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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:25 PM Original message |
Greenpeace: Japanese Navy jams radar to cover whaling fleet's departure |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. it's the japanese GOVERNMENT committing this crime -- and |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Japanese people are not "letting" them. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. so i guess you weren't out there at the beginning of the anti-war protests -- to make such |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
56. Civilized people do not begin a retort by calling people's ideas "stupid" |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
69. I hope the Australian's give the "research" bunch a good drubbing |
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Android3.14 (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Actually, we are letting our govt. commit genocide in Iraq |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Welcome to DU |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. good point! ZING! nt |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. "this media-driven hysteria" ? |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I think your logic is off. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Thats because the Japanese people are under the influence of a symptom of "peak population" |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
77. what's the symptom? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. Un fucking true. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You have no knowledge of what you speak. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Bring it. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I didn't defend it anywhere, my cartoon pirate friend. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It's taking on a whole new look with this maneuver, isn't it? Dirty, dirty business, with the |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't understand . . . |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree with you but... |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Plea to boycott Japanese goods by Ireland's National Sea Life Centre |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. They violated treaty |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. No violation |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. That was just a guess from what I read |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. So it's a sort of military exercise |
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east texas lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Indeed... |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. i think the attitude of |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. If Japan had a democracy, they should hold investigations in parliament |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Similarly, If the US had a democracy... |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. That's lame |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Miscues vs. Barbarian Horrors |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Your grand agenda to change the topic from Japan to the US is a failure...eom |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. No grand agenda whatsoever, just looking at the big picture. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Call the embassies and boycott their products and tell stores that |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Boycott US products while you're at it! |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. wrong-o |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Great post |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
17. A different perspective....? |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I was thinking more like |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Killing more tuna than whale or crab. That's the problem. US Navy kills more whales. |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. This fleet is targeting humpbacks and other whales |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Really, the US is responsible for that? |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. True... |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Not preference necessarily. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Except that the Aussies and Kiwis are getting pretty upset about this, too |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Does it occur to you that some of us already do a great deal to reduce our own impact? |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I implied nothing of the sort. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. That post was WAAAAY to intelligent and nuanced for this thread. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Hmm...Iceland. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. We get one or two every year |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Your conspiracy theories are without merit. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Your apologism for the slaughter of sentient beings is without merit. |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. OK |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 03:02 AM Response to Reply #52 |
68. Serdar Argic! |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Ah, yes... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. No, that's not what I said, is it? |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. What jamming? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. The Esperanza is much faster than the Nisshin Maru. The Robert Hunter leaves AU today. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. may the whaling boat sink before it kills any whales |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Yeah, exactly the same... |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Brain size may have something to do with the reasons |
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ExPatLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. I agree that the world belongs to all of us |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Whales reproduve very slowly, and only one calf at a time, usually several years apart. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #51 |
81. The majority of whales slaughtered by Japan last year were pregnant females |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
64. How many humpbacks should they kill? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. Except they don't actually want the meat |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Even with it being used for pet food and school lunches, they can't give it away fast enough. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
75. hey, many times I'm holding the mirror you are looking into |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
82. I think that for the most part, |
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nankerphelge (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. Take Action via HSUS's website: |
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Gonnuts (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
38. The people ... |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. The radar appears to be...jammed! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. these whaling ships are not the same floating fish factory ships are they? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. These aren't factory trawlers, they're purpose-built for whaling |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 05:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
76. Thanks for those graphs ... |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Indeed. If you're interested, I have a slide deck on the state of the oceans: |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Have downloaded it ... |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Thanks very much. Feel free to contact me with suggestions, etc. |
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judaspriestess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. wow, I am just dumbfounded by people |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
70. Guess I'll get my electronics from Korea. |
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EvilAL (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. They have all the brand names |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My next phone is a Nokia (Finland) not a Hitachi. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-24-07 11:42 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Samsung makes a damn fine TV. |
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