Barnaby Drake
THE WORLD currently sitting up and taking notice of the latest Japanese ‘scientific experiment’ in our territorial waters. So far, the action has been left to two small boats to defend our rights and our whales. The most the government appears to be prepared to do is to send an ‘observer’ along to watch and document this slaughter.
By the time that it has been documented and and presented to an International Court, 1,500 whales will have been slaughtered and the conservation program set back another fifty years.
Apart from that, they will laugh at you.
These ships are armed with offensive weapons, namely harpoons, which they are using in our waters. Any other person or an entity that requires a weapon has to apply for a licence. Have the Japanese applied for such a licence?
The answer is obvious, therefore why does our navy not go there and confiscate these illegal weapons?
If there is no law that enables you to do it, pass one straight away, and then act immediately. Tomorrow is too late!
It would be nice to see some of these much-vaunted election promises materialise into some real action rather than have to say at the end of the day, “It is such a pity that our government is so gutless!”
Barnaby Drake
Lake Highway
Golden Valley
TAS 7304
Meanwhile,
If the government hasn’t got the guts to disarm these pirates or drive them out of our waters, then it will be left to us, the public to take action.
Here is a list of Japanese companies. There are many more. All of these companies depend on exports and Australia is one of the biggest customers. In not speaking out, all of them tacitly support whaling.
Hitachi – Sony – Nikon – Pentax – Canon – Fujitsu – Toyota – Nissan – Kawasaki – Nippon – Fuji – Suzuki – Olympus – Mitsubishi – Honda – Ryobi – Sakura – Seiko.
Two things can be done – boycott their goods and let the retailers know why, and petition the head office of each Japanese company and let them know that you will not be buying their goods until whaling ceases.
If enough people do this, then the Japanese companies and their government will sit up and take notice. After all, it is the bottom line that really matters, and hit that hard and they will soon stop this feeble whaling exercise. Money talks – loss of money screams!
