Appleisbetter wrote:
not happy with my donation to the tsunami fund won't be doing that again. I'm sure a lot of whale lovers feel the same. As far as piracy not one doubloon has been taken. the Japanese govenment on the other hand feel they can spend tsunami donations any way they like. I think this is wrong.
Let me clarify something here. NONE of the international donations was used to protect whaling from the activists. It was the JAPANESE TAX PAYER MONEY, NOT YOUR DONATION.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/07/japan-whaling-fleet-tsunami-earthquake-fundsQuote:
According to campaigners the government used 2.28bn yen (£19m/US$30m) from the earthquake recovery fund, on top of its existing $6m annual subsidy, to pay for this year's hunt.
"It is absolutely disgraceful for the Japanese government to pump yet more taxpayer money on an unneeded, unwanted and economically unviable whaling programme, when funds are desperately needed for recovery efforts," said Junichi Sato, the executive director of Greenpeace Japan.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/12/08/world/asia/japan-whaling-fundsQuote:
Tokyo (CNN) -- The Japanese government has affirmed that $29 million from its budget for post-earthquake and tsunami reconstruction is going toward extra security measures for the country's whaling fleet, angering environmental activists like Greenpeace.
03 Mar 2013, 7:16 pm
