Thursday, April 19, 2012
the killings of dolphins in japan
In this movie, Richard O' Barry explains that the Japanesse in Taiji have constructed a secert cove to murder dolphins and sell them for meat. Normally you would think that this isint a big deal because we do the same thing with fish and cows and other animals. But dolphins have been becoming endangered because of the killings and scientist have found larg amounts of mercury in the dolphin meat, which is a problem because mercury can make you have a deasiese where you lose your eye sight and hearing. Another problem is that the people killing the dolphins say that its their culture and that they cant stop the killings. This relates to what we are currently learning in world clutures today, about the Huarani people and how the Ecuadorians wanna drill for oil in their rainforrest and the Haurani people dont wont them there and dont want the missionaires there ethier. But the reason why the missionaires are there is because they need to teach the Haurani to be clivilized people. You see, the Haurani people barely wear any clothes and they are still living in the Stone Age, and the missionaires are there to help them be civilized. The haurani have a right to say no because its their culture and not someone else, just like how its the Japanesses culutre and not the Americans.
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You gave some great information here. I understood most of the vocabulary you used, great work!
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