obakesan wrote:
> In article <bpggog$1oo1rh$2@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Haluk Skywalker" 
> <yokoolebiri@spam.net> wrote:

>>I make my living using my computer. If someone torn its ribbon cables and
>>shit on motherboard to protest misuse of sandy beaches I wouldn't only beat
>>the shit outta him but also fuck him good for messing with my business.

Wanting to beat the shit outta him I can understand, but I'd draw the
line at rooting him.

> if you made a living with your computer directly hunting an endangered 
> species, expect to have others wanting to look at its motherboard. till then I 
> think your pretty safe

Emotions aside, those particular nets are used for catching pilot whales
(ゴウドウ鯨), a species that is not endangered, and AFAIK not hunted by
Japanese whalers/fishermen outside their own coastal waters.

>>Japanese fisherman were far too passive I think or I'm a little too
>>aggressive tonight.
> 
> personally I think its not solely the fishermens fault. I think the government 
> there is more than a little culpable for propping up a non sustainable 
> industry (IE one that wouldn't really make it if it relied on straight 
> economic profits)

More than likely. Taiji's coastal whaling might be profitable and
sustainable, but whale watching and marine tourism in Taiji is a booming
(and much more sustainable) industry. I've been going there about 3
times a year and the changes are fairly noticeable.




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sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing.
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138