davidattokyo said...

davidattokyo at 11:22 AM JST - 12th March

Tanabata0707,

Whales make for perfectly good food, perhaps once you try some you will come around to accept that there is no problem with whaling that is conducted sustainably.

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 11:22 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 11:16 AM JST - 12th March

diggerdog,

sustainable fishing is hunting a species to extinction.

That's not sustainable fishing, that's unsustainable fishing. I say I support one thing, you say I support another. Is this your argument?

paulinusa,

Yeah, and Bethune apparently admits that he did it too, if that helps to convince you.

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 11:16 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:59 AM JST - 12th March

paulinusa,

There is a picture on the ICR homepage showing the whole cut in the net by Bethune.

If that's the case, why isn't he being charged with that?

I expect he will be charged with it, they are charging him for trespass first.

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:59 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:52 AM JST - 12th March

diggerdog,

The japan fishery agency or something?

I don't work for them, I just agree with their basic policy on the sustainable use of marine resources. Do you think I'm the only one?

Your blind loyalty to japan on this issue is just wierd.

My loyalty is to…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:52 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:46 AM JST - 12th March

diggerdog,

So you believe that ... japan wouldnt step up its whale hunting and start putting it on every supermarket shelf?

I think there is a reasonable level of demand for whale, and it does taste good, but still whale is just one type of food. Unlike after the…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:46 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:36 AM JST - 12th March

paulinusa,

Yes, property damage. He cut a whole in a net, as well as fire projectiles at the SM2 with a bazooka of some sort. Prison time for thug.

Sharyn,

The "science" clause was only ever meant to be for legitimate research.

It is legitimate research that is providing…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:36 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:21 AM JST - 12th March

diggerdog

if there wasnt the amount of international pressure that there is regarding whale hunting japan would go crazy and take them all

Why would they do that? What for?

Its not their own restraint that is making it sustainable its the international pressure.

OK, so then keep…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:21 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 10:19 AM JST - 12th March

You are dreaming if you think any PR over Bethune's arrest and likely incarceration is going to hurt Japan. This is the Japan that has been catching whales for a long time now. A stupid attempt at a PR stunt by extremist clown is the most least likely thing that…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 10:19 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 09:16 AM JST - 12th March

I think The Cove only won the aware because there were no good entries in the Documentary category this year. How else could biased one-sided propaganda win an award like that in Uhmerica?

Posted in 'The Cove' puts Japanese fishermen everywhere on the defense at 09:16 AM JST - 12th March
davidattokyo at 09:14 AM JST - 12th March

telica,

That's not the issue, the issue is that people can't just go trespassing on other people's ships and destroying property on them, as Bethune did.

If you want to talk about the whaling issue, which is distinct from this story, the real issue there is that the IWC has…

Posted in Japan Coast Guard arrests antiwhaling activist at 09:14 AM JST - 12th March