Taiji Slaughter AGAIN 2011 - 2012
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 ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 
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Despite earthquake, storms, and World public abhorrence, Taiji has already spilt yet more blood and is again under the watchful eye of Sea Shepherd and the rest of the world: Operation Infinite Patience – the Cove Guardians have Arrived ... keeping the spotlight on this ugly blemish on the entire Japanese society. One pod of Risso’s dolphins have already been slain since the hunt started earlier this month, while another pod of bottlenose dolphins was caught and an individual dolphin was captured for the slave trade. Dolphins will unfortunately die this year again, but hopefully not as many as last year when Sea Shepherd’s efforts cut the kills by half thanks to the support of over 65 volunteer Cove Guardians under the leadership of Scott West. ... ... I arrived in Japan late afternoon ... I was stopped at customs as the agents proceeded to unpack my bag. ... a senior customs official inspecting my Japanese and Australian visas. After a few seconds, he motioned to the man inspecting my clothes, ... The customs agent returned with a request written, in English, asking me to consent to a full body search. I was extensively questioned regarding the purpose of my return to Japan. Only after this thorough and drawn out process was I allowed to enter their country. ... ... There was still enough daylight left, so I decided to proceed to the Cove to try and establish what changes in barricades, fences, etc. had been made since last season, but within 200 meters of entry, a police vehicle passed me and immediately turned around to follow me. I was pulled over and realized quickly, that as reports suggested, the police really spent a lot of time planning and preparing for this year’s dolphin slaughter. The police now has a form that must be completed indicating why you are visiting Taiji, what you are planning to do, where you are staying, and how long you intend to stay. ... ... And thus, Operation Infinite Patience has begun... And how long before Japan admits to being a police state? Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin (Comments for the slaughter last year are on the thread: JAPAN PUSHES TO 'LEGALISE' WHALING!) See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1152208 ·  |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Despite earthquake, storms, and World public abhorrence, Taiji has already spilt yet more blood and is again under the watchful eye of Sea Shepherd and the rest of the world: And so, five weeks into the Taiji self-declared 'killing season': Operation Infinite Patience Week 5 ... I witnessed one dolphin escape from underneath the tarps the killers use to hide their brutal activities. This dolphin swam into the nets while trying to get away. This is where the killers caught him again and this time they tied him to a skiff by his tail and dragged him back underneath the tarps to be brutally murdered (see video below). I could hear the dolphins violently flapping their tails until everything went quiet except for laughter exuding from the killers and then I saw the water change color…the whole pod was dead. The police presence at the butcher house was more heightened than usual. After we managed to obtain photos of fresh dolphin meat during transport the week before, the current containers of butchered cetaceans are now covered, and the trucks transporting them are now escorted by policemen on scooters. ... Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin (Comments for the slaughter last year are on the thread: JAPAN PUSHES TO 'LEGALISE' WHALING!) See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1165020 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Some rather unwholesome stuff reported... Would not such practices in the USA or UK immediately have the police called in due to animal cruelty and abuse? Operation Infinite Patience: Week 6 Sunday, October 23, was another horrible day in Taiji. The dolphin killers drove in a pod of 10-12 Risso’s dolphins into the Cove and brutally murdered the entire pod including a baby. ... ... at the Dolphin Base resort documenting what each cruel day of captivity holds for these dolphin prisoners. Feeding time in the morning starts with the dolphin trainers putting their hands down the dolphins’ throats in order to remove various types of objects from their stomachs including rocks, pieces of wood, and apparently pieces of rope. The dolphins eat these foreign objects out of boredom and many captive dolphins have died as a result of such behavior. Only after the dolphins have allowed this molestation, some up to six times a day, they are given a very small amount of fish. I suspect the reason they are given so little food is to keep them in a hungry state in order to ensure they will perform all those silly tricks to eat more. ... They show signs of depression and boredom. No toys or other forms of stimulation exist in the pens. ... Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1165372 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Some rather unwholesome stuff reported... Would not such practices in the USA or UK immediately have the police called in due to animal cruelty and abuse? And now, more of the unwholesome side of some of Taiji, this time against the humans there: Operation Infinite Patience - It is Working! ... Turtle Guy lost it once again, this time attacking Rosie and Tarah. The police, who you would naturally expect to side with the Fisherman’s Union (FU) thugs, had to admit that Turtle Guy was in the wrong and forwarded this assault case to the local prosecutor. The police, we have found, are stuck in an untenable position, but do their best to keep the peace in Taiji. We appreciate their presence, which by the way is costing the Wakayama Prefecture government a fortune. Now we have another example of the Taiji Fishermen’s Union frustration. Some boys in a shiny black SUV paid Rosie a visit yesterday at the Dolphin Base Resort. These two could have been Japanese nationalists called down to Taiji to defend Japan’s honor. The police tell us they are the yakuza, members of Japan’s traditional organized crime ring. But whoever they are... Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1170194 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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The Sea Shepherd people are holding their observation in Taiji. Meanwhile, it sounds like the Japanese have set sail for the Antarctic for their annual whale slaughter. I stumbled across this Youtube of some of the playful antics of the creatures they are gruesomely hunting down: Youtube: Extraordinary Toroidal Vortices So when might the Japanese become civilised up to our standards? Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1176670 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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So... The Japanese are living up to their medieval reputation for their blatantly corrupt 'legal' system: Fair trial for Dutch activist in Japan? Dutch environmental activist Erwin Vermeulen has been charged with assault by the Public Prosecutor in Japan. On Thursday the trial of Sea Shepherd activist Vermeulen started in Wakayama. Mr Vermeulen was arrested on 16 December 2011 and charged with assault by the Japanese police. He is said to have pushed a Japanese hotel employee while taking photos of the transport of captured dolphins. Together with volunteers from Sea Shepherd Mr Vermeulen was trying to thwart attempts to hunt and kill dolphins. Erwin Vermeulen has now become a trump card in the dispute between Japan and the Netherlands about whaling, according to Geert Vons, who heads Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd’s ships are registered in the Netherlands... The volunteers in observing the atrocities in Taiji are acutely aware of the Japanese sensibilities... Especially of the police and especially of not breaking any local laws... So where else in the world do you get solitary confinement without charges for over a month for no injuries, not even any bruising, merely on the irritated word of any irritated dolphin killer that he didn't move out of the way?... Somewhat arbitrary and extreme. Utterly disgustingly corrupt. So when might the Japanese become civilised up to our standards? Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1188706 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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So... The Japanese are living up to their medieval reputation for their blatantly corrupt 'legal' system: There is strong comment from Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd for the amazing detention in Japan of Erwin Vermeulen: The Crime of Being Dutch Why has Erwin Vermeulen been in jail in Japan for the last forty-four days? The answer is because he is Dutch. His arrest was originally made due to an alleged push, without any witnesses, reported by a man with a vested interest in shutting down the Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians. There was not a shred of evidence, just the word of an employee of a company killing dolphins, and for this Erwin Vermeulen has been in jail for forty-four days. He has been told that he would be released, but only on the condition that he agrees to confess. It’s a choice between freedom in exchange for a confession or continued and prolonged incarceration for telling the truth and maintaining his innocence. This is the kind of justice one would expect from a medieval star chamber, not of a democratic and respected nation like Japan. ... ... it is interesting that at no time did this man say he was struck, slapped, kicked, punched or elbowed. He said it was a push. Forty-four days for a push is extreme in any country, especially in a country where people push and shove each other routinely just to board a train. No injury was sustained, not a bruise, not a scratch, not a hair out of place, just the accusation of a man employed to kill dolphins, annoyed at the people wanting to prevent the dolphins from being violently assaulted with knives, spears, hooks and clubs. The Dutch Foreign Minister has his eye on good trade relations with Japan and this is his priority - not the fair treatment of a Dutch citizen framed for political reasons on the most flimsy of evidence, in fact based on no evidence at all. Where will Japan go with this political farce? ... ... Japan is risking ridiculing themselves internationally if they proceed with this kangaroo court against Erwin. And the Netherlands are risking jeopardizing their long held tradition of respect for human rights if they sacrifice one of their own on the altar of international trade. Indeed: The volunteers in observing the atrocities in Taiji are acutely aware of the Japanese sensibilities... Especially of the police and especially of not breaking any local laws... Somewhat arbitrary and extreme. Utterly disgustingly corrupt. So when might the Japanese become civilised up to our standards? Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1188879 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Arbitrary Japanese barbarism to arbitrary 'rules' continues: Update on Imprisoned Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen February 8, 2012 February 8, 2012- Cove Guardian Campaign Leader, Scott West and two other volunteers were able to visit Erwin on Monday, February 6th. They were allowed a 15-minute visit-through glass-with a Japanese guard taking detailed notes. The guard sat to Erwin’s left wearing a white mask over his face. Despite looking gaunt, Erwin seemed in good spirits. ... ... Erwin had been keeping a daily diary of his thoughts and experiences while detained, but these notes were confiscated. ... ... He is kept in a solitary environment and is given hot water to dump over himself twice a week; these are his only showers. The food at Wakayama is only slightly better than his diet in Shingu. ... It appears they are now concerned about how this is affecting their image. Erwin is allowed to leave his cell once a day for 30 minutes to go outside. He expressed hope that his time in jail will serve as motivation for others to become involved in ending the dolphin slaughter in Taiji. ... ... In the 55 days Erwin has been confined, approximately 340 dolphins have been brutally murdered in the Cove with 28 others having been captured for a life of imprisonment in theme parks. It must be noted that this time period includes 13 days, which the dolphin killers take off for an end of year holiday. Closing arguments for Erwin’s trial are scheduled for February 16th. ... So that's 63 days solitary confinement, on starvation rations, in a deliberately cold cell with no outside contact, no writing, near zero exercise. And all for what? For merely walking past a Taiji 'fisherman' who was too engrossed in a mobile phone text message to notice! Only in Japan... So... The Japanese are living up to their medieval reputation for their blatantly corrupt 'legal' system: Somewhat arbitrary and extreme. Utterly disgustingly corrupt. So when might the Japanese become civilized up to our standards? Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1194322 · |
archangel  Send message Joined: 25 Apr 01 Posts: 62 Credit: 1,842,428 RAC: 0 
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Well... You wouldn't want Japan to come over here and tell us we *Have* to hunt whales, right? Their boats, their rules... Anything else is called either "Piracy" or an "Act of War" If you don't like it, don't visit Japan or buy whale products. Lobby if you like, donate to some political committee in Japan who wants to end whaling... Other than that, make war or pound sand are your only 2 options. I'm quite content to let the Japanese run Japan, long as they aren't bombing our stuff. ID: 1195576 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Well... Nope. The Japanese are running against the wishes and sensibilities of the rest of the world. They're also hunting in a recognized whale sanctuary. They've trampled all over Australian sovereignty. They've ignored world-wide agreements to not take weapons into the Antarctic. They're also flouting rules against pollution for refueling and for the type of dirty fuel they are using. And they've deliberately sunk a stationary vessel and have hidden behind a curtain of Japanese corruption. What more do you ask of them?... I think they give piracy and Japan a very bad name. If you don't like it, don't visit Japan or buy whale products. Japan is risking world condemnation on this one. They've already reinforced their dirty dishonorable reputation... The question is more of what pressure to place upon them to drag them into more recent times and more recent ways of thinking. Especially before they wipe out two species of tuna aswel as needlessly slaughtering the largest mammals on earth in a most unearthly prolonged grotesque way. DISGUSTED with the Japanese whalers! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1195669 · |
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archangel Send message Joined: 25 Apr 01 Posts: 62 Credit: 1,842,428 RAC: 0
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Japan risked world condemnation when they raped and or murdered half of Asia... I'd sooner hear an apology for that than for whales. Regardless, it's none of mine, or anyone's business what they find tasty. Your or my sensibilities are no more of their concern than theirs are of mine. There is no accounting for taste, humpbacks aren't endangered, if they wanna suck on a frozen whale pop, that's all them. As for Australian sovereignty... That's between them and Japan. If they go to war over fisheries, i'm fine with that. If they don't, i'm fine with that too. It isn't your or my place to drag anyone, (nice violent analogy btw, it is fitting), anywhere they don't want to go. That's a crime where i come from. ID: 1195716 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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... Regardless, it's none of mine, or anyone's business what they find tasty. ... Well, I would rather there were some whales and dolphins and tuna left for myself and the rest of the world to enjoy rather than for the Japanese to rape them clean out of existence just for the sake of their own blind selfish profits. Especially so when their methods inflict unnecessary prolonged agony for the sake of their own laziness, ignorance, barbarity. The Japanese could make an instant kill... So why instead have the harpooned whales sometimes impaled and dragged along for over an hour to eventually die of exhaustion or to drown in their own blood? Also, the Taiji slaughter methods are particularly gruesome and a very recent 'development'... So you're one of those that "cross over the road to blindly pass by on the other side of the street"? Takes all types... I think we need more of Captain Watson and his volunteers, and far far more of their compassion and enthusiasm for the good of world. Still DISGUSTED with the Japanese whalers! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1195835 · |
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archangel Send message Joined: 25 Apr 01 Posts: 62 Credit: 1,842,428 RAC: 0
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"So why instead have the harpooned whales sometimes impaled and dragged along for over an hour to eventually die of exhaustion or to drown in their own blood?" This is no different a fate than long line fishing practiced by pretty much every nation on earth... Whats good for a tuna or shark should be good for a whale, eh? Besides, it beats a 600v dildo in the rectum, like your burger gets, right? Chicken, beef, pork, tuna, shark, whale... Whatever. It's what's for dinner! Coming soon to a plate near, (and far), from you! ID: 1195997 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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... Whatever. I'll disagree on your "whatever". Also note that the Japanese whaling is not for "dinner". Nor for that matter is most of the tuna being fished and bought by Japanese companies at present... There is also a vast difference between the time taken to kill a deliberately farmed animal as compared against the prolonged agony inflicted upon the wild mammals in the ocean. Also if you hadn't noticed, long-line fishing is banned in various places around the world... Sea Shepherd haul in and confiscate any long-lines they might come across... Note also how almost all the rest of the world have abandoned whaling as unnecessary and unnecessarily gruesome. That leaves only the Japanese, Faroese, and a few Norwegians and just one Icelander still perpetrating archaic whaling. See the photo and last paragraph on: Operation Infinite Patience: February 3, 2012 Dolphin killers in skiff moments before killing a fleeing Striped dolphin with the boat prop - "... We watched in horror as a killer bore down on this dolphin with his skiff in reverse. Immediately after this photograph was taken, blood sprayed up into the air and the outboard motor locked up. The dolphin descended to the bottom. ..." Note also for the farce of the solitary confinement of Erwin Vermeulen. Over two months and "Erwin is visibly thinner and has lost at least 12.5% of his body weight." (And he certainly wasn't overweight beforehand...) And the charges against him are a travesty of insignificance... Only in Japan can such brazen corruption be perpetrated... DISGUSTED with the Japanese whalers! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1196003 · |
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archangel Send message Joined: 25 Apr 01 Posts: 62 Credit: 1,842,428 RAC: 0
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You ever stop to consider that some people have an agenda, and all things you read may not be what they are purported to be? I can't watch the video at the moment, because it's blocked at work, but i will say this from looking at the picture, which is captioned with your quote, "Dolphin killers in skiff moments before killing a fleeing Striped dolphin with the boat prop" I see a stopped boat with the outboard motor up and out of the water. A man is standing in the boat. Now, this is logical, so it may be difficult to follow, but bear with me: If a man, with a powered off outboard motor, in a still boat, with a man standing, is capable of single handedly starting a motor, chasing down a "fleeing dolphin", (faster than the boats top speed, btw), and killing it with a boat prop in one swift and sure blow, delivered in "moments", you might as well give up. If that actually happened, as captioned, then the Japanese are supermen, they are destined to control the world, and your fight against them is vain and without hope. I for one would like to be the first to welcome our new Japanese supermen overlords, and congratulate them on their ruthless assimilation of the Earth! ID: 1196017 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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You ever stop to consider that some people have an agenda, and all things you read may not be what they are purported to be? All the time. I can't watch the video at the moment... The video is a light hearted piece showing "Mr. Nakahira drives around in his loudspeaker truck telling Sea Shepherd to go home." I see a stopped boat with the outboard motor up and out of the water. A man is standing in the boat. You sure write good fiction. Try looking again and note the prop wash. You sure you're not some Japanese schill?... If you want a nice simple video summarizing events there, take a look at home at: Following the trail of blood DISGUSTED with the Japanese whalers! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1196051 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Where else in the world would anyone be locked away, in solitary confinement, in the cold, on starvation rations of white rice only, and one wash each week, all for merely pushing someone out of the way and not even causing any injury? Where else in the world would that solitary detention last over 63 days? All for something that would generate nothing more than a stern word from the police elsewhere in civilized society? Where else in the world would someone be jailed for something so trivial, and especially so without any such claimed pushing actually ever having been done! All with no evidence, but merely on the pressured 'say-so' of a stooge?... Mainichi Japan: Dutch activist acquitted of assault in Japanese whaling town WAKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted Wednesday at a Japanese district court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December. ... the Wakayama District Court could not rule out the possibility that the man who claimed to be the victim had given a false statement and that "there remains doubt over the credibility of the testimony, which is the only evidence" in the case... Japan Times: Activist acquitted in assault in Taiji Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen Found Not Guilty By Japanese Judge February 22, 2012, Wakayama, Japan - In a very rare example of extreme bravery the Wakayama Court Judge presiding over the case of Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian volunteer Erwin Vermeulen, has declared the Dutch activist not guilty. This outcome was completely unexpected from a justice system that boasts a 99% conviction rate. In the Japanese court system there is a presumption of guilt, not of innocence. There is no burden of proof for the prosecutor to bear; the defendant must prove his innocence. Most defendants avoid this injustice by pleading guilty and begging forgiveness. In the very few cases in which a person dares to declare their innocence, the judge usually decides the case in favor of the prosecutor. The judge does not consider the facts or the evidence, but rather how embarrassing a loss might be for the prosecutor and how their own personal reputation may be harmed by an acquittal. Erwin Vermeulen is the victim of a politically motivated attack. The judge himself stated there was no evidence to support the claim against Erwin. ... Only in Japan... Interestingly, the Japanese news reports have been remarkably daringly bold to report such events against the government pro-whaling policy... DISGUSTED with the Japanese 'whalers'! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1199086 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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Do not fly Hong Kong Airlines? When Dolphins Fly On the 16th January 2012 Hong Kong Airlines joined an elite, small club of companies that are directly or indirectly involved with the slaughter and imprisonment of dolphins... ... On the 22nd Feb a story broke in the China Daily and a global uproar began... Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1200786 · |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20291 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20
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A very rapid response to this and the ensuing outcry: Do not fly Hong Kong Airlines? Hong Kong Airlines Bans Transport of Wild Animals In Response to Sea Shepherd Members’ Visit to the Airline’s Corporate Office ... The response stated that Hong Kong Airlines was taking the situation very seriously and was issuing a statement. The letter stated, “As a company committed to the preservation and protection of wildlife, Hong Kong Airlines has enforced an immediate ban on all such flights involving the carriage of protected species.â€... So why are the Japanese themselves not so enlightened?... Disgusted with some of the Japanese! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) ID: 1201223 · |
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