{"id":50141,"date":"2021-02-22T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=50141"},"modified":"2021-02-22T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:57:19","slug":"taiji-and-elsewhere-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/taiji-and-elsewhere-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIJI and elsewhere in JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years we have been fighting<br \/>\nAlways<br \/>\nand even till today<br \/>\nDolphins are being massacred<br \/>\nIn every awful way<br \/>\nTaiji is synonymous<br \/>\nWith dolphin drives and pain<br \/>\nWith pithing and with torture<br \/>\nAnd how protest is in vain<\/p>\n<p>How  many times outside the<br \/>\njapanese Embassy we have been<br \/>\nShouting through loud speakers<br \/>\nBut  they remain obscene<br \/>\nPithing sticking rods<br \/>\nInto their spines<br \/>\nUnder the tarps<br \/>\nIn their temples praying<br \/>\nBut burning all our harps<\/p>\n<p>Zen might be their way out<br \/>\nBut with hearts as hard as steel<br \/>\nAll the bloody praying<br \/>\nThey never can conceal<br \/>\nThe evil how they conquer<br \/>\nThe loyalty of each  soul<br \/>\nWounding youngsters in the pods<br \/>\nWhich is How they then control<\/p>\n<p>The elders and the parents<br \/>\nHow they keep them all on side<br \/>\nHumans would just hop it<br \/>\nThese commit suicide<br \/>\nAll the so called projects<br \/>\nStill happening in Japan<br \/>\nAre hopeless for the death toll<br \/>\nEach year it  goes to plan<\/p>\n<p>Taiji is using harpoons<br \/>\nAnd banging boats as well<br \/>\nBut in other prefectures<br \/>\nIt really is a hell<br \/>\nFor dolphins and for porpoise<br \/>\nHarpooned by hand yes still<br \/>\nAnd its all below the radar<br \/>\nThe projects never will<\/p>\n<p>taiji is seen as the capital of killing<br \/>\nBut its not<br \/>\nJapan is a murderous country<br \/>\nAnd its fishermen have got<br \/>\nOther means of earning<br \/>\nThe trAining and selling to zoo\u2019s<br \/>\nTo aqua parks and theme parks<br \/>\nAnd Hotels its all good news<\/p>\n<p>God made souls belonging<br \/>\nTo the world at large<br \/>\nStolen and sold to the ignorant<br \/>\nIts like worldwide camouflage<br \/>\nAnd Broome in Western Australia<br \/>\nSupports the port Taiji<br \/>\nCuddles up to their killing<br \/>\nProtects the infamy<\/p>\n<p>Its all to do with money<br \/>\nAnd the so called history<br \/>\nPearl diving and the Aboriginal<br \/>\nPeople maybe so<br \/>\nBut all this lovey dovey<br \/>\nIsn\u2019t helping as we know<\/p>\n<p>The world is seeing Vegans<br \/>\nBearing witness thankfully<br \/>\nAll the while the carnivores<br \/>\nAre in the majority<br \/>\nWild animals and sea mammals<br \/>\nHave not a hope in hell<br \/>\nChance of  being looked after<br \/>\nThis we all know well<\/p>\n<p>And the Japanese they say as much<br \/>\nWe eat dolphin and whales<br \/>\nYou eat cow and chicken<br \/>\nThere your argument fails<br \/>\nWe slaughter billions yes we do<br \/>\nThe Japanese do too<br \/>\nNot only cows and pigs and sheep<br \/>\nBut all the sea life who<\/p>\n<p>Are really extra special<br \/>\nSensitively made<br \/>\nMuch more so than the fishermen<br \/>\nWho really are low grade<br \/>\nIgnorant as the day is long<br \/>\nNo pity in their soul<br \/>\nAnd thus it will continue<br \/>\nBecause it is  their goal<\/p>\n<p>To do so more and more of it<br \/>\nMercury as well<br \/>\nFUKUSHIMA DA ICHI<br \/>\nCesium we tell<br \/>\nplutonium and strontium<br \/>\nAnd all the shit abroad<br \/>\nThe Japanese will never change<br \/>\nOr give up their reward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years we have been fighting Always and even till today Dolphins are being massacred In every awful way Taiji is synonymous With dolphin drives and pain With pithing and with torture And how protest is in vain How many &hellip; 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