{"id":2914,"date":"2012-09-02T10:40:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T10:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2013-03-22T17:13:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T17:13:33","slug":"tai-ji-the-cove-and-what-the-people-think-about-the-cove-guardians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/tai-ji-the-cove-and-what-the-people-think-about-the-cove-guardians\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cove and what the people of Taiji think about the Cove guardians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whaling is embedded<br \/>\nin their psyche<br \/>\nthe people of Tai ji<br \/>\nin fact desire<br \/>\nthe black strips<br \/>\nthat they eat now as sashimi<br \/>\nor diced up with their miso,<br \/>\nthe don&#8217;t tire<br \/>\nof Melon heads<br \/>\nof Pilot Whales and Dolphins<br \/>\nthey hunt about 2000 every year<br \/>\nThe Minamata disease teams<br \/>\nhave been monitoring<br \/>\nthe villagers<br \/>\nand apparently its clear<\/p>\n<p>That mercury levels are higher than<br \/>\nthey should be<br \/>\nbut still nobody<br \/>\nyet dies of that cause<br \/>\nand any way as far<br \/>\nas they now are concerned<br \/>\nthere is no reason why<br \/>\nSuch wild hunts should pause<\/p>\n<p>The Higashimuro district<br \/>\nof Wakayama. and Taiji<br \/>\nadmit they do kill Dolphins<br \/>\nfor they live upon the sea<br \/>\nThe Pacific Ocean is their larder<br \/>\nit is what they do<br \/>\nChuncho Marino or Sea Pork<br \/>\nas they call it<br \/>\nthey value<\/p>\n<p>Rick O Barry and<br \/>\nhis band of guardians<br \/>\nand Sea Shepherd<br \/>\nand  of course the rest<br \/>\nAnd Animals Rights<br \/>\nhave set their sights<br \/>\nand of course we do detest<br \/>\nthe massacre of Dolphins in the<br \/>\ncove around Taiji<br \/>\nwhich is documented every year<br \/>\nfor all the world to see<br \/>\nits a bloodbath on a grand scale<br \/>\nits vile of course that&#8217;s true<br \/>\nbut the Japanese are adamant<br \/>\nthat what all of us do<\/p>\n<p>In Europe and the USA<br \/>\nour slaughterhouses do<br \/>\nmurder billions of animals<br \/>\nso where the hell are you<br \/>\nwe slit their throats<br \/>\nwhilst conscious<br \/>\nand mutilate them too<br \/>\nwe hang them  on tall gantry&#8217;s<br \/>\nthat is what we do<br \/>\nwe slit the throats of chickens<br \/>\nof Pigs of Sheep of goats<br \/>\nducks, and cows<br \/>\nwe slaughter tiny babies<br \/>\ntear their throats<br \/>\nout whilst they are still conscious<br \/>\nYes suckling pigs and lamb<br \/>\nwho are we to point our fingers<br \/>\nwhen we don&#8217;t seem to care a damn<\/p>\n<p>Instead of coming to Taiji<br \/>\nperhaps we ought to try<br \/>\nand stop the killing where we live<br \/>\nfor clearly many die<br \/>\nget our house in order first<br \/>\nand then go back and say<br \/>\nnow stop the killing in Taiji<br \/>\nand its true, I have to say<\/p>\n<p>What goes on in slaughterhouses<br \/>\nall around the world<br \/>\nits true, if they had glass walls<br \/>\nmore expletives might be hurled<br \/>\nat those who want to eat<br \/>\nthe meat, the dead flesh for its true<br \/>\nsomeone has to slaughter them<br \/>\nand cut them up so you<\/p>\n<p>can feast upon the dead flesh<br \/>\nfor their blood runs everywhere<br \/>\nwhether its done in slaughterhouses<br \/>\nor in the cove, despair<br \/>\nfor me, its clearly evident<br \/>\nin both cases its not right<br \/>\nthe dolphins in the cove<br \/>\nand the others out of sight<\/p>\n<p>So the Japanese do have a point<br \/>\nDolphins, are their choice<br \/>\nWe have chickens Ducks and Geese<br \/>\nCows and Pigs whose voice<br \/>\nisn&#8217;t heard above the screams<br \/>\nthe grunts, the moo&#8217;s the tears<br \/>\npacked with antibiotics and hormones<br \/>\nit appears<\/p>\n<p>What I think we have to do<br \/>\nis all cut back on  meat<br \/>\nlives are being lost each second<br \/>\nfor our supposed treat<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been vegan many years<br \/>\nits easy if you try<br \/>\nthe world would be a better place<br \/>\nif less animals did die<\/p>\n<p>C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can learn so much from the animal kingdom and we should make sure that we follow their quota of vegetarian to canivore for on balance the human beings are mostly carnivores which means that our planets rainforests and wild wilderness is being usurped from the wild animals and the indigenous to feed cattle which are huge waste creators  we need to re balance our world GO VEGAN Our sanity re enacted there will be less wars and less pollution of our valuable water supplies <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/tai-ji-the-cove-and-what-the-people-think-about-the-cove-guardians\/\">Continue reading <span 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