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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

davidattokyo

Japan chooses to abide by laws when is suit them. You said

The whaling convention cannot be changed without agreement by all nations who have adhered to it.

Well if Japan is all about adhering to laws then why are they whaling illegally!!!!!!!

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Davidattokyo

If the law became whaling is legal for any country but only in Japanese waters would that be an issue? And if Japan breached this they be arrested and shut down?

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

@ Letsgo Zombies Finally someone who has some actual sense!!!

Seriously whoever reads this, go up through the comments and you will notice that every question that is asked of someone that is pro-whaling, the response is "opinion" based and there are no actual facts. They point out bits that are convenient for them and disregard everything else

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Okay yes it is terrible about the right whales but you are saying we should continue whaling, which uses ships, continue fishing etc also uses nets/ships etc which are the very things that are killing the right whales!!! what the hell haha So the solution is to continue doing this but, all fishing boats must not leave from ports in that area?

I agree hopefully Paul Watson (who is steve watson?) and the SS do put focus also onto the decline in other whale populations.

Okay so would you agree if the world decided okay yes Japan can commence whaling legally but, in Japanese waters only and that is all, if they breach this they will be charged?

I dont like how this conversation is all very separated as people, we are all living on the same planet, with matters concerning the ocean internationally then it should be an international issue in which there is a "vote" and all opinions are collected so that there then is an informed decision.

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Dotobock.

I never said that there weren't approximately 300 in that region, what I am saying is the numbers are increasing, slowly and not enough but, it is a step in the right direction. Also I think there are also obvious reasons in which people are against whaling whether they are endangered or not. This is obvious as you have said, the whales in which the Japanese hunt are not endangered. Yes we have established this dozens of times. What I am saying is people disagree with whaling for separate reasons other then whether they are endangered or not. They may disagree with it as they view it as cruelty. I really think that you need to drop the poor Asian routine you have going here to be honest, you keep going on about culture imperialism and it has absolutely nothing to do with that, if you travelled here you would see the amount of Asian people we have living here and not just Asians, people from every culture and country. This is not an issue of "cultures" and whether certain countries feel they are "superior" to one another, it is about laws that are in place and ultimately what the final decision is on whether whaling should made legal because clearly there are a lot of people with very strong beliefs on the issue and that is for a reason so we will just have to wait and see what the world decides.

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Also, I keep seeing all of these comments saying Sea Shepherd is "bullying" Japan and why aren't they doing anything about the remaining countries who claim they are whaling for "scientific" purposes.

Shutting down half of the Spanish whaling fleet Documentation of whaling activities in the Faeroe Islands chronicled in the BBC documentary Black Harvest Scuttling half of the Icelandic whaling fleet and whale processing station Scuttling of the Norwegian whaling vessels Nybraena and Senet In July of 2000, the Ocean Warrior sails to the Færoe Islands to intervene against the annual slaughter of pilot whales. Once again, the issue of the hunt is brought to the front pages of the European media. Sea Shepherd brought economic pressure to bear against those companies still purchasing seafood from the Faeroes - representing 90% of their economy - most prominently Dutch-based giant Unilever. Over 20,000 European retail outlets terminated their Færoese fish contracts at Sea Shepherd's request. In the fall of 1998, at the urging of the commercial whaling industries of Norway and Japan, with promises of lucrative future trade, the Makah Indian tribe claimed a right to resume whale hunting pursuant to a guarantee in their 1855 treaty with the U.S., but in contravention of subsequent international conservation law. Sea Shepherd sent two ships to Neah Bay, Washington, to protect the gray whales. They were joined on the water by a flotilla of local citizens and other anti-whaling activists. Despite mob violence, arrest, and official harassment, the coalition of activists shields the local whales and succeeds in focusing enough media attention to the hunt to make the Makah stand down without taking a single whale. In 1998, the illegal Norwegian whaler Morild, owned by the most notorious whale killer in Norway - Stienar Bastesen - was sunk. In September 1997, Sea Shepherd Pacific Northwest Director Michael Kundu covertly enters Siberia with a media crew to document the killing of whales by Siberian natives. Although his life is threatened, he returns to report to the International Whaling Commission meeting in Monaco. The film crew brings back evidence of the illegal commercial whale hunt, including footage of butchered whales being processed into feed for fox fur farms. Russia continues to claim the slaughter as a "subsistence" hunt, exempt from the moratorium whaling.

Now this is just some of the many campaigns that the Sea Shepherd has conducted where Japan is not involved and as you can see, they have been successful in every single one. Japan is seriously going to regret bringing this all out in the open for the world to see as Australia's court case against Japan is only growing stronger.

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@ Dotobok

According to the IWC in 2010 there were approximately 7,800 right whales remaining on the planet and in the year of 2010 it is estimated that the numbers rose 7-8% which is great because they also have an extremely low reproduction rate so their numbers are actually increasing.

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Sea Shepherd will win, if not them, another group because I can guarantee you now, people are not going to let Japan just do whatever they want and whaling is going to stop and until it does people are going to make it as difficult as they can for every single one of those "research" ships.

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@ nigel boy

Have you watched, or read or even heard of any of the National Whaling Conferences in which every country attends and discusses the current situation?

Well, if you had you would notice that a large portion of the world said no they did not agree with whaling so what I stated, and as you quoted was not arrogance, it was a fact.

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@ Dotobock

I agree with that to an extent obviously from my view I think all whaling is terrible and should be stopped but, what the discussion is about is the legality of it all currently.

If Japan was hunting in waters where it was completely legal for them to do so then, we wouldn't have a leg to stand on but, they are hunting in whale sanctuaries where it is illegal and this is the major problem

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@ its me

I can guarantee you that thousands of people here in Australia would not visit Japan solely because of the cruelty they have towards animals, not just whales.

Also the majority of stuff we buy here in Australia is from China haha not Japan so i don't think we would be missing out on much to be honest.

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CrazyJoeDEC. 09, 2011 - 11:15PM JST Blow to whaling campaign: Sea Shepherd pilot denied visa:

http://www.examiner.com.au/news/national/national/general/blow-to-whaling-campaign-sea-shepherd-pilot-denied-visa/2383218.aspx

** Clearly you aren't up to date as a Greens party politician in Australia days ago managed to get the pilot a visa :)

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t"S MEDEC. 09, 2011 - 11:11PM JST Where are all those millions of people boycotting japan & their products? Those the same people that boycott everything else that people don't agree with? and will bring about the changes we been hearing for the last few decades?

Seen any Sushi or Ramen, etc shops recently closing down due to their boycotts? Japanese goods no longer selling?

Get real.

** Umm, maybe read my comment again, I have not said that it is currently happening. I have said that in my opinion it would be more economically beneficial for them as a large portion of the world disagrees with them. Also parts of Japan are extremely poor and after the recent environmental issues they have faced I am sure those millions of dollars people have donated here in Australia and other countries would be better spent actually fixing these communities

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

Environmentally yes whale meat would be more beneficial when looking at it from that stance but, I disagree with it from a different perspective which is the cruelty involved in harpooning them, the majority not dying immediately only to be dragged from the ocean.

Whales are incredibly social animals and interact in ways that we may never fully understand and when you take away just one whale from a pod it has a devastating effect.

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@ dotobock

Also the Right Whale is near extinction and is not being hunted. It does not reproduce at the same rates as other whales such as the humpback whale and is under threat from pollution, fishing nets and collisions with boats

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Posted in: Japan whaling authorities sue Sea Shepherd in U.S. See in context

I think every one is missing the point, whether we agree with whaling or not, whaling in a whale sanctuary is ILLEGAL whether for research or not!

Clearly, it is not for research everyone knows this and whaling is just so completely heartbreaking and it is terrible that in this day and age it still continues. No one should have any legal right whether it be "tradition" or not to kill a whale. Many things have been traditions that just do not fit in this day and age, we are not living a hundred, two hundred years ago, this is 2011 and in mine, and many others opinions it is time to put an end to whaling.

Also the Japanese say it will help their economy etc to continue whaling and produce whale meat for consumption. This may be true I am sure it would be of economic value to them in some ways but, I also know that millions of people would then "boycott" Japan and tourism would decrease immensely and due to the current environmental devastation tourism is already extremely low so it may be more economically beneficial for them to join the rest of the world in 2011 and leave behind whaling and make Japan the next tourism destination :)

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JapanGalDEC. 09, 2011 - 04:57PM JST I am American and am not against the whaling, so some posters here are just talking from the cuff. I think whaling is good and it should continue. Sea Shepard is illegally being obnoxious.

**Okay one, your name is Japan girl, implying you are Japanese but, you say you are American, well are you American or Japanese? In what way can whaling ever be good? I can not think of one reason in which it would be good.

genji17DEC. 09, 2011 - 05:30PM JST Nice! Sea shepherd is gonna lose this one, since they are the only ones ACTUALLY breaking laws here. You might not like whaling, but the Japanese are abiding by the law...albeit a loophole, but because of the loophole it is LEGAL

** Which part of whaling, in a whale sanctuary and in Australian waters is legal? and also ramming, sinking and injuring (possibly killing) everyone onboard is legal? There has not been one crew member from any Japanese ship that has been injured by any doing of the Sea Shepherd.

Barbara RederDEC. 09, 2011 - 08:30PM JST Sea shepherd are terrorist! Warson is too.. The reason i say that watching the show their methods against whaling could kill the person on the ship... Glad japan took them to court... Not that ot will help... The judge will favor watson ... That is what i think...

** Are you serious? have you only been watching part of the show because you clearly missed the part where the Japanese whaling vessel rammed their boat the Ady Gil to the point it sunk and various crew members had serious injuries. Now last time I checked not one crew member from the Japanese vessels have been injured by anyone on the Sea Shepherd.

billyshearsDEC. 09, 2011 - 04:50PM JST Sea Shepherd, through its actions, does more harm than good for its cause not only as far as worldwide PR is concerned but also as far as Japanese public opinion is concerned. Neither the Japanese government nor many Japanese people (the vast majority of whom have never eaten, and will never have the inclination, to eat any whale meat) want to be seen controlled by a group of adventurers in a speed boat. Having seen those running the SS organization on TV, I get the feeling they'd be very disappointed if Japan ever did give up whaling. What would they do for a living then?

**More harm them good, I am quite sure that Sea Shepherd has saved thousands of whales and has done this without physically harming one single person conducting the whaling. I am pretty sure that is a job well done!

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