Valarie Oloman comments

http://www1.umn.edu/ships/ethics/minamata.htm - Please read about Minamata Disease (high mercury in dolphin meat).

http://www1.umn.edu/ships/ethics/minamata.htm - Ever heard of the history of Minamata disease? Please read.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37050396/ns/health-health_care/t/mercury-high-japans-dolphin-hunting-town/ - High levels of mercury found in Taiji dolphins

You speak of fairness and righteousness that is a laugh and just because you call it culture or tradition doesn't make it right. Damn right we are pissed off and good reason. Like I said we are not going to sit back while JAPAN thinks it can wipe out our oceans. Without our ocean life, the human population is done. What don't you get! If you think I have tunnel vision then you should look at yourself. I am the one who is seeing our future of this planet go down the drain because of JAPAN's greed and you can't see beyond my written words. I feel really sorry for the people of Japan who probably rarely feel green grass on their feet or experience nature because they live in a cement city, with cement walls and techno gadgets. WAKE UP people and see what is going on in this world for REAL.

Here is a list of the cities that held protests on Sept 1, 2011 against JAPAN'S KILLING OF DOLPHINS: London, Rome, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Montreal, Brisbane, Sao Paulo, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, The Hague, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Milan, Stockholm, San Jose, Tempe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Washington, DC, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Charlotte, Portland, Dallas, Houston, Olympia, Seattle and Auckland, NZ. If you think these cities are small, guess again!!! BIG CITIES WITH LOTS OF $$$ that are boycotting your country. Swallow that!!!!!!

These protests will be ongoing until JAPAN STOPS IT GREED AND MURDERING OF DOLPHINS!!!!

http://www.examiner.com/animal-advocacy-in-washington-dc/taiji-dolphins-face-immenent-typhoon-danger-as-thousands-rally-worldwide

Oh and by the way, it wasn't just a dozen people in the USA that turned out buddy...there are thousands ALL OVER THE WORLD standing up against JAPAN'S atrocities! That's the difference between our countries and yours...WE HAVE A VOICE you aren't allowed one and that is why so many of your people have no idea what is going on! GET EDUCATED on the issue if you are allowed to. Your government shackles you.

Dolphins are one of the most highly intelligent species on this planet. Their brains are bigger than humans. They should be respected and treated with dignity like every other species on this planet.