{"id":25989,"date":"2016-01-23T08:31:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T08:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25989"},"modified":"2016-01-23T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T08:35:42","slug":"ric-and-how-the-world-wide-meat-trade-doesnt-help-his-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/ric-and-how-the-world-wide-meat-trade-doesnt-help-his-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Ric and how the world wide meat trade doesn&#8217;t help his position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lets appreciate mentality<br \/>\nRic&#8217;s and ours<br \/>\nAnd the Japanese<br \/>\nEnter a spot of mendality<br \/>\nIts really likened<br \/>\nTo a reprise<\/p>\n<p>Ric&#8217;s emerged  as a central force<br \/>\nAnd the Japanese have sailed off course<br \/>\nHe clearly is an embarrassment<br \/>\nAnd so it appears it is their intent<br \/>\nJapan and its culture of Dolphins and Whales<br \/>\nAnd cetaceans abroad<br \/>\nClearly it fails<br \/>\nAll these petitions<br \/>\nAnd actual conditions<br \/>\nWith so many missions<br \/>\nThere is no accord<br \/>\nLike a rat in a box<br \/>\nWhen threatened it tries<br \/>\nTo leap over its captors head<br \/>\nInto its eyes<\/p>\n<p>Its a desperate plea<br \/>\nA political stance<br \/>\nRic o Barry<br \/>\nIs continually<br \/>\nTaking each chance<br \/>\nInevitably drive hunts<br \/>\nWe know have to go<br \/>\n24 fishermen<br \/>\nThey all must know<br \/>\nInhumane methods<br \/>\nAll countries have those<br \/>\nWhether Dolphins or Piglets<br \/>\nOr Cows I suppose<br \/>\nFor men and the Meat Trade<br \/>\nYes them as a whole<br \/>\nWhilst some are pure vegans<br \/>\nThe majority troll<\/p>\n<p>The seas of expression<br \/>\nThe fields of regard<br \/>\nThe skies of abundance<br \/>\nAnd they find it hard<br \/>\nTo hide in the shadows<br \/>\nScoffing their meat<br \/>\nWhilst raising the roof<br \/>\nAt how the Japanese eat<\/p>\n<p>Mrs tuna salad<br \/>\nOr Mr Ham roll<br \/>\nCan shout at the Japanese<br \/>\nCan question their soul<br \/>\nWe know in our abattoirs<br \/>\nAnimals die<br \/>\nThroats cut and bleeding out<br \/>\nWhich is now why<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese look<br \/>\nAnd think we are two faced<br \/>\nRic is a figure head<br \/>\nHe has been placed<br \/>\nThere to be shot down<br \/>\nA victim he be<br \/>\nBut on his own<br \/>\nIn reality<\/p>\n<p>He knows the perils<br \/>\nHe once was there<br \/>\nAdding a lot to the<br \/>\nDolphins despair<br \/>\nAnd now he is fighting<br \/>\nTo give them their chance<br \/>\nAnd I say the Cod and the Tuna<br \/>\nCould dance<br \/>\nAll should be given<br \/>\nA reason to be<br \/>\nEnjoying their freedom<br \/>\nUnder the sea<\/p>\n<p>Not dragged out of the ocean<br \/>\nand crushed in some net<br \/>\nOr slaughtered in seine netting<br \/>\nFor the rich set<br \/>\nIts the world wide meat trade<br \/>\nAnd some  who protest<br \/>\nWho apparently are not prepared<br \/>\nTo invest<br \/>\nIn reducing the market<br \/>\nFor animals food<br \/>\nAnd point at the Japanese<br \/>\nCreating this feud<\/p>\n<p>Which will not go away<br \/>\nTill the blood thats spilled here<br \/>\nIn the worlds abattoirs<br \/>\nWhere its also clear<br \/>\nVile enterprises are slaughtering<br \/>\nHard<br \/>\nKosher or halal it knocks<br \/>\nUs off guard<br \/>\nWe are objecting<br \/>\nWhilst carrying out<br \/>\nThe most awful slaughtering<br \/>\nToo<br \/>\nThere is no doubt<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese feel<br \/>\nThey are victims too<br \/>\nAnd might understand<br \/>\nIt if more of you<\/p>\n<p>You know who you are<br \/>\nIf more of you tried<br \/>\nTo actually walk your talk<br \/>\nRather than hide<\/p>\n<p>Denial is one thing<br \/>\nIts a bit unfair<br \/>\nTo expect so much change<br \/>\nWith your hearts in the air<\/p>\n<p>Ric is entitled<br \/>\nTo go to Japan<br \/>\nHaving so changed his attitude<br \/>\nSince he began<br \/>\nHis work with the dolphins<br \/>\nAnd see&#8217;s that he erred<br \/>\nAnd it has become political<br \/>\nSome hang on his word<\/p>\n<p>And Britain excludes people<br \/>\nAmerica too<br \/>\nWe lock people up<br \/>\nIts what countries do<br \/>\nBut there underlying<br \/>\nIs the loss of face<br \/>\nAnd protestors protesting<br \/>\nWith not enough grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets appreciate mentality Ric&#8217;s and ours And the Japanese Enter a spot of mendality Its really likened To a reprise Ric&#8217;s emerged as a central force And the Japanese have sailed off course He clearly is an embarrassment And so &hellip; 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