda_Madness
Okay, so let's talk about these officials without a 'conscience'. These are the officials who were in charge on March 11. These are the officials who were responsible for feeding the town, for housing the town and for supporting the town. These same officials live in the town. Now, where do you suppose they live?
They either live in the temporary houses like the majority of the residents because their houses were also washed away. Or they live in their own house which wasn't badly damaged, so they are part of the '20,000'.
So these officials have had to manage as best as they possibly can, the biggest disaster to have fallen on their community for a generation. They have suffered in the way that the other residents have suffered. They have lost family and they have lost friends.
And you think they should develop a conscience?
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Heda_Madness
Yeah Zichi, second harvest are great. Can't speak highly enough. There are a lot of NPOs/small groups that have done an amazing job in delivering aid etc. And still continue to do so.
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Heda_Madness
Yuri, what do you think the people see when they drive to work? Booming communities? Children playing freely? Businesses booming? Because they don't.
As I've tried to explain above, they don't know what the 20,000 are doing because they've either not asked the right people or it's simply not there responsibility.
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Heda_Madness
Do you mean Second Harvest? I've worked with them both on my early, individual, runs where they were giving us a ton plus of food/supplies as well as the recent stuff I've been doing with a more organised group.
One day I'll do a fundraiser for them. And we won't raise anywhere near as much as they deserve.
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