JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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OssanAmerica
And are YOU telling us that they went to a Harpoonists Academy and got their certification papers? Hate to break this to you but yes, for the most part, maritime and fisheries occupations vare very much handed down in families. Even in England and Scotland. The time-to-death-rate is a non-issue. Unless of course the entire basis of your position is merely emotional.
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OssanAmerica
That's totally incorrect. The 1986 Moratorium was subject to review and reassesement in 1990.
In 1991 the IWC Scientific Committee suibmitted it's findings to the commission that under the RMP, that 2000 Minkes could be harvested per year as the population had risen to 873,000 worldwide (761,000 in Antarctic waters). The anti-whaling faction vote to continue the Moratorium. The Moratorium itself is in contradiction to the IWC's charter and CAnada even left the IWC because of it.
This "would" be funny if IWC Article VIII didn't REQUIRE that whales taken under Scientific Permits be CONSUMED. That means "eaten", if you're not clear,
How YOUR country Australia has handled the end of whaling is irrelevant. Australia never had a practice of whaling for food, they merely killed every whale, mother whale and calf they could find, skin it onboard to boil the blubber, and toss the tons of wasted flesh overboard to feed the White Pointers.
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OssanAmerica
Everything in the world was originally invented in China. 5000 years ago. The rest of the world is just copying Chinese products. Just like China has owned all of Asia for thousands of years.
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OssanAmerica
The world's biggest authoritarian dictatorship with the biggest population and second biggest economy with an expantionist military agenda stepping on the toes of all it's Asian neighbors conducting military traning with the United States as the desgniated enemy....and you're worried about a miniscule bunch of losers in black trucks annoying the hell out of everyone? One word.."perspective".
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OssanAmerica
Yes the Judge threw out this stupid complaint.
Posted in: California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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OssanAmerica
Not true at all. Firstly, "moratorium: means a TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ACTIVITY. In fact the IWC 1986 Moratorium was suppose to have been reviewed but has not due to the biased actions of the anti-whaling faction in the IWC. SEcoindly, the 1986 IWC Moratorium makes no reference whatsoever as to whether a legitimate commercial market for whalemewat may or may not exist. In fact, IWC Aricle VIII REQUIRES that whales taken under Scientific Permits be CONSUMED. I repeat, an industry does not shut down because a bunch of aged hippies want to play eco-terrorits, or a large crowd of uneducated weakminded souls believe that whales are somehow any more "magnificent" than cows.
"Training as a mariner has a wide range of employment possibiltites"
Training as a whaler, short of personally manning a harpoon, is not as distinct an occupation from other fisheries occupations as you seek to think. In fact even my argument is debatable if you consider Mediterranean swordfishermen. The Whalers are currently making a a perfectly legal (in Japan and other whaling nations) living and again, only economic reasons will change that. That you don't like what they are doing on an emotional level is utterly irrelevant.
"Your uneducated and insulting comments about the mariners is offensive"
Many peopke in the fisheries field, not just in Japan but the world over, learn their craft from their fathers who learned from theirs. Entire villages are often based on a tradition handed down over centuries, Nobody is going out and training for professions that "no longer exist". You are the one trying to make a profession that has existed for centuries, cease to exist because you "Don;t Like It"..
"I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about you"
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OssanAmerica
"Have you ever tried clenching your buttocks while running, bare or not?"
I wonder if it was really clenched. And not inserted.
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OssanAmerica
cleoFeb. 14, 2012 - 12:31PM JST
"I would hardl;y consider anyone simply working a high risk job to make a living a feed their family to be "dumb".
Whether an industry is "dead" or not depends entirely on economic factors, The UK, US et al. did not stop commercial whaling (AFTER they decimated the global population) because some people got emotiomally bent out of shape over whales. Petroleum simply replaced whale oil. Training as a mariner has a wide range of employment possibiltites and has been and will continue to be with us for a very long time. All maritime occupations are high risk whether they be fisheries, energy production, transportation or even leisure. Your uneducated and insulting comments about the mariners is offensive and uncalled for. References to presently nonexisting occupations are utterly irrelevant.
"Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the derfendants side opf acriminal charge."
I'm not talking about them. I'm talking about you, how far would YOU get with such a defense argument. Hope for your sake you never do. (end up as a defendant)
"the FBI are not a joke."
The FBI's position towards John Lennon is also irrelvant to their position on eco-terrorists. Eco-terrorism is a real crime which is actually prosecuted. Would you disagree with the FBI's definition of "serial murderer" and "kidnapper" because you disagree with their views on John Lennon?
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OssanAmerica
I would hardl;y consider anyone simply working a high risk job to make a living a feed their family to be "dumb". At least nowhere near as much as people who who value animal life more than human.
"have you ever been detained at any international airport because you disagreed with the definitions being used by the local immigration and law enforcement authorrties?"
And did they ever win? Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the defendants side of a criminal charge and see how far that gets you..
No the FBI are not a joke. Most law enforcement agencies on a national level are not a joke. Most of us outgrew this kind of attitude.
Good why don' you try that line of defense next time you find yourself on the derfendants side opf acriminal charge.
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OssanAmerica
So according to China, Proview China is not bound by a 2009 agreement under which Proview Taipei sold theipad trademark to Apple 2009. So how can China continue claiming that Taiwan is a "part" of China? No country loves to mix politics with business like China. Let the world be forewarned.
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OssanAmerica
I think you are very wrong. Killing whales is no more or less civilized gthan killing any other animal. And Japan, will stop only if an agreement is reached at the IWC. The efforts by the IWC to accomplish this were desoroyed by Australia's unwillingness to negotiate, something that the United States and New Zealand were willing to do. Publicity ahd oney seeking eco-terrorists acts of violence simply harden Japan's position and work against the efforts of organizations like Greenpeace.
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OssanAmerica
Have you ever been detained at any international airport because you disagreed with the definitions being used by the local immigration and law enforcement authorrties?
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OssanAmerica
Sorryn my friend but I can not ber held responsible for anyone's lacl of education, reading comprehension or direct experiemnce with law enforcement agencies and judicial systems. Your comment that the Federal Bureau of Investigation'sa definition of eco-terrrism is "irrelevant" takes the cake.
Going back to education, the facts that the eco-terrorists are throwing "butyric acid in a glass bottle" and "butryric acid is found IN ROTTEN BUTTER" does not equal "Butric acid is rotten butter".
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OssanAmerica
Yes really, I'm afraid they are, as much as the anti-whaling crowd would like to believe otherwise. It is clear that they are conducting research whaling as sanctioned by Article VIII of the IWC Regulations, which permits them to take whales in "sanctuaries" and REQUIRES them to to consume the whales taken. It is also clear that the waters where they are conducting acvtivities are NOT AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIAL WATERS, iotherwise theywould have been stopped and escported out years ago. If you want to substantiate your position that they "are not innocent" you will, like everyone else, have to wait for the outcome of Australia's ICJ action. Until then, the whalers are most certainly "innocent" of breaking any agreements, treaties or laws, Hence, Sea Shephers are eco-terrorists.,
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OssanAmerica
The term "terrorist" as in "blow up an airplane" and "eco-terrorist" are two completely different things. The contuinuous posting of "no they aren'nt terrorits" arguments is both irrelevant and misguided.
"The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature."
"Since 1977, when disaffected members of the ecological preservation group Greenpeace formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets, acts of "eco-terrorism" have occurred around the globe. "
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-threat-of-eco-terrorism
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OssanAmerica
I cant stop laughing. This is an example of how "some" Conservation groups have corrupted what is basically a noble cause into a PR show. Are the contributiors to PETA aware of how many attorney hours were paid for to contsruct and file this absurd "suit"? A suit that wil l will become a dictonary example of the world frivolous.
Posted in: Judge throws out whale 'slavery' suit against Seaworld in California
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OssanAmerica
Now that I have stopped laughing, I hope every contributor to Ingrid's money making cult appreciates how their well intended funds are wasted on silly publicity stuints like this. Animal do not have "rights". Since the animals themselves have no rights you can't bring an action on behalf of one. At least not seriously. As soon as the Orcas submit ther affidavits and appear in court to present their swoen testimony I;ll eat my words. As flor the nutbags who think this is somehow sane I am tempted to entice PETA to bring an abuse charge against dog owers who refuse to let their pets eat meat.
Posted in: California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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OssanAmerica
This is pretty normal unless he was a repeat offender.
Posted in: Chinese skipper gets suspended term for illegal fishing
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OssanAmerica
No, but there's rule that says Arson is illegal. In Japan, South Korea and China and everywhere else on this planet.
Posted in: Chinese man charged with arson attack on Japan's embassy in Seoul
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OssanAmerica
Japan has twice tried to settle this dispute at the ICJ. South Korea has refused twice. Yet they get bent out of shape over issues like this. If they acted like adults and settled it in court they wouldn't have to get bent out of shape.
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