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  • On a side note, good video Houzan! I agree 100%

  • I didn't know you made a video about this.

    Personally it upsets me that people think "they know better" and that those who eat whales are "bad people". Iceland is another country that eats whales too, and nobody comments about that, Japan sadly is the main target of the whaling smear campaign.

  • I don't have a problem with whaling certain whale species, but hunting down endagered species is wrong.

    The sea sheppards actions keep getting worse and worse and their actions are becoming more and more illegal.

    Now I'm not convinced by what the Japanese whaling fleet says either, hunting down around 1000 whales for scientific purposes is VERY hard to believe.

    Japanese martial arts are a hobby or mine, but Biology is a lot more for me, it's my hobby and work.

  • If japan hunted down fewer whales I would see no problem, however the number is too large and endangered spieces have to be kept alive at any cost, if you have to kill some, then you try to kill as few as possible. Numbers here are far too great.

    The way whales are killed should be faster as well.

    I have no problems with hunting, but killing the animal as fast as possible is the most humane thing to do.

  • @crazyseba666 1- Humankind isn't developing weapon killing humankind without pain. Therefore it will be impossible for the duration. At first Japan should leave I W C. Well,You had better check about history of whaling. Whaling begins in North America east bank in 1670___ 1853 Perry admiral presses the Japanese Shogunate for the foundation of a country for protection and food security of drinking water of a member of American whaler. America stops whaling in 1940. 1948 (I W C) erection cont
  • @HouzanSuzuki

    In other words it was made in American convenience wholly.

    Btw, even if 1000 whales are captured in the year, those almost not circulate in market.

    I am thinking that we may capture a whale more.

    Japan doesn't have to import America and Australian meat thereby.

    In other words I am thinking that Japan should stops research whaling and should go back to commercial whaling.

    Any way at first Japan should leave I W C that the rule which America made without permission.

  • @HouzanSuzuki

    Seeing how much money is made from selling whale meat, I do see it as commercial type of whaling under the disguise of experimental whaling.

    There no excuse to kill almost extinct species of whales however, if they were truly experimenting on them, they would kill a lot fewer. If no extinct species were involved, I would have absolutely no problem with Japan doing commercial whaling. Japan isn't the worst whaling country, but it couldbe a little better.

  • You are correct it should leave the I W C, but it doesn't matter that much, this organism doesn't have much power anyway, endangered whales are kill by many other countries and they still can't stop them. It's understandable, because the ocean is very big.

  • @crazyseba666

    The next offer is my going too far in saying.

    More than 90% of an environmental problem of every type solve by reducing human population to current a one-tenth.

    If food resource and biomass and mineral resources aren't used at unbalanced speed, problem doesn't occur.

    Various new technique will be developed slowly during about 100.

    Now, problem is a method of settlement isn't catching up with problem.

  • @crazyseba666

    Incidentally,

    "Japanese whaling association" has site of English translation.

    All the backstage of anti-whaling is political problem.

  • Sensei, thank you for your thoughts on this matter. I think everyone on this planet, not just these eco-terrorists, would have a greater respect for hunters and fishermen, if commercial farms, ranches, and fisheries didn't exist. There are people who prefer "natural" and "wild" sources of protein because our commercial resources are polluted with antibiotics and growth hormones. Domesticated animals are tortured from birth because they're not free to live their lives until culled.

  • @erniesbudolab

    Thank you.

    There isn't a legitimate discussion with they terrorist.

    Because they are gangs gathering in" concession" of anti-whaling

    On the other hand, I think that this true basis in trouble is the population growth which is excess.

    We human being is using too much environmental resource.

  • 「たいへんよくできました」 ;)

  • @Rhodrye

    小学校の、夏休みの宿題以来ですな。その台詞を聞くのって。

    ところで、ナイフ投げの動画に評価をありがとうございます。

  • Great video!

    Japan is clearly behaving in a responsible manner and is only for Sustainable whaling.

    Those who harrass Japan are nothing but criminals and thugs with gigantic egos. They think they know everything and the rest of the world must bow to their will. What sort of mad person thinks and acts like that? She Shepherd people

    No one trusts or respects the She Shepherd. They are an extreme embarrassment to the Western World.

  • Thank you very much for the reply. It is very informative and very helpful. I apologize for the repeated question posing. I am having some problems with the made in India laptop that I'm using.

  • I think this is a good discussion here and in particular because it is about understanding the cultures mentioned. I have a question for HouzanSuzuki with respect. It is about the movies Memoirs of a Geisha and Lost in Translation.

  • I think this is a good discussion here and in particular because it is about understanding the cultures mentioned. I have a question for HouzanSuzuki with respect. It is about the movies Memoirs of a Geisha and Lost in Translation Do Japanese people find them as some offensive orientalist content and maybe some post-modern waste of time? Could you please explain this to us nonJapanese folks?

  • miighankurt

    I am not watching both movies.

    However, I watched estimate and criticism by plural Japanese.

    Of course, film uses free material and should make the film which is freedom.

    However, all the film is fiction.

    It is fiction so long as it isn't specified with a documentary on the basis of a historical fact.

    I can see Sayuri in particular to have possibility producing misunderstanding about Japan.

    For example,

    Meaning of Geisha is "a person having skill".

    cont

  • Or she entertain a customer by art.

    They aren't prostitutes.

    In addition, it produced criticism that most of the cast weren't Japanese.

    Mistake exists in an age background and description of scenery much.

    Criticism that set location doesn't seem to be Kyoto.

    Though an age is just before World War II, description is old more than 150 years

    cont

  • When I synthesizes opinion of third party, it is next.

    A Japanese can refer to how a foreigner is watching Japan

    However, of course, it isn't real image.

    Basically please correct to consider all film with fiction.

    However, I think that all of us exist in the same situation in the point that a person of all countries is pretty misunderstanding other countries.

  • @HouzanSuzuki

    I agree on the respectful treatment of animals and other cultures. It's up to you what you eat.

    I disagree there is anything arrogant about God in heaven. I do not choose to worship the creation. I worship the creator and admire the creation.

  • "米国から日本の捕鯨を讃える動画がアップされています。応援し­てあげましょう。

    "Japanese Whalers Tribute 日本捕鯨船に捧げる"

    watch?v=5RsBhfhyqEI"

  • この映像の羅列は「微妙」ですね。この動画を作った人が、もう少­しビデオの中で言葉で明確に主張してくれればいいんですがね。

  • @HouzanSuzuki

    確かにそうですが、アメリカ人(?)なので...

    こちらの動画はメッセージがとても強いですね。アドバイスしてあ­げたらいかがですか?

  • いえ、プロフールを見たら愛読書がバイブルとなっていたので私は­引きました。もう少し過激といいますか、明確な哲学的で冷静な主­張でないと、結局は、捕鯨問題は、単なる見かけの感情問題になっ­て、こじれると思います。ですから、今のところは出撃したり、動­画レスポンスをしないようにしています。

  • It supports it. The glory must be in Japan. SS is good though learns.

  • it's not that i favor whales over cows, its that whales aren't farmed solely for food like cows, (which is sad as hell) If you could learn to raise cows and other livestock, you wouldnt need whaling. Americans have been doing it for ages... I would hope you could figure out how to support your population.

  • it would be a huge mistake if Japan would use military force against an organization that isn't using any military forces or lethal methods to prevent the murder of this wonderful animal. I find it disgusting the FDA would allow such crimes to continue with the domestication of animals like that for the sole purpose of slaughter and allow the abuse and neglect to ocurr.

  • Japan can perform a warning shot for suspicious boat.

    The SS that there is not intelligence than a whale either is miserable.

    The human who does favoritism on a whale than a cow is the ugliest.

  • Interesting. I know that a lot of environmental laws are abused by big companies and governments to gain more power and money. I work in a abattoir we kill 100 000 chickens on a 8 hour shift, nobody complains but kill one seal and the world goes crazy.

  • @capitaindouleur

    I think, It is not bad to chant objection in food culture of other countries with subjectively.

    However, they(S.S) overworked.

    And illegality and permit are related too much on them.

    In the same way,

    I think that the world includes correct war.

    It is war when we really have to keep something.

    For an injustice aggression, for example.

    However, current most war is war forged for business.

    cont,

  • By the way,

    I think, It is a mistake that select a specific creature in human brain science whether they are intellectual.

    It is a mistake that think that sense of a pain comes from only nerve to feel a pain.

    People thinking that there are only a few pains exist in crustacean and an insect, for example.

    On the other hand, people believing that mammals feel a pain than an insect exist.

    However please watch reaction of an insect cut foot.

    They fall into panic.

    cont.

  • 3-

    I think tgat Essence of this subject is "Panic happening in their mode of life" instead of "pain that a human estimates"

    According to the another view,(It is not formal institute thesis), even when vegetation is cut, they seem to make emotional reaction of fear.

    In other words, sorrow and feelings when a creature is killed cannot tell by only in neurology.

  • 4-

    Medea does not report the scene that a pig and a bird and a cow are killed as our foodstuff.

    If such report was done as one part of education for a child, most people would not perform big reaction of emotion even if people watched blood of a whale.

    Without relation with "does any kind of emotional reaction happen for it" True video should be reported.

    For example, "report regulation" about scene of war is a mistake. I think so.

    It becomes non-true when only one part of real was cut.

  • I understand that we must look at other cultures with objectivity, there is a global uproar to seal hunting (in Canada) but people do not look at the facts also I agree that most wars are for money.

  • 5-

    Incidentally, I have the following original opinion about theology.

    There is never that an entity of God controlling all cosmos was proved.

    Therefore, it does not have value to believe.

    In addition, a miracle of every kind cannot prove an entity of God.

    By the way the science found a lot of law.

    However, logic that "the person who made science law is a sage" does not exist at all.

    A programmer of Microsoft can make a program.

    cont.

  • 6-

    In other words working making law of the cosmos is possible to the rank and file.

    Therefore, an entity of physics law of this cosmos cannot prove greatness of God at all.

    And the person who was able to prove that law of the cosmos is not stuff existing by ill will does not exist.

    The right and wrong does not exist in physics law in itself.

    It is measure of the right and wrong whether it makes the action that a programmer aimed at.

    cont.

  • 7-

    However, the intention of programmer will be different from intention of a human and a creature of the side which was made by programmer.

    Therefore, I recognize an entity of the programmer who made law of this cosmos, but I do not believe that the entity has good will.

    A lot of people believe God in a fantasy of "your subjectivity "or " Group phantasm"

    It will become in your consolation.

    However, that's outrageous for me.

    I hate that I watch a phantasm.

  • The sea shepherd used a laser on its "Ady gil" boat. I think its pretty much the same as terrorism. It did sunk later.

  • Yes. If someone did the same thing for aircraft and a military jet, they will be arrested.

    Moreover, that is "A laser" with a possibility damaging an eye.

  • I saw the video, and it was pretty awful. I'm glad that people took a footage of how the things went so we can see how insane SS is.

  • Being raised Catholic, I always thought it was ridiculous that people prayed for God for the food that was on the table.

    God had nothing to do with it...it was because my parents made enough money, to buy the food from people who farm/slaughter/work from plants and animals who are now on the table to consume.

    I suppose someone could argue (in a roundabout way) that God is responsible, but to me that does not acknowledge all that went into the meal, human and animal alike.

  • @TheRealCates

    People more than 99% almost not doubt about food chain.

    However, I doubt the motive that food chain was settled for what.

    Originally, food chain such as current situation is needless.

    We and another creature can live only in nourishment of the underground and vegetation.

    In addition, HE/SHE was able to make such a design.

    However, why do the complicated food chain and survival of the fittest such as present exist?

    I know the answer.

    cont.

  • 2-

    It is in order to gather emotion of fear and emotion of pleasure as vibration energy to happen from a creature including a human.

    In other words we are domestic animals of a creature existing in high rank than us.

    And, in addition, a human is a manufacture such as bought and sold grain.

    There are many people who want to run away from this fact.

    It is only two system in earth that recognized this fact.

    One is "Primitive Buddhism"

    One more is "Gnosis"

    cont.

  • 3-

    Two these denominations don't believe "great God" by any means.

    Afterworld it became in the wrong system that primitive Buddhism was mixed with Hinduism and other sectoin.

    Houever Buddha originally denied existence of "every type of God.

    The biggest truth that he reached is next two things.

    1-This cosmos itself being a result of failure.

    Therefore, God whom you should admire does not exist.

    2-A way to go away from the actual situation of this all cosmos existing.

  • 4-

    One-god belief goes pretty crazy. I think so.

    Polytheism is better a little than One-god belief .

    Because a believer of polytheism believing intelligence entitys are without many differences from us.

    It seems to be our friend or enemy existing in a different dimension.

    There is not inconsistency in reality of the entity.

    Therefore I conclude on Islam and Judaism and Christianity, those idea went crazy and too unhappiness.

    I believe individual honest human and animals than worthless God.

  • Our life of humankind depends on another innumerable creatures(include micro-organism from an intellectual creature)as we know well.

    It is for only issue to keep away from indiscriminate hunting.

    According to the statistics, a number of heads of a whale does not decrease.

    Rather a specific whale gives a damage for a lot of fishermen in the world.

    You(we) had better not interfere about "Food culture of each country" each other.

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