{"id":25087,"date":"2015-12-15T00:22:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25087"},"modified":"2015-12-15T00:35:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T00:35:49","slug":"japans-whaling-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/japans-whaling-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s whaling activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Ocean Sanctuary<br \/>\nA refuge offering much<br \/>\nSafety from the whalers<br \/>\nWho are so out of touch<br \/>\nA retreat an inner sanctum<br \/>\nA place where victims feel<br \/>\nConfident and safe there<br \/>\nWhere protection is for real<\/p>\n<p>Where deliverance from evil<br \/>\nTo deliverable desire<br \/>\nTrue that restoration<br \/>\nFrom the harpooners dark fire<br \/>\nA beacon in the shady depths<br \/>\nAn undertaking signed<br \/>\nBy many of the nations<br \/>\nAnd of course underlined<\/p>\n<p>japan Norway and Iceland<br \/>\nProtagonists of fear<br \/>\nWho despite the world wide whaling ban<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t listen and  won&#8217;t hear<br \/>\nThey paint their ships with research<br \/>\nSo typical a lie<br \/>\nAnd go off whaling anyway<br \/>\nThey love to hear the cry<\/p>\n<p>Of the Minke the smallest baleen whale<br \/>\nAnd I notice where it ends<br \/>\nOn the plate in restaurants<br \/>\nThe message that that sends<br \/>\nIs certainly not of science<br \/>\nBut of culinary acclaim<br \/>\nThey are a bunch if liars<br \/>\nPlaying their evil game<\/p>\n<p>Their violence and aversion<br \/>\nTo such an amazing soul<br \/>\nTheir sullen indignation<br \/>\nTheir scientific role<br \/>\nNot an ounce of benevolence<br \/>\nJust improbity and pain<br \/>\nA total lack of conscience<br \/>\nAnd unscrupulous disdain<\/p>\n<p>Retaining their indifference<br \/>\nTheir detachment as a rule<br \/>\nDenying that the sanctuary<br \/>\nIs a sanctuary at all<br \/>\nThey intend to hunt there<br \/>\nThe Minke Whale to kill<br \/>\nThe Sei or  Fin are targets too<br \/>\nTheir blood they will also spill<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely nothing honourable<br \/>\nAbout them, they<br \/>\nAre hard and almost heartless<br \/>\nOn any given day<br \/>\nGood for nothing scoundrels<br \/>\nThere rascality their own<br \/>\nAnd going after sacred souls<br \/>\nOn the ocean there alone<\/p>\n<p>Sea Shepherd has been on their case<br \/>\nFor years they battle on<br \/>\nThey really are a wicked lot<br \/>\nAnd sailing out upon<br \/>\nThe southern ocean does it<br \/>\nFor most  of us who see<br \/>\nThe way they treat cetaceans<br \/>\nAnd the IWC<\/p>\n<p>Unregretting and recusant<br \/>\nThe numb heads carry on<br \/>\nGraceless and unshriven<br \/>\nSeemingly they don<br \/>\nThe mantle of the monster<br \/>\nThe butchers of the sea<br \/>\nThe hunter with the harpoon<br \/>\nWho hears not the angels plea<\/p>\n<p>Condemned by all and sundry<br \/>\nBut reprimanded no<br \/>\nTheir heads should be rolling<br \/>\nWithout justice they should go<br \/>\nAnd take the consequences<br \/>\nAccept them as our right<br \/>\nReally get whats coming<br \/>\nKillers of the light<\/p>\n<p>STOP this bloody whaling<br \/>\nSTOP it once and for all<br \/>\nThey are infernal bullies<br \/>\nTheir spawn of ill does fall<br \/>\nBefore them in the ocean<br \/>\nWhere the grey sky meets the sea<br \/>\nThe powers of darkness threaten<br \/>\nThose angels swimming free<\/p>\n<p>Anonymous is searching<br \/>\nYour prime minister he knows<br \/>\nHaving had his pages hacked into<br \/>\nThe terror you see grows<br \/>\nNot only in the southern ocean<br \/>\nBut right back to your shores<br \/>\nThe people are now onto you<br \/>\nYou will get no applause<\/p>\n<p>For  hammering the angels<br \/>\nFor bloodying the sea<br \/>\nFor exposing just how cruel you are<br \/>\nAnd where you want to be<br \/>\nHarpooning in the ocean<br \/>\nExploding their true soul<br \/>\nExposing your complete lack of it<br \/>\nWhich in essence is our goal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Ocean Sanctuary A refuge offering much Safety from the whalers Who are so out of touch A retreat an inner sanctum A place where victims feel Confident and safe there Where protection is for real Where deliverance from &hellip; 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