Reply #65: You have no knowledge of what you speak. [View All]

[Bonobo]

I do and you don't. There is no proof of what I said that I could provide. It is a knowledge I have from having lived in Japan for years and being involved in the culture for over 20 years.

The only think "insulting" is the ignorant blanket opinion you, and others on this thread who chime in once every year on this subject, have about Japan.

Furthermore, if you were as interested in saving whales as you were in finding a boogeyman in another culture other than our own, you would be moaning equally loudly about the US Navy and Sonar. But you do not. Because no one is posting 5 articles a day about it. When I say media-driven, I mean it. You all rise, zombie-like, in your outrage as soon as some sensationalistic articles are posted. You undermine the seriousness of the issue with your cartoon-like responses saying "the only solution is to sink the whaler ships!!"

Further, if you were interested in solving Japan's whale hunt, you would try to understand the complexities of how it is a political issue over there and work diplomatically to get rid of it. Whaling in Japan is a withered out husk that is ready to fall. It is propped up, in fact, by the heavy-handed tactics of people like your "Captain Watson" which play right into the hand of the right wing faction that uses Nationalism as a clarion call.

As for it not being on the radar of the Japanese, take a look at Japanese language news and you will see for yourself.