Comments on: On with the show! http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/ Japan from the inside out Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ken http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16951 Ken Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:25:22 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16951 Last time, tender-hearted Japanese released those pirares soon after capture. But not this time. Japan seems to send those who commit piracy once again to jail. http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/081206/crm0812060131003-n1.htm Last time, tender-hearted Japanese released those pirares soon after capture.
But not this time.
Japan seems to send those who commit piracy once again to jail.

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/081206/crm0812060131003-n1.htm

]]> By: ampontan http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16950 ampontan Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:26:54 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16950 So, they've got them removing <strong>A</strong> bullet from <strong>A</strong> vest? Do they have a hi-def film showing a　bullet getting from a Japanese gun fired by a Japanese person on a Japanese ship at the pirate ship when they were at close quarters? <blockquote>Why has no one else offered to reveal Paul as a fraud?</blockquote> Perhaps because no one wants to give him a free platform...including the Australian government, which is opposed to whaling, and including Greenpeace, which is opposed to whaling. As for the AK-47 story, you can find the sources yourself easily with Google. Also, I have no particular "feeling" about why they have never used the weapons, so a description is impossible. For that matter, could you "describe why you feel" people shouldn't get irritated when someone who boasts of sinking 10 vessels by ramming tries to ram theirs? So, they’ve got them removing A bullet from A vest? Do they have a hi-def film showing a　bullet getting from a Japanese gun fired by a Japanese person on a Japanese ship at the pirate ship when they were at close quarters?

Why has no one else offered to reveal Paul as a fraud?

Perhaps because no one wants to give him a free platform…including the Australian government, which is opposed to whaling, and including Greenpeace, which is opposed to whaling.

As for the AK-47 story, you can find the sources yourself easily with Google. Also, I have no particular “feeling” about why they have never used the weapons, so a description is impossible.

For that matter, could you “describe why you feel” people shouldn’t get irritated when someone who boasts of sinking 10 vessels by ramming tries to ram theirs?

]]> By: protoplasm2 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16946 protoplasm2 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:37:51 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16946 Hi, ampontan. About the alleged bullet fired at Captain Paul Watson: removal from the vest was captured on hi-def film; both Animal Planet and Sea Shepherd would never risk being entirely sunk if revealed as a stunt; Watson said "We asked the Australian police to take a look at it and they refused". I'm sure the Australian government would like to see Paul discredited...so why didn't they take the case? Why has no one else offered to reveal Paul as a fraud? Secondly, please cite your source for "Sea Shepherd reportedly carries AK-47s on board their ships"...and please describe why you feel these weapons have never been used...especially as Sea Shepherd ships have been raided by law enforcement quite frequently. Thanks, be well Hi, ampontan. About the alleged bullet fired at Captain Paul Watson: removal from the vest was captured on hi-def film; both Animal Planet and Sea Shepherd would never risk being entirely sunk if revealed as a stunt; Watson said “We asked the Australian police to take a look at it and they refused”. I’m sure the Australian government would like to see Paul discredited…so why didn’t they take the case? Why has no one else offered to reveal Paul as a fraud?

Secondly, please cite your source for “Sea Shepherd reportedly carries AK-47s on board their ships”…and please describe why you feel these weapons have never been used…especially as Sea Shepherd ships have been raided by law enforcement quite frequently.

Thanks, be well

]]> By: bender http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16836 bender Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:47:41 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16836 I'm fine with eco-loons, but the white supremacist tinge in (some of) them is what bothers me. Oh, BTW, I'm against whale culling. I’m fine with eco-loons, but the white supremacist tinge in (some of) them is what bothers me. Oh, BTW, I’m against whale culling.

]]> By: TomB http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16833 TomB Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:57:35 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16833 Whatever your politics, whaling today has no scientific or conservational value. I also see you've posted this in "Traditions", suggesting, like a festival I've visited before, that whaling is part of the "Japanese culture". Well, times change... There's no real demand for the meat, so WHAT'S THE POINT? There are people who are against whaling, not Japan. I don't think much of Sea Shepherd either, but this just sounds like a big whinge to me... Whatever your politics, whaling today has no scientific or conservational value.
I also see you’ve posted this in “Traditions”, suggesting, like a festival I’ve visited before, that whaling is part of the “Japanese culture”. Well, times change… There’s no real demand for the meat, so WHAT’S THE POINT?

There are people who are against whaling, not Japan. I don’t think much of Sea Shepherd either, but this just sounds like a big whinge to me…

]]> By: bender http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16819 bender Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:17:00 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16819 <blockquote>Are you suggesting we start paying Sea Shepherd large ransoms?</blockquote> To fund ex-immigrant Watson's anti-immigration campaign? Boo!

Are you suggesting we start paying Sea Shepherd large ransoms?

To fund ex-immigrant Watson’s anti-immigration campaign? Boo!

]]> By: Rober http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16818 Rober Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:47:04 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16818 <blockquote>The Steve Irwin, the lead vessel in Sea Shepherd’s two-boat fleet, flies the Skull and Crossbones during its voyages. When will someone take them at their word and start to deal with them as real pirates instead of playacting pretenders?</blockquote> Are you suggesting we start paying Sea Shepherd large ransoms?

The Steve Irwin, the lead vessel in Sea Shepherd’s two-boat fleet, flies the Skull and Crossbones during its voyages. When will someone take them at their word and start to deal with them as real pirates instead of playacting pretenders?

Are you suggesting we start paying Sea Shepherd large ransoms?

]]> By: bender http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/11/22/on-with-the-show/#comment-16816 bender Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:33:46 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=2758#comment-16816 Maybe with the big financial crunch and all, and the falling export price of their natural resources, the Aussies have more important issues to care. Maybe with the big financial crunch and all, and the falling export price of their natural resources, the Aussies have more important issues to care.

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