Comments on: Japan-Australia War Averted! http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/ Nick Ramsay, blogging from Japan. Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:43:36 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nick Ramsay http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Nick Ramsay Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:25:26 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2888 Yes. It's not readily available and very few people eat it these days. A few decades ago, it was served as part of a child's school lunch, but like I said, it's rare these days. Yes. It’s not readily available and very few people eat it these days. A few decades ago, it was served as part of a child’s school lunch, but like I said, it’s rare these days.

]]> By: Murali http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Murali Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:53:31 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2883 "half-a-million chickens that are slaughtered daily" In my part of the world the number is ten times of that. I read somewhere that the appetite for whale meat is fading in Japan. Is this true. “half-a-million chickens that are slaughtered daily”
In my part of the world the number is ten times of that.
I read somewhere that the appetite for whale meat is fading in Japan. Is this true.

]]> By: Al http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2866 Al Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:38:33 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2866 If Oz and Japan DO go to war, Canada will be happy to join in. That is of course, if you guys share a bit of that beer and if nobody opens the screen door to the submarine. If Oz and Japan DO go to war, Canada will be happy to join in. That is of course, if you guys share a bit of that beer and if nobody opens the screen door to the submarine.

]]> By: Nick Ramsay http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Nick Ramsay Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:46:40 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2861 Keith and Jason, love the comments guys! Here are two posts on a great blog called Ampontan which you might be interested in: <a href="http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/straight-talk-on-whaling/" rel="nofollow">Straight talk on whaling</a> <a href="http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/who-bought-off-the-iwc/" rel="nofollow">Who bought off the IWC?</a> Keith and Jason, love the comments guys! Here are two posts on a great blog called Ampontan which you might be interested in:

Straight talk on whaling
Who bought off the IWC?

]]> By: ジェイソン (Jason) http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 ジェイソン (Jason) Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:17:30 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2859 Australia won't go to war against Japan because they would lose international face. As it is, Australia is in a war of words with six other nations to illegally take over huge sections of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (which is completely banned by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959) in an effort to start raping that virgin land of natural resources. Japan is going to kill 1000 whales, including the no-longer-so-incredibly-endangered humpback whales, in the guise of science in order to resupply the local shelves with whale meat, and almost everyone who pay attention to international news knows about this. Oddly enough, Australia is being silent about Iceland and Norway's expeditions for whales (the only other two nations to hunt whale), but this is probably because these two nations are not going near the natural resources that Australia wants to claim as their own. I don't agree with hunting whales, eating dolphins, or killing things in order for humans to survive. Heck, what's the difference between killing 500,000 chickens after forcing them to live in small, over-crowded cages while wallowing in their own feces for an entire year, and killing one single whale that's lived free for 20+ years only to be hunted down, ripped apart, and eaten by upwards of 40,000 people at a premium price? I dunno ... maybe you can ask the half-a-million chickens that are slaughtered daily in America :???: Suffice to say, we humans will kill things and eat them. So long as we don't waste the resources, then we can sleep better at night. If we were killing animals just for the heck of it (anyone remember the buffalo hunts that used to take place across the American plains?) then we need to put a stop to it. Rather than bitch and moan about what Japan is doing, perhaps Australia could shut the heck up and deal with their own illegal activities first. Heck, it'd be nice if they apologized to all the aboriginals they so effectively killed off with their policies. It makes Canada's inhumane treatment of First Nations people seem like the freakin' lottery by comparison. [/rant] :???: You can read more of my rant about <a href="http://www.j2fi.net/2007/11/22/political-how-to-drawing-attention-away-from-your-illegal-activities/" rel="nofollow">Australia's idiocy on my site</a>. Australia won’t go to war against Japan because they would lose international face. As it is, Australia is in a war of words with six other nations to illegally take over huge sections of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (which is completely banned by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959) in an effort to start raping that virgin land of natural resources.

Japan is going to kill 1000 whales, including the no-longer-so-incredibly-endangered humpback whales, in the guise of science in order to resupply the local shelves with whale meat, and almost everyone who pay attention to international news knows about this. Oddly enough, Australia is being silent about Iceland and Norway’s expeditions for whales (the only other two nations to hunt whale), but this is probably because these two nations are not going near the natural resources that Australia wants to claim as their own.

I don’t agree with hunting whales, eating dolphins, or killing things in order for humans to survive. Heck, what’s the difference between killing 500,000 chickens after forcing them to live in small, over-crowded cages while wallowing in their own feces for an entire year, and killing one single whale that’s lived free for 20+ years only to be hunted down, ripped apart, and eaten by upwards of 40,000 people at a premium price?

I dunno … maybe you can ask the half-a-million chickens that are slaughtered daily in America :???:

Suffice to say, we humans will kill things and eat them. So long as we don’t waste the resources, then we can sleep better at night. If we were killing animals just for the heck of it (anyone remember the buffalo hunts that used to take place across the American plains?) then we need to put a stop to it.

Rather than bitch and moan about what Japan is doing, perhaps Australia could shut the heck up and deal with their own illegal activities first. Heck, it’d be nice if they apologized to all the aboriginals they so effectively killed off with their policies. It makes Canada’s inhumane treatment of First Nations people seem like the freakin’ lottery by comparison.

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You can read more of my rant about Australia’s idiocy on my site.

]]> By: Keith http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Keith Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:49:39 +0000 http://www.longcountdown.com/2007/11/30/japan-australia-war-averted/#comment-2849 Yes WAR is on the horizon and us Aussies will take to our rubber duckies and throw beer cans at those b#st#rds!! (Not full ones because we will obviously drink them first!!!) Shame on those Whale eating Wingnuts!!! I told a group of Japanese mothers about the fact that you CAN eat Dolphin in Japan and sure enough, they were aghast that I would say such a thing!! (You have to keep in mind that we had just watched a bunch of cute Dolphins do their thing in the Nagoya Port Aquarium pool !!) We then watched a Killer Whale go round and I found it amazing how the show continuously spoke about protection of the "Sea Animals" and how Japan is at the forefront of "Sea conservation" haa haa haa!! For the record; you can eat Dolphin in Numazu Port down in Shizuoka and even my wife (Who is Japanese) was shocked! I have to say that writing this make me feel a little guilty as I have eaten Whale and it was yuuuuuuuuumy!!!!!!! As Nick said in this post, the Japanese public really do not know what is going on outside their borders and believe that Whale hunting is truly for science and nothing more. The fact that whale meat can be bought almost anywhere in Japan is kinda confusing though!!! Hey I got it!!! We must all be scientists and our thoughts and opinions are needed to help preserve the Whales!!!!!!!!! Keith Yes WAR is on the horizon and us Aussies will take to our rubber duckies and throw beer cans at those b#st#rds!! (Not full ones because we will obviously drink them first!!!)
Shame on those Whale eating Wingnuts!!! I told a group of Japanese mothers about the fact that you CAN eat Dolphin in Japan and sure enough, they were aghast that I would say such a thing!! (You have to keep in mind that we had just watched a bunch of cute Dolphins do their thing in the Nagoya Port Aquarium pool !!)
We then watched a Killer Whale go round and I found it amazing how the show continuously spoke about protection of the “Sea Animals” and how Japan is at the forefront of “Sea conservation” haa haa haa!!
For the record; you can eat Dolphin in Numazu Port down in Shizuoka and even my wife (Who is Japanese) was shocked!
I have to say that writing this make me feel a little guilty as I have eaten Whale and it was yuuuuuuuuumy!!!!!!!
As Nick said in this post, the Japanese public really do not know what is going on outside their borders and believe that Whale hunting is truly for science and nothing more. The fact that whale meat can be bought almost anywhere in Japan is kinda confusing though!!!
Hey I got it!!! We must all be scientists and our thoughts and opinions are needed to help preserve the Whales!!!!!!!!!
Keith

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