You actually have it backwards. I’m Japanese. But this does not invalidate your argument, and I think it’s an interesting point to clarify.

There is nothing wrong with criticizing a culture or a nation; it’s policies, customs, philosophies, etc.. In fact, in this particular instance, most Japanese people would agree that this aspect of the Japanese business is a bad thing. In countries with long histories, sometimes it is very hard to reverse certain traditions that almost everyone actually hates because they have a certain momentum.

I assume you are referring to my latest post about Morrissey, so I’ll explain why that is racism. There is nothing wrong with criticizing certain aspects of the Chinese culture, like human and animal rights. I think the Chinese can also benefit from constructive discussions on those issues. However, Morrissey suggested that their behavior stems from their biology. This is how the white people justified black slavery; they considered blacks as biologically inferior to them, an inferior species of human race. Whites in fact thought that about Asians and all other races too. It was a perfectly acceptable idea at the time. This is why all sorts of racial injustice took place. Morrissey’s way of attributing the cause of a certain behavior to biology comes from that ugly tradition. That’s racism pure and simple.

I’m so glad you said “We are all racist.”

So true.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20007554-501465.html

Seriously, any apologists for Japanese whaling should be harpooned just like the Japanese gleefully hunt down these magnificent creatures. I have no fear that Japanese whaling will continue, as it always has, unabated. My only hope is that the whale meat becomes so toxic by industrial pollution that it simply becomes untenable to harvest. Oh, the irony, hyper-developed, capitalist Japan – the cruel irony.

In the interim, I have boycotted anything to do with Japan. Frankly, I find a culture that can stand by this slaughter as reprehensible. I only wish the Sea Shepard society fought with the same tactics that the Japanese use (like snipers and concussion bomb).

It wasn’t ostracization. It was a 5-day vacation.

Have those idiots ever thought what would happen if they sink one of those big ships and all lives lost?
I guess they have the same mentality as the morons that call themselves “Right-to-Live” but go out and kill doctors and clinic staff.

I’m glad the whalers scored a victory and destroyed one of the pirate vessels…in self defense

I cheer everytime a Eco Terrorist goes to Jail.

I understand how everyone is so passinate about their beliefs…..Like the previuos blogger St wrote:
“In the end, fighting over these differences are no different from fighting over religion, politics, and ideologies.”

Every person has a right to make a living for themselves and their families.
My husband tries to make a living as a fisherman…and has to deal with the bureaucratic red tape caused by the idiots that try to police international waters…..(taking the Law into their own hands)
If these eco pirates think they have a right to do what they want with no regard to the lives of others, then the sailors on the big vessels should have that same right.
“Eye for an Eye”…..”Do onto others…..”

Those are some of them which I have found by googling for a few minutes:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/21/stupid_dolphins/
http://www.uncommondescent.com/evolution/dolphins-not-the-supergeniuses-we-thought/

I am quite interested why so many people are eager to believe this.

Another question is this why many argue that thou shalt not kill dolphins because they do good things to humans, but they never say “thou shalt not kill spiders, honey bees” etc. and never mention the fact that dolphins are carnivore and kill and eat many fishes and that they sometimes rape each other.