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Eating Whiles or Dogs

 The U.S. and EU criticize Japan for eating while meat. Furthermore, dog-eating in China and Korea is denounced even by Asians. I believe such an attitude is based on ignorance and bias.

 First of all, only the wealthy can say such a thing. People in developing countries where citizens are dying of hunger can’t choose what to eat. In order to survive, they have to eat whatever they can.

 And, bias underlies the criticism. What is the difference between the lives of whales and the lives of bulls? Some Americans insist that whales should be protected because whales are beautiful. They never pay attention to ugly creatures! They eat caviar despite sturgeons being on the brink of extinction.

 If eating whale is OK, why not eating dogs as well? A proverb says, “When you in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Chinese or Koreans may eat dogs in their countries, but not in Japan nor other countries. Likewise, Japanese should be allowed to eat whale meet in Japan.

国際捕鯨委員会(IWC)のダブルスタンダード

■■■■■■■ JOG Wing ■ 国際派日本人の情報ファイル■■■■

鯨(クジラ)に見習え!
        MoMotarou放送局
■転送歓迎■ No.1296 ■ H19.06.06 ■ 8,970 部 ■■■■■■■

 [アンカレジ(米アラスカ州)5月31日時事通信発]
 こうした日本政府代表団の決然とした発言に、日本小型捕鯨
協会の磯根●(=山かんむりに品)会長は会場から飛び出し、
泣き崩れた。

     ★     ★     ★

(同上)
 当地で開催された国際捕鯨委員会(IWC)総会で31日(日本
時間6月1日)、日本政府代表団は「日本が提案した沿岸小型捕
鯨の解禁案を拒否されたのは、IWCの機能障害とダブルスタン
ダード(二重基準)を象徴している」と強い言葉で非難した。
その上で、IWC脱退も含め対応を検討する方針を明確にした。


■鯨の大和魂

 松岡大臣の自殺や社会保険庁の不祥事などの話題に隠れて余り目
立ちませんが、日本の意地を見せた総会でした。次回総会開催地に
は横浜市が立候補を予定していましたが、日本政府の対決姿勢に呼
応して中田市長は直前に棄権しました。

 国際機関の言うことなら何でも聞くか、と思われている日本でも
気骨ある代表団もいますね。私の記憶によると、世界が鯨を大事に
し始めたのは、レーガン米国大統領が、イメージ戦略の一つとして
利用し始めてからでしょう。いっとき凍りに閉ざされた鯨を救えと
毎日"日本の"テレビニュースにも出ておりました。

 http://blog.ohtan.net/archives/50863428.html

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国際派日本人の情報ファイル 購読申込・既刊閲覧:
  まぐまぐ: http://www.mag2.com/m/0000013290.htm
  Melma!:  http://www.melma.com/mag/56/m00000256/


Tohya―the site for the Summit 2008

 Next year, the G8 Summit will take place at the Windsor Hotel in Tohya, Hokkaido. Now, the local town is getting lots of attention and lots of people are visiting there, including me.

 The town is known for Lake Tohya, which has four islands. All four islands together are collectively called “Nakanoshima”. The biggest island is “Nakajima”. Deer were released there 50 years ago and about 150 deer live there now.

 In commemoration of the Summit, three-or-more people can hire a motorboat to and from Nakajima for 1.000 yen per person even though an excursion boat ticket usually costs 1,320 yen. A motorboat is so swift and thrilling that you can reach the island in five minutes while a stable pleasure boat takes 25 minutes.

 On the island, it takes about a half hour to get to a huge pine tree, which fell during the typhoon in 2004.

 I was not interested in the pine tree. My interest was deer. I was told that , at the destination point, I could look down into a valley where deer live, and if I was lucky, I might even come across deer while I was hiking. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see any deer during my trip. In the end, however, I saw three deer near the exit of the hiking road. Two of them approached me. There were ID Tags on their years. The other deer, which didn’t have any ID Tags, stayed away, looking at me. I was happy with the encounter.

 In addition, there were two swans at the pier on the island. A staff member was feeding bread to the swans and a school of fish each of which were about 10 inches.

 I recommend visiting the West Side of the Usu Volcano. It takes 10 minutes from the lake by car. White smoke is simmering there.


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