davidattokyo said...

davidattokyo at 02:33 PM JST - 22nd October

If their tests showed that the meat was from a Gray Whale, I'd believe it.

If their tests showed that, I'd believe it too. At this stage this chump has just said that, and not actually provided a shred of evidence to allow the claim to be verified by…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 02:33 PM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 02:28 PM JST - 22nd October

Which bit of 'It's impossible to kill a marine mammal humanely' do you not understand?

You are welcome to your attitude, humane humanes will continue to try to improve.

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 02:28 PM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 02:07 PM JST - 22nd October

Re: gray whales.

http://www.iwcoffice.org/documents/scicom/SC61docs/SC-61-O8.pdf

... the Ministerial Ordinance of MAFF under the [Japanese] Fisheries Resources Protection Act, by which catch (including by-catch) of gray whales and sales/possession of their products is prohibited ...

If this fraudster director has DNA evidence that Western Gray Whale products were on sale in Taiji…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 02:07 PM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 01:55 PM JST - 22nd October

I bought a new NEC a few months back and it looks like I qualify for a 3,000 yen upgrade. Might wait a few weeks though :)

Posted in Windows 7 goes on sale in Japan at 01:55 PM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 01:54 PM JST - 22nd October

Tanabata0707,

Shame on you first. If you are such a genius why don't you go to Taiji and show the fishermen how to kill the dolphins in a way that is "not cruel" or whatever your arbitrary standards are? Take action before you open your arrogant mouth.

tkoind2,

It's still…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 01:54 PM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 11:35 AM JST - 22nd October

TOXIN,

Your beliefs about culture and how it should develop are bizarre.

So now why you reduce your culture to begin at 1930

No, thats the rough point in history where Japanese whalers went to the Antarctic for the first time. Whaling culture did not suddenly spring into existence…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 11:35 AM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 11:12 AM JST - 22nd October

ogtob,

I have to agree with your comment. If he wanted to make a movie about toxins in food there's no need to blur the message with the killing footage. And there are toxins in lots of food. Why not make a movie about the dangers of eating beef?

thepro,…

Posted in 'The Cove' gets mixed reaction from Japanese audience at 11:12 AM JST - 22nd October
davidattokyo at 05:49 PM JST - 21st October

cleo,

If the whales that suffer the longest are top welfare priority (as you quoted from an IWC report) then before looking at Japan we must fix the US aboriginal subsistence whaling (by 9 year old kids, according to recent news reports).

Baird's beaked whales are not the IWC's competence…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 05:49 PM JST - 21st October
davidattokyo at 05:40 PM JST - 21st October

TOXIN,

Whether it's "national culture" or not is besides the point. No one would ever suggest that minority cultures not be respected just because they are minority cultures. On the contrary, minority cultures are vulnerable to the evil of mob-rule.

Do we believe in people's human rights or don't we?…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 05:40 PM JST - 21st October
davidattokyo at 02:47 PM JST - 21st October

NihonRyu,

Great comments! I caught some parts of the NHK documentary too. Unfortunately though these kinds of cultural arguments are almost useless when dealing with people who "feel" they are obliged to try to obstruct people of other cultural persuasion from doing their own thing. (imacat is unique in believing…

Posted in Japan catches 59 whales off Kushiro at 02:47 PM JST - 21st October