littlejean comments

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I think enough was done and said and done about dolphins and whales, and with time the people are just going to stop the hunt. No need to suffocate them with protests and dramas.

As eigokun said above, it seems there is low public demand, but what if someone creates a need. Say someone that operates restaurants nation-wide, like for example, school restaurants ? It is even more than the health issue (which of course is important) but it's a waste of money issue.

All this tax-money-driven business is really sickening, but it's not specific to Japan : in southern France, in the Rhone river delta, they decided a little over 100 years ago to start farming rice. It is more expensive to produce there, than importing foreign rice. So they fix the price and get subsidies from the government. What excuse do you think they give to the EU for such an unfair behavior ? Of course ! Culture.

Just a few thoughts about those who believe it takes government help to find passport numbers.

I can think of so many different types of people that can do it, from the airline counter employee to the travel agency, immigration proxy company, duty free sales booth.

Not to mention the places all around the visited country where you let people have a copy of your official ID, be it passport or alien card (hint: check out your "gaijin card", you might find your passport number on it).

With the latest IT advances like e-ticket, I would bet that half the people working at the airport can know your passport number.

But is it sufficient to forge another one ? That french guy seems to suggest it might be, although clumsily. Scary. To all the paranoids out there, think about it next time you get asked 'May I have a copy ?'. Seen a man trying to do that in the US while renting a car. He might still be at the counter, arguing.

Back to the rest of the discussion, I wont put my money on anyone here, but this all looks so much like a cheap movie. Maybe the newest Ocean scenario ? How interesting they were 11 of them. Add those other two and here's your ocean'13.

Honestly, if Mossad did it, they made it in a 3-tier way. The current headlines people being the bait to draw the crowd's attention to Mossad in a very conspicuous way, discrediting the Mossad theory entirely. Which will lead to other people being blamed, while the real perpetrators are never to be caught. Reminds me of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero, great novel.

hmm, here's a better version of the link

http://tinyurl.com/yae7efy

Hey bamboohat, maybe you never heard about it because you never looked for it ? I remember seeing a tanker being assisted by a kite featured in a video on the yamanote news channel. You know, that smug show 'eco ideas' with the green santa sponsored by panasonic, where they don't even always feature their own products.

Doing a bit of google I can find this: http://www.beluga-group.com/uploads/media/2008_03_17_LloydsList_SkySails.pdf

In the end, I did not understand what was your position with respect to earth resources depletion and our future generations ?