::sighs:: Most people from foreign nations still think Obama is their homeslice. A lot of Americans, however, are beginning to see what I did when I first looked at his policy of supposed Change.
See, when he first began running for President, he touted the fact that we needed Change. He acknowledge the fact that America needed reform. He said that he would be the one to bring it to the people.
Yet no one ever asked what reform he would bring, or what that Change would entail.
He's wasted the taxpayers money on personal trips around the country, he's posed for photo ops at places such as Louisiana before simply leaving without really helping solve shit, he's made promises on more than one occasion that he then turns around and breaks not five minutes later...
I understand that the job of a country's overseer is unimaginably hard and complex/complicated. I know that I could never do such. But I do think that there were others out there who would have had more of the people's best interests at heart.
I understand the fact that sometimes the Right Thing To Do is shadowy, vague, and enormously entwined in red tape and complex issues.
I also know that there are other times where the bureaucracy of governments trying not to call anyone wrong and step on the other one's toes causes more harm then good. Because there are times when people need to step up and call an ace an ace and a spade a spade rather than looking at a pair of sevens and saying it might beat two pocket aces after all.
The fact of the matter is, whale hunting was banned back in '86. Because of a loophole in the law, Japan found a way to capitalize on slaughtering hundreds of whales each year.
It's the same as if someone broke into your home and stole some of your stuff, yet because it's no longer in your possession and you don't have proof of ownership, you can't get it back from them, possession being nine-tenths of the law and all over here.
Fair? Definitely not. Screwed up? You betcha. Would it pass in a court of law? Possibly, depending on the evidence or lack thereof.
Fact is, it doesn't mean the law is right in that case.
I will be one of the first to admit that Paul Watson has turned around and instigated certain circumstances to get his agenda out in the open- but the fact of the matter is, so will he. And nine times out of ten, if he instigates something with Japan's whaling fleet, the whalers have the option of taking the higher route, but they never do.
Despite this fact, I admire Captain Watson greatly as he is fairly straightforward with what he's done in the past. If he's doing something to manipulate a situation, he has the gonads to admit that fact, openly and with the reason for why he's doing so.
If Japan wanted to turn around and admit that they're whaling for the meat under the guise of doing research, that'd be a whole other kettle of fish. It wouldn't make it any less wrong in my eyes, but at least I'd respect them for having a big enough set to admit it.
Hmm, I know that not everything is black and white- but I also know that globally, we've become a scared and timid people too afraid of stepping on another country's toes and risking retaliation for daring to have a difference of opinions.
We've become a world of cowards.
And it's people like the Sea Shepard organization who are standing up for what they believe is right that makes me believe that humanity might not be so lost after all.
It's a small glimmer of hope, but it's better than nothing.
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Date: 2010-06-24 04:47 am (UTC)See, when he first began running for President, he touted the fact that we needed Change. He acknowledge the fact that America needed reform. He said that he would be the one to bring it to the people.
Yet no one ever asked what reform he would bring, or what that Change would entail.
He's wasted the taxpayers money on personal trips around the country, he's posed for photo ops at places such as Louisiana before simply leaving without really helping solve shit, he's made promises on more than one occasion that he then turns around and breaks not five minutes later...
I understand that the job of a country's overseer is unimaginably hard and complex/complicated. I know that I could never do such. But I do think that there were others out there who would have had more of the people's best interests at heart.
I understand the fact that sometimes the Right Thing To Do is shadowy, vague, and enormously entwined in red tape and complex issues.
I also know that there are other times where the bureaucracy of governments trying not to call anyone wrong and step on the other one's toes causes more harm then good. Because there are times when people need to step up and call an ace an ace and a spade a spade rather than looking at a pair of sevens and saying it might beat two pocket aces after all.
The fact of the matter is, whale hunting was banned back in '86. Because of a loophole in the law, Japan found a way to capitalize on slaughtering hundreds of whales each year.
It's the same as if someone broke into your home and stole some of your stuff, yet because it's no longer in your possession and you don't have proof of ownership, you can't get it back from them, possession being nine-tenths of the law and all over here.
Fair? Definitely not. Screwed up? You betcha. Would it pass in a court of law? Possibly, depending on the evidence or lack thereof.
Fact is, it doesn't mean the law is right in that case.
I will be one of the first to admit that Paul Watson has turned around and instigated certain circumstances to get his agenda out in the open- but the fact of the matter is, so will he. And nine times out of ten, if he instigates something with Japan's whaling fleet, the whalers have the option of taking the higher route, but they never do.
Despite this fact, I admire Captain Watson greatly as he is fairly straightforward with what he's done in the past. If he's doing something to manipulate a situation, he has the gonads to admit that fact, openly and with the reason for why he's doing so.
If Japan wanted to turn around and admit that they're whaling for the meat under the guise of doing research, that'd be a whole other kettle of fish. It wouldn't make it any less wrong in my eyes, but at least I'd respect them for having a big enough set to admit it.
Hmm, I know that not everything is black and white- but I also know that globally, we've become a scared and timid people too afraid of stepping on another country's toes and risking retaliation for daring to have a difference of opinions.
We've become a world of cowards.
And it's people like the Sea Shepard organization who are standing up for what they believe is right that makes me believe that humanity might not be so lost after all.
It's a small glimmer of hope, but it's better than nothing.