As there seems to be some action, by Australian Protesters, by the Australian Government, and by the Japanese Government around the issue of whaling, in the Southern Ocean(s) these last two or three days, I guess I can post the email nobody knew I sent to the Japanese Embassy last week, when news of Peter Bethune being held and awaiting charges in Japan for "piracy" broke.
Here 'twas......
Sent on Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 12:31 PM
Hello Mr Ambassador,
I'm a news watcher and commentator, and see today that a quite farcical situation has arisen, with the detention of a "Mr Peter Bethune" aboard the Japanese whaling vessel "Shonan Maru 2".
We in Australia are rarely given the full story, in situations such as the determination of the Japanese to keep catching whales, so, it seems clear that for Japanese whaling to maintain it's fervent industry, there must be some untold story behind it.
I've heard that "whale oil" is an excellent lubricant, surpassing the qualities found in fossil oils, a la "crude oil", and that the military appreciates this.
Perhaps so, and perhaps this is why Japan persists in fishing for whales, apparently almost to their extinction?
I have great respect for the Japanese People.
Without doubt, though rarely overtly recognized by "white-skins" of the west, the Japanese are an Highly Intelligent, Wise, Cultured and Talented People.
It is a great tragedy, that your Refined Culture has been undermined and suppressed by the western "modern" ways. Modern ways which possibly bring your nation to pursue the great Mammals of the oceans, as said, possibly to their extinction.
It is therefore here that I appeal to your inherent Reason, in regard to the ridiculous situation which now prevails with Mr Bethune detained aboard your country's whaling vessel, and his facing possible charges of "piracy".
According to news reports, Mr Bethune and his colleagues are enthusiastic about this scenario, and his long term detention, and transporting back to Japan to face charges.
Better him than myself, to be sure. I value my forested freedoms.
With all the discord which has existed in our "Southern Oceans" between the whalers and the "Greenies", we have seen serious determinations by both sides, as if there is an actual "war" in play.
If anything, it is a war of attitudes. Attitudes toward, for, or against the natural world.
There can be no doubt that the Planet Earth is under severe strain, from our excessive plundering of her natural resources, and that, if we continue on this fanatical path, she, the Earth, will begin to collapse underneath us, and the environment will no longer be able to sustain our ways of life.
This is a fact. It is also a fact that all her creatures, from the microscopic amoeba, to the largest, our whales, all play important roles in maintaining the Balance in the planet's biosphere, so we, this "proud" species, humans, must take every care to not tip the scales, as-it-were. For as we see, if we do, there will be horrendous repercussions across the globe, and all will suffer.
As I observe, our excesses of today, to my mind and research have their roots in the erroneous ways of the white-skins, of which I am a part, to my shame.
Therefore other "races" as much as separate "races" exist, such as Japanese, Chinese, Indian or Aborigine, cannot be blamed for taking a hubristic attitude in response.
But, please, Mr Ambassador, consider against whom your whaling industry is, and should be fighting?
It is Sound Logic, and Scientifically indisputable, that to destroy one's habitat, in whatever ways, over however long a period of time, is lunacy.
Hardly what one would expect from a People as Wise, and of a Fine Culture as long lasting, as the Japanese?
So also, is it unfathomable that we have the reaction we read about today, from the Japanese, either aboard the "Shonan Maru 2", or in the Halls of Power back in Tokyo, to have come from a People as Intelligent, that is, as Considerate, as the People of Japan?
Surely, "Pride" does not outweigh "Intelligence" among you? So too, Humility is known by your People, when facing the truth of a given situation.
Mediated propaganda cannot distort what the world has seen on the videos taken of the whaling vessel charging and sinking the "Ady Gil".
It is beneath your Good selves to accuse those who fight to preserve our one common habitat, the planet and her creatures, of being at fault in the sinking of the Ady Gil, and of piracy against Mr Bethune.
Surely, at the end of the day, everyone would be far happier, and better off, if those responsible, were as Honorable as those Japanese Warriors were of the last 100 years, who fought and died defending Japan against western invasion of your own Sacred Soils, but here, admitted their mistakes and settled the costs to the Ady Gil owners forthwith.
Of a certainty, everyone will be thankful for the lower long term cost.
Obviously, this plea goes also to the question and long term sense and viability of whaling as it currently exists.
Let us all Progress together?
Yours,
Ganguru of the Three Wise Tribes.
Omaxa bin Eartha
aka Max Nichols Cook-Meredith-O'Brien
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That's it Folks!
I had to laugh with meself after I sent it.
This email was the first time I used the tag, "Ganguru" of the Three Wise Tribes Re-Balance, after it, "Ganguru" popped into mind as an appropriate title for my illusive position of being some strange kind of "guide" for the world's disenfranchised Gangs, or Tribes.
Well, the "Three Wise Tribes" is what has come through my mental channels of the last few months, which I've put into a serious political format for not only Australia's Revolutionary Future, but for the planets.
It wasn't until after sending the email, that I remembered to Google the word "Ganguru", to see if it had a meaning in another language. OOOOPSSS! Apparently it is near to the same word used for a newish fashion or trend IN JAPAN, and means something like "Black-faced girl who sings crazy songs". The more common word spelled "ganguro".
Like I said......"OOOOPSSS!"
If the Japanese Ambassador got to reading the email, I wonder if he laughed out of awareness of the gaff, or out of derision?
Hohum...., I think I'll keep using it.....?
True Lore Outlaw, Walking thru this Multiverse, Warring against dumb
