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@Cleo "...the fire most likely started at the kotatsu." As kotatsu are space heaters, the heating…
most, if not all, Japanese children are in some kind of danger.
When life gives you lemons make lemonade! Kudo's to Coke for putting their money where their…
Posted in: 180 students from disaster-hit Tohoku to have homestays in U.S.
Outside of Hategobo's random guesses, can anyone tell me EXACTLY what the warden did wrong? I…
Posted in: Warden of Hiroshima prison replaced over inmate's escape
YubaruFeb. 16, 2012 - 05:59AM JST. the bases in Okinawa need realignment, but total removal of…
Posted in: Noda to visit Okinawa Feb 26-27
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Kwaabish
Heaven forbid, China supporting a regime change? LOL
Posted in: Outrage as Russia, China veto U.N. move on Syria
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Kwaabish
Huh... according to Fuji TV, I thought that Kimchi Nabe was an overwhelming favorite...
Posted in: Oden, mixed stew, sukiyaki most favored 'nabe' dishes in winter
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Kwaabish
Busy day for the Yurekuru early warning system!!
Posted in: M5.5 quake hits Koshin, Kanto areas
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Kwaabish
The more illegal and stupid actions taken by SS leads to more Japanese public being more neutral (rather than questioning it) or even in support for whaling...
Yahoo Japan comment boards started lighting up stating that SS ships should be sunk right after the media started reporting about SS interference.
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs at Japanese whaling ship
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Kwaabish
Yushin Maru should equip themselves with more powerful water cannons with longer range when they return to Japan to better repel attempted boardings and illegal navigation interference by rogue zodiacs.
Posted in: 3 anti-whalers injured after Japanese crew throw hooks, bamboo poles at them
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Kwaabish
Ossan,
Spot On.
Posted in: 3 anti-whalers injured after Japanese crew throw hooks, bamboo poles at them
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Kwaabish
Ossan,
Spot on.
Posted in: Japanese whalers hand over Australian activists
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Kwaabish
Either way, to answer the question of
The fact is that they have been arrested (yes), charged (yes) and sentenced (yes) with crimes.
Thus endeth that story....
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Kwaabish
I never singled out Paul Watson. Thus, "Sea Shepard members"...
I believe Paul Watson has an outstanding arrest warrant in Japan. Also, he's been sentenced in Norway for destruction of property.
I also believe that members of the Sea Shepard (other than Paul Watson) have been arrested and charged in Norway, Canada and Japan. If I also recall, it was a guilty ruling against Sea Shepard that resulted in the Canadian government forfeiture of the Farley Mowat?
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Kwaabish
I thought that Sea Shepard members have been arrested, charged or considered persona non grata in Canada, Japan (remember Pete Bethune?), Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands and other countries...
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Kwaabish
let em starve a little bit more. Enough to internally dismantle the regime.
Posted in: N Korea keeps door open for food-nuclear deal with U.S.
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Kwaabish
Just keep it away from the UAW
Posted in: Asia's automakers moving production to U.S.
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Kwaabish
Lobbying peacefully = activism. Scuttling ships/destroying property/placing lives at risk = terrorism
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Kwaabish
Operations have included scuttling and disabling whaling vessels at harbor, intervening in Canadian and Namibian seal hunts, shining laser light into the eyes of whalers, throwing bottles of foul-smelling butyric acid onto vessels at sea, boarding of whaling vessels while at sea, and seizure and destruction of drift nets at sea. The American, Canadian, and Japanese governments, as well as the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, have referred to them as terrorists.
Sounds like Eco-Terrorism to me.
Posted in: Do you consider the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd to be eco-terrorists?
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Kwaabish
Just because you have law enforcement officials on board a non coast guard registered sea vessel, it doens't mean that civilian vessel is now a military vessel...
Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them
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Kwaabish
The 3 should enjoy the hospitality of a brig in the Japanese vessel until transfer to a Japanese lock-up in Tokyo!
Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel
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Kwaabish
Why ruin a good project by locating where the UAW still has a foothold?
Posted in: Mercedes, Nissan to produce engines in U.S.
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Kwaabish
Good on YM3 acting as perfect decoy!
Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd
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Kwaabish
Are you mistaking Miyu-chan (from Kaseifu no Mita) with Mana-chan (from Marumo no Okite)?
I heard Miyu-chan's older brother and sister are actually pretty good up-and-coming figure skaters....
Posted in: Midtown skating
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Kwaabish
No one trusts China....
Posted in: U.S. unveils new defense strategy with eye on curbing China's influence in Asia