Whale Wars

[Unkotare]

List of war apology statements issued by Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/w...it-will-abide-by-apologies-over-war.html?_r=0

Fair enough, I'll accept that they're sincere.

But, what now, today?

Rising Sun Flag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The offensive 'war flag' flying on its new destroyer/aircraft carrier...

Japan launches largest warship since World War II

That flag long predates WWII. The 'outrage' is manufactured for the domestic political consumption in certain countries.

 

[bianco]

Germany has changed the beat of it's national anthem.

Japan should abolish its imperial war flag...or forever be looked at with suspicion.

 

[Unkotare]

You are truly an idiot.

If the Aborigines don't like Australia's national anthem, will you fools change it? Will you check with India first to see if you have their 'permission'?

 

[bianco]

You are truly an idiot.

If the Aborigines don't like Australia's national anthem, will you fools change it? Will you check with India first to see if you have their 'permission'?

Aborigines have their own nation, own flag, and own music.

If Australia had invaded Japan and slaughtered much of its population, bombed it from planes launched from ships etc, then Japan would have the right to demand that the flag Australia did it under be changed.

 

[Unkotare]

You are truly an idiot.

If the Aborigines don't like Australia's national anthem, will you fools change it? Will you check with India first to see if you have their 'permission'?

Aborigines have their own nation, own flag, and own music.

If Australia had invaded Japan and slaughtered much of its population, bombed it from planes launched from ships etc, then Japan would have the right to demand that the flag Australia did it under be changed.

No, they would not. Your conclusion is not logical (of course).

 

[bianco]

Japanese war crimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chinese prisoners being buried alive

An Australian POW, Sgt. Leonard Siffleet, captured in New Guinea, about to be beheaded by a Japanese officer with a guntō, 1943.


File:He's coming South.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Whilever Japan flies that flag in any form it stands condemned.

 

[Unkotare]

No one is denying the facts of history. That has nothing to do with your illogical conclusion or your irrational and futile 'demands.'

 

[bianco]

No one is denying the facts of history. That has nothing to do with your illogical conclusion or your irrational and futile 'demands.'

It has everything to do with them.

Japan bullies the world...today.
It must be stopped.

Japan is re-arming, that must not be allowed.
Re-arming, and booting America out.
It's up to something.

 

[Unkotare]

No one is denying the facts of history. That has nothing to do with your illogical conclusion or your irrational and futile 'demands.'

It has everything to do with them.

Japan bullies the world...today.
It must be stopped.

Japan is re-arming, that must not be allowed.
Re-arming, and booting America out.
It's up to something.

You're an ignorant, paranoid idiot.

 

[bianco]

No one is denying the facts of history. That has nothing to do with your illogical conclusion or your irrational and futile 'demands.'

It has everything to do with them.

Japan bullies the world...today.
It must be stopped.

Japan is re-arming, that must not be allowed.
Re-arming, and booting America out.
It's up to something.

You're an ignorant, paranoid idiot.

Really?

Should the U.S. Military Leave Japan? - John Hudson - The Atlantic Wire

In a diplomatic scuffle that threatens to reshape the U.S and Japan's warm relationship, the newly-elected Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has delayed agreement on a troop accord with the U.S.
The decision flies in the face of U.S. Defense Sec. Robert Gates, who has urged Japan to follow through on the agreement to reduce the number of American troops in Okinawa. Japanese officials want to move more troops off the island. Why? The political climate is changing in Japan, with the current ruling party swept to power promising less subservience to American interests.


Japan bullies the world into not registering Sea Shepherd ships.

 

[bianco]

Got a new ship...well, kinda new.
Yo!

Sea Shepherd Australia :: Sydney welcomes the Sam Simon

Sept 4, 2013

For the very first time last weekend, Sea Shepherd’s newest ship, the M/V Sam Simon – honouring her namesake Sam Simon, producer of the television show The Simpsons - was welcomed into Sydney. Sporting a new paint-job and operated by a crew of approximately 30 volunteers, the ship arrived at Circular Quay overseas passenger terminal on Friday evening to the cheers of Sea Shepherd Sydney’s on-shore volunteers and supporters.

Mother nature was smiling down with absolutely picture-perfect weather all weekend. The Sam Simon received an unprecedented amount of visitors who took time out from their busy schedules to visit the ship, chat to the crew and see what life is like on board this fully operational ocean conservation vessel.

Time and time again you have proven yourselves to be a city of ocean-lovers who understand the importance of defending our whales and our oceans.

From the bottom of our hearts and the bottom of the oceans, THANK YOU SYDNEY!

“Over the years Sea Shepherd has received a heroes welcome time and time again coming into Sydney harbour. This has enabled Sea Shepherd to raise the necessary funds to defend the same whales that migrate past the beautiful NSW coastline.

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Sea Shepherd Australia :: Sea Shepherd launches Operation Relentless, its 10th Antarctic whale defence campaign

May 9, 2013
Sea Shepherd launches Operation Relentless, its 10th Antarctic whale defence campaign.

video

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"US courts" ...baaah!

"US courts" should get with the program! ...and help us save our whales...instead of backing Japan.

 

[ThirdTerm]

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allowed Japan to capture 935 minke whales annually for scientific research in the 1980s after the commercial whaling ban took effect, amounting to only 0.18% of the Southern Hemisphere minke whale population. In 2012, the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission agreed upon a population estimate of 515,000 for the Antarctic minke stock and the Antarctic minke whales are no loner considered endangered. In Denmark, the average kill of 956 animals each year by Faroese whalers represents about 0.1% of the NAMMCO-estimated population size of 778,000 in the eastern North Atlantic, which is considered sustainable by experts, and these figures show that Japan's limited scientific whaling is as environmentally sustainable as whaling in the Faroe Islands. Japan and Nordic countries such as Norway, Denmark and Iceland should unite against the anti-whaling lobby to preserve their cultural heritage derived from their common North Asian ancestors from Siberia and the IWC should focus on sustainable management of whale stocks instead of imposing an outright ban.

In 1994, the commission approved an updated system for limiting catches. It still hasn’t been put into effect because of divisions among the member states. Meanwhile, based on data showing some stocks were robust, Norway, which chose not to be bound by the moratorium, resumed commercial whaling in 1993. Iceland followed in 2006. In a way, Japan is paying the price for wishing to seem respectable. The anti-whalers’ case is no longer mainly about conservation, the basis of the original international convention. Instead it’s about ethical and aesthetic objections to the killing of magnificent animals. Such objections aren’t invalid -- but they aren’t universally shared, and they weren’t the principle first agreed to.
The Hypocritical Whaling Debate - Bloomberg

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRKpRIq2tNQ"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRKpRIq2tNQ[/ame]

 

[bianco]

Not universally shared?
They should be!

The IWC is a joke.

935 whales for scientific research?
Look I know the sons and daughters of the Southern Cross are seen worldwide as 'dumb, drunk, racist, and backward' and not a large percentage of us attend university, but we're not so stoopid as to fall for that tripe.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHDR88oXzpA]Humpback Whales in Sydney Harbour steal the show. October 2009 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[eflatminor]

Hmmm...tasty, tasty whale meat. Yum!

My Favorite Whale Recipes

 

[bianco]

Hmmm...tasty, tasty whale meat. Yum!

My Favorite Whale Recipes

What about trying the 'full whale experience'?


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfUMyf9x4M]Ad Beer Full Whale Experience Australia - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Unkotare]

It has everything to do with them.

Japan bullies the world...today.
It must be stopped.

Japan is re-arming, that must not be allowed.
Re-arming, and booting America out.
It's up to something.

You're an ignorant, paranoid idiot.

Really?

Yes, really. You have absolutely NO IDEA what you are talking about. If you're really so worried about your entire irrelevant nation being "bullied," as ridiculously absurd as that notion is, go sit and weep in the corner, you idiotic little bitch. You claim to watch the news on your amazing 'television.' Start paying attention, fool.

 

[Vikrant]

It has everything to do with them.

Japan bullies the world...today.
It must be stopped.

Japan is re-arming, that must not be allowed.
Re-arming, and booting America out.
It's up to something.

You're an ignorant, paranoid idiot.

Really?

Should the U.S. Military Leave Japan? - John Hudson - The Atlantic Wire

In a diplomatic scuffle that threatens to reshape the U.S and Japan's warm relationship, the newly-elected Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has delayed agreement on a troop accord with the U.S.
The decision flies in the face of U.S. Defense Sec. Robert Gates, who has urged Japan to follow through on the agreement to reduce the number of American troops in Okinawa. Japanese officials want to move more troops off the island. Why? The political climate is changing in Japan, with the current ruling party swept to power promising less subservience to American interests.


Japan bullies the world into not registering Sea Shepherd ships.

That is an old article from 2009. This is 2013 and the US troops are still in Japan. That should tell you that the speculation was wrong.

 

[Unkotare]

"US courts" ...baaah!.

US courts mean something. A few yahoos taking all of a second to wave at some idiots pulling into Sydney Harbor because they were lucky enough to benefit from the restraint of others means little to nothing.

 

[bianco]

"US courts" ...baaah!.

A few yahoos taking all of a second to wave at some idiots pulling into Sydney Harbor because they were lucky enough to benefit from the restraint of others means little to nothing.

?

 

[bianco]

Sea Shepherd Australia :: Sea Shepherd Receives the Flag of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy

Sea Shepherd Receives the Flag of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy


The Mohawks were responding to the fact that the Canadian government had revoked the Canadian registry of the Farley Mowat at the demand of the Japanese government. The Farley Mowat was forced to put to sea in December 2006 as an unflagged vessel.

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Japan bullies the world.

"US courts" are backing Japan.

"US courts" should be telling Japan to get out of the whale sanctuary in Antarctica and stay out.