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Originally Posted by Tenchu
That might sound noble, but it just doesn't work.
I gave an example of how money can over rule law. No one replied to my post and it was a tad disheartening. But the point was, Japan is a big player in the market, and vile criticism of anything about a country can have massive implications. Unfortunately, and now more than ever (global financial crisis), the governments place the economy above nature.
If civilians, not government representatives, do not make a serious manouver against corruption like this then there is a good chance no one will. Some issues have to be dealt with this way. It is sad, but true.
It is selfsih to neglect animals simply because we are smarter than them. We need food, so we can farm animals like pigs, cattle, chickens, Ronin4Hire, sheep, so on, but the world is too populated to step out the back door and just go on hunting any old animal right now.
A mass extinction is going on against many species, people like to deny its us, I find it a little amuseing they can deny it when these animals sit on their plates in front of them...
LOL! I doubt that. I mean, the whales will all be gone eventually... then I suppose we better protect Sea World... bastards'll try and scunge the last of 'em from our marine zoo's...
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Even when we're on the same side I cringe at some of your points.
What mass extinction are you talking about? The world is not over-populated YET (but is heading towards it). There's a sad fact that you've probably heard before that the world has enough food in it to currently feed everybody.
(See here if that sounds unbelievable
World Hunger Notes--Global Issues: World Hunger Facts 2008 by World Hunger Education Service )
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The world produces enough food to feed everyone. World agriculture produces 17 percent more calories per person today than it did 30 years ago, despite a 70 percent population increase. This is enough to provide everyone in the world with at least 2,720 kilocalories (kcal) per person per day (FAO 2002, p.9). The principal problem is that many people in the world do not have sufficient land to grow, or income to purchase, enough food.
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I also think the colourful adjectives you use to describe Japan are either exaggerated (if you believe that this issue defines their reputation on the world stage) or redundant (if you believe all governments are "scum" so to speak).