browny1 said...

browny1 at 07:03 PM JST - 20th October

davidattokyo - conservation vs preservation. Now that's splitting the hairs. The differences can be supported by the oxford shorter, but hey if we're getting into semantics and the like please explain exactly who is "Australian culture".

But once again this is all fodder for the faddists.

My original drift, stated…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 07:03 PM JST - 20th October
browny1 at 01:17 PM JST - 20th October

davidattokyo -

thanks for the link.

Nothing new there. Mammon is god. And Tuna is king and highly questionable actions have been displayed by all in the tuna game. No ones got clean hands in this, altho the extent of individual countries guilt varies and Japan's by no means are…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 01:17 PM JST - 20th October
browny1 at 08:15 PM JST - 19th October

davidattokyo-

I'm still waitng for your comprehensive shocking spill the guts on Australia's marine preservation actions. Your example of tuna is limp if not lame. Compared to Japan's approach to b.f. tuna it's a step forward unlike the embarrassing inactions here.

And why oh why so defensive? As stated before…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 08:15 PM JST - 19th October
browny1 at 01:23 PM JST - 19th October
davidattokyo - re marine life preservation
- the inumerable cases of Aust marine / fisheries resource management make Japan's meek efforts embarrassing.
- many fish here don't even have a bag limit, size limit, and the taking of females (for yummy eggs) is the norm. Just one example of management…
Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 01:23 PM JST - 19th October
browny1 at 08:52 AM JST - 19th October

Mikihouse - you obviously didn't read the previous 4 posts.

For many people the issue has little to do with food supplies, extinction and comparison to world threatening problems.

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 08:52 AM JST - 19th October
browny1 at 06:35 PM JST - 18th October

Okada has chosen to comment on the "cultural side" with all it's vagaries, when for many the cultural aspects - hunting/eating dolphins - is not the pre-eminent issue at hand.

Simply, the manner in which the animals have been slaughtered (this approach only practiced in Taiji), the decidedly clandestine manner…

Posted in Okada calls for respect for culture amid criticism of dolphin hunting at 06:35 PM JST - 18th October
browny1 at 07:14 PM JST - 16th October

Mrusa - while implying others should consider the rights of Japan you are particularly blase about comments from others.

Mrroadrage threw out a line - so why not take the challenge and address it instead of meekly dismissing it?

We ALL know that ALL countries have their own specifics and…

Posted in Britain to press Japan on foreign fathers' rights to access children at 07:14 PM JST - 16th October
browny1 at 09:42 AM JST - 15th October

I thought the Hong Kong game was a mis-match, but this game went to new heights of disparity.

The Togo A team after losing most of its players, sends a team that many amateur teams here would have dismissed. I've never seen a weaker international game.

But still the media…

Posted in Japan coasts to 5-0 win over Togo at 09:42 AM JST - 15th October
browny1 at 09:37 AM JST - 15th October

Sarge - the American extremists or others?

Posted in 85,000 Iraqis killed in almost 5 years of war at 09:37 AM JST - 15th October
browny1 at 09:34 AM JST - 15th October

Maehara backtracked on nothing.

He never said Narita is finished.

The media and others just couldn't wait for the details and jumped the gun as is par for the course here.

Posted in Maehara backtracks on Haneda, Narita roles at 09:34 AM JST - 15th October