1/4/2006: Japan vs Greenpeace

[Izanagi]

glatt Wednesday Jan 4 04:21 PM
The Japanese also eat the entire fin from the sharks they kill. Dump the rest of the writhing creature overboard.

You are thinking of the Chinese, Japanese don’t generally eat shark or shark fin soup, unless they visit a Chinese restaurant!

The Japanese do however kill thousands of dolphins every year.

[chrisinhouston]

Originally Posted by Izanagi

The Japanese do however kill thousands of dolphins every year.

Yea and we probably consume more tuna in our sushi shops and grocery stores nationwide then anywhere else in the world. Not to mention for the last 50 or so years we put a heck of a lot of Mr. Charlie Tuna into cans for human and feline consumption as well as various forms of other animal feeds.

I think we should all stop worrying so much about countries like Japan and Norway or Greenland and their whaling fleets, ever wonder when you order Chilean Sea Bass at that favorite place if their fish was caught legally or by poachers exceeding any limits? Practice what you preach and don't postulate.

Some day it will be just like Solent Green, so many humans to dispose of, perhaps we will just consume the biproducts...

[Izanagi]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Yea and we probably consume more tuna in our sushi shops and grocery stores nationwide then anywhere else in the world.

NOPE, Japan consumes about 50 percent of the worlds tuna catch every year.

Of the total worldwide catch of 1.2 million tons of tuna, Japanese consume 600,000 tons: 500,000 tons as sashimi and the remaining 100,000 tons in cans. In Japan, 250,000 tons of tuna are imported. In short, Japan is the largest market for tuna in the world.

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

I think we should all stop worrying so much about countries like Japan and Norway or Greenland

Unless you live in one of those counties, right?

By the way I've eaten whale, not that good. I've eaten it as sashimi and as whale bacon. The sashimi was god awful, and the whale bacon was only a little better.

Originally Posted by chirsinhouston

Practice what you preach and don't postulate.

"don't postulate" HUH?!?!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

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Some day it will be just like Solent Green, so many humans to dispose of, perhaps we will just consume the biproducts...

No cannibalism.... that's nasty.
But, if I could use dead babies to power my car.....

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Izanagi

You are thinking of the Chinese, Japanese don’t generally eat shark or shark fin soup, unless they visit a Chinese restaurant!

Yeah, I realized my mistake a few seconds after I posted my post. So I immediately deleted my post (less than a minute after I made it, and before anyone had responded to it.) Of course, around here, that isn't fast enough to keep someone from pointing out your stupidity.