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Originally Posted by GoNative
Any country can choose to make decisions about how it treats it's people or it's environment but they can't do so in some sort of vaccuum immune from international criticism.
We no longer live in a world where things can be hidden all that well from international scrutiny. Japan also needs to realise that the internaitonal community is not going to just accept it's propaganda and political spin like most of it's own people do.
Countries can assert their right to make their own decisions in how they manage their own affairs but they have no right to expect to do so without crtiticism or possibly some sort of sanctions or other consequences for the decisions they make. If countries want to participate in international trade then they must expect to receive international criticism and deal with it in a well reasoned and mature manner. Simply claiming it's our country we can do whatever we want just doesn't cut it these days.
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A very truthful statement.
But it's a tit-for-tat game that doesn't end in Japans court.
".. [Japan's] propaganda and political spin..", Not very Machiavellian of you considering the rest of your statement.
It must be noted that the common species of ocean dolphins, like those killed in Japan, are not endangered or even close to becoming endangered species. The types of dolphins that are truly in danger of going extinct are the river/freshwater dolphins around the world( In Brazil, China and India ) It is interesting to note that so much time, money, energy and drama was spent to scream attention to Japanese dolphin slaughter when ZERO attention is given to the river dolphins that ARE disappearing. Just google it for your self.