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I'm not saying it is. That's not my argument here.
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Well, I'm sorry, but I still have some teeny tiny life left and I really can't deal with all the different feelings of different people, especially when it is expressed like "Oh these nationalist Japanese are bad. They kill whales and they don't have heart." Really. Sorry.
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The killing of dolphins in Taiji is purely financial for some in that local community.
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eh, of corse. The Cove earn a lot more and the GreenPeaces annual budget is like more than 100 times than these dolphins are worth. What do you say to that? why don't you go there and save the dolphins for free?
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I also believe that the vast bulk of Japanese people have no idea whatsoever of what occurs there.
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Do you know what's going on? You can't even speak Japanese. How do you know what's going on there? "Japanese" people are the ones saying that the way the film was taken was extremely one sided.
You are welcome to prove that you do.
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If they did I suspect many would also be appalled at the way the slaughter is carried out.
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Have you ever visited a slaughter house in your country? You'll be appalled, really appalled, dude.
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No country gets to just do whatever it wants without criticism in this day and age. Japan can choose to condone what occurs in Taiji but it can't expect to receive no criticism for it. The criticsm is about the slaughter of dolphins not racism against the Japanese people.
I honestly don't understand your reference to hunting aboriginies in Australia. It is a part of Australian history that is shameful for most Australians and thankfully we moved from that barbaric past.
People today believe the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji is barbaric as well. They have every right to criticise those doing it. Japan is not immune from international criticism.
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First, Japanese haven't forgotten the nukes that an ex-KKK president dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You'll probably say "Oh, that's American, we have nothing to do with it" but it's all the same to Japanese people. I'm not really mad or anything, and the Nukes is just one example, but I am hoping you get an idea.
Secondly, If you really have read my posts, You know I repeatedly said it is about my "BELIEFS". Will you have that kind of attitude when you talk about your friends' Christian beliefs just because you don't hold with them? How about Muslim? I think my attitude about my beliefs is lenient compared with a lot of Christian and Muslim people and I actually do like to talk about it and do like constructive criticisms. But can you at least have SOME respect please?
And, sorry it was "Boring" that I "Play the racism card". But if you think mentioning the show that mocks random Japanese people on the street out of the blue for whaling is "Playing the racism card", I have nothing to say to you. I don't know about your country, but it is not something you can play down as a "boring racism card" in Japan. If you can't see the racism there, or it's "boring" to you, that's too bad. There are a lot of people who think the same way, and I just sigh and walk away.