Lament of Seraphim for Dolphins of Taiji

[SeaShepherdsNKorea]

OH,WHALING DANCE　IS GR8!!

[bundangslimbear]

funny dance GR8!

[catnipnbone]

Sadly, there are still many people who haven't see "The Cove". And, there are millions who go to places like Sea World every year. They take their children there as well so, the children grow up believing that aquariums with dolphins and whales are places of education... they think the animals are well treated. Everyone wants to swim with the dolphins and they don't think about how selfish it is and the price the dolphins pay. This is going to take a long time. ;(

[eccentricoldcow]

Just too sad to comment. :( Wake up to compassion for your fellow creatures on this Earth

[msmaedbh]

How can this cruelty continue,,, all of those precious souls...

[a3nnemarengo]

Still can't get it...Why is this still happening even after The Cove was released!!

[delfinusdelphis]

@a3nnemarengo though The Cove has made a very strong impact around the world, the controlled media black out in Japan is going strong on many subjects, including dolphins hunting. People are told they are supporting eco-terrorism if they watch the film or express anti-whaling sentiments. Many Japanese like dolphins, so It is essential to find ways to let them know what is happening.

[hihumishinji]

なんだこいつ。

頭おかしいのか？

[jaxybelle]

The mixing of Butoh and the Drive Hunts is very appropriate and powerful, no words are needed. Regardless of if you eat any kind of meat or not, this slaughter is can not be seen as a humane slaughter from the length of time it can take to drive the dolphins to the cove to the slow and cruel slaughter. The pain expressed by Russ Ligtas during his Butoh performance and the cove in Taiji, Japan is felt by all who have and continue to see it.

[jaxybelle]

Culture is no excuse for inhumane treatment of all animals. Cultures must evolve with our morality. If they didn't you wouldn't be living the life you have now.

文化は動物を非人道的に扱う言い訳にはなりません。文化は我々の­倫理観と共に変化しなければなりません。もし文化が変化しなかっ­たら、あなた方は現在の生活を送れていないでしょう。

[AlAlslord]

@jaxybelle

太地の人は別に文化伝統だけを理由としてやっているのではありま­せんが。生活の為にやっているんです。いくら伝統でもカネになら­ないことはやりませんって。カネになって伝統的にやっている事に­なんで文句を言われる必要があるのか？ということです。私も家畜­を食べるよりは野生動物を食べる方が罪悪感が少ないのでなんで辞­める必要があるのか理解に苦しみます。

文化が時代と共に変化するのは同意しますが、変化を強制される覚­えも貴方の価値観に合わせる必要があるとも感じません。変化させ­るかを決定するのはその担い手です。少なくとも私は貴方の価値観­の押しつけを構わないとする価値観は辞めるべきだと感じますね。

[AlAlslord]

@jaxybelle

could you tell me how long it will take to harvest livestock? a lifetime engagement for human consumption. We kill lives, for our own survival, the difference we eat different species dose not make one right. you said this hunt is not humane, but would you like to be a pig in a modern slaughter house rather than a dolphin in the killing cove? I prefer latter, dolphins are all free range but not all pigs.

[delfinusdelphis]

@AlAlslord many people who love the dolphins, love all animals and are vegetarians or vegans. But cultures more ancient than Japan's have a VERY ancient and wise tradition of understanding dolphins ARE somehow different and special--like our brothers in the sea. And now, science is reaching this same conclusion.  for me, over 20 years of direct experience with them teaches me. They are friends, not food.

[platicocl]

Japanese bastards, murderers of nature

[AlAlslord]

@platicocl

and what you eat? and where do you live? maybe your house is once occupied by some happy animals, and your farmland used to be a house for beautiful wild flowers. Do you think you are any better than us because you do not eat dolphins?

[delfinusdelphis]

@AlAlslord i am vegetarian. I plant flowers and trees, I help people, I help animals, I help environment. I do not think I am better, but I do want to help make a better future and better world for all of us to share together!

[delfinusdelphis]

@platicocl WRONG! people in all countries and nations harm nature and compassion and kindness are needed everywhere, not any one country. Most people in Japan do not know this is happening. Many people there like dolphins. I have many many friends in Japan I care about deeply. Hatred will not save dolphins, but education can.

[AlAlslord]

every year, people in Taiji have a co-memorial ceremony for whales and dolphins they harvested last season. We kill animals for our survival, and so that we also show our appreciation for their scarified too. They also have shrines/temples dedicated for whales. If you saw the Cove you may realize there is a comemorial place.

I wonder if any "anti-whaling" countries and people do the same for their foods.

[delfinusdelphis]

@AlAlslord there is always an excuse for cruelty and killing, including human genocide. Yet each human being knows in the heart, there can be a better, kinder way... wild dolphins saved my life in the ocean. Now I try to help them. Taiji town can make the same transition from killing to eco-tourism that so many coastal towns around the world have made and discover a way so all who live there can benefit.

[AlAlslord]

@delfinusdelphis

Thanks, and yes I prefer to see live dolphins. If we have kind and better way for animals, it would be better. But frankly I do not think Eco Tourism is not the answer there; two big touristic cities in both side of Taiji. Even Ishi-san in Izu has difficult time for the business. you said excuse, but they do not need any excuse, they just do their life. your people always miss one important thing. YOU have to convince them to stop, not the other way around.

[delfinusdelphis]

@AlAlslord Ishi-san is having hard time, but in other parts of Japan with dolphin-watching and dolphin swimming, like Izu-shoto, all trips are full and business is very good! Preserving dolphins leaves a good legacy for children of future in Taiji, but killing leaves empty seas and bloody shores....I hope I can help to convince. I hope. I will try. thank you.

[AlAlslord]

@delfinusdelphis

anyway, those exotic ceremony while ignoring local custom and feeling, or harassing local hunters or portraying them "evil" won't change anything. I have nothing to do with dolphin hunting, yet, fed up with those things. Maybe it's much better you tell your story "saved by dolphins" to people in Japan and locals? I do not know if there are special meaning on that, but fact is fact and most human agree better and kinder ways are better way.

[delfinusdelphis]

@AlAlslord I do not portray hunters as evil and have many friends in Japan, I would not ever harass locals. Police have commended me on my good and friendly behaviour in Taiji. I am there to make friends and share understanding. In other countries I share meals and conversations with whalers.  I do share my story about saved by dolphins, yes, I will continue. It is work to find kinder way, but worthwhile effort.

[cheyla38]

To juxtapose such evil with such beautiful music is eerie. The title of the song is also gripping for these dolphins will never dance on the waves again.

[skuwasaki]

I'm speechless. What a beautiful & moving tribute to the dolphins. Thank you.