{"id":21217,"date":"2015-05-24T08:08:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T08:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=21217"},"modified":"2015-05-24T14:08:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T14:08:36","slug":"megumi-sasaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/megumi-sasaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Another documentary in the offing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A native of Hokkaido<br \/>\nLiving in New York<br \/>\nA film director<br \/>\nFeeling the fallout<br \/>\nOff the fork<br \/>\nOf compatriots<br \/>\nAnd children<br \/>\nHaving to eat whale<br \/>\nAnd hearing constant<br \/>\nProtests of Taiji<br \/>\nWhich does derail<\/p>\n<p>The truest objectivity<br \/>\nOf the culture of Japan<br \/>\nAnd tradition in remission<br \/>\nAnd the &#8220;cove&#8221; where it began<br \/>\nTo clearly raise the hackles<br \/>\nOf those sensitive souls around the world<br \/>\nWho found themselves In a quandary<br \/>\nFeeling themselves hurled<\/p>\n<p>Into a place of no regard<br \/>\nFor cetaceans,big and small<br \/>\nEspecially in Taiji<br \/>\nWith the dolphin hunts<br \/>\nThat call<br \/>\nThe attention of the animals rights<br \/>\nBrigades now everywhere<br \/>\nWho watch the drive hunts<br \/>\nFeel the blood cries<br \/>\nAnd work through  the despair<\/p>\n<p>She is after seeing balance<br \/>\nWith that statement all she sees<br \/>\nIs prejudice if you ask me<br \/>\nAnd therefore must appease<br \/>\nThose fishermen in Taiji<br \/>\nShow them in better light<br \/>\nBring into the equation<br \/>\nThe factor both are right<\/p>\n<p>One should remember where she was born<br \/>\nThey kill Dolphins too<br \/>\nThe whaling in the southern ocean<br \/>\nAnd what the Japanese do<br \/>\nIn the name of science<br \/>\nHas no bearing on this, they<br \/>\nHave skirted around the convention<br \/>\nAnd somehow got away<\/p>\n<p>With murdering these wild souls<br \/>\nAnd receiving the wrath of those<br \/>\nWho know they are just bandits<br \/>\nAs their whaling ship now shows<br \/>\nAs to balance,we shall have to watch and  clearly wait and see<br \/>\nBut I can feel a whitewash<br \/>\nWhere there should never be<\/p>\n<p>Murdering the cetaceans with drive hunts<br \/>\nIs a sin<br \/>\nIt is very evil<br \/>\nTheir excuses they wore thin<br \/>\nYears ago, it&#8217;s murder or theft<br \/>\nPut up for sale<br \/>\nTo the corporate world of slavery<br \/>\nThat was always Bound to fail<\/p>\n<p>The Seaworld&#8217;s and the aqua parks<br \/>\nWho pay a fortune to<br \/>\nThe sick Taiji  authorities<br \/>\nFor the horror that they do<br \/>\nWe have witnessed all the ugly scenes<br \/>\n20,000 dolphins killed<br \/>\nAround the coast of the rising sun<br \/>\nWhere so much blood is spilled<\/p>\n<p>She promises to balance out the fearsome<br \/>\nAnd the good<br \/>\nTo cut through all the prejudice<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s watch<br \/>\nFor watch we should<br \/>\nFor me there is no reason to slaughter<br \/>\nAs they do<br \/>\nThere can be no valid excuse<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s callousness right through<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s brutality and malevolence<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s extreme cruelty<br \/>\nStealing wild souls from the ocean<br \/>\nIs malignant treachery<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s rancorous disregard for life<br \/>\nFor creation, for us all<br \/>\nSo don&#8217;t talk to me of culture<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t erect a wall<\/p>\n<p>That somehow gives you credence<br \/>\nTo murder and to steal<br \/>\nThe lives of innocent creatures<br \/>\nWho think who speak who feel<br \/>\nThey feel so put down obviously<br \/>\nAs many of us do<br \/>\nAnd I resent the murders<br \/>\nWhatever people do<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t go back into history<br \/>\nOf all countries. Japan<br \/>\nThe combatants must realise<br \/>\nOnly an all out ban<br \/>\nOn whaling<br \/>\nAnd drive hunting<br \/>\nAnd kidnapping wild souls<br \/>\nTo sell off to the corporate parks<br \/>\nIn their performing roles<\/p>\n<p>Will ever tip the balance<br \/>\nWill ever stop the pain<br \/>\nFilms about the culture<br \/>\nTo me are just insane<\/p>\n<p>Private messaged her and posted it on 3 separate comments<br \/>\nOn her face hook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A native of Hokkaido Living in New York A film director Feeling the fallout Off the fork Of compatriots And children Having to eat whale And hearing constant Protests of Taiji Which does derail The truest objectivity Of the culture &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/megumi-sasaki\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-orcas-and-dolphins","category-whales-and-sea-shepherd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21217"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21235,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21217\/revisions\/21235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}