Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
I think they are doing a good thing, but with weird and often questionable tactics.
Exactly my thoughts. I watched the entire season up until 3 am LOL. I think it's a fascinating and inspiring show and the captain's intentions are certainly laudable. However, throwing butyric acid at the ship? I understand that they're trying to taint the meat, but...isn't there a better way? Maybe not; I just thought it was weird. I've had to work with butyric acid before, and that stuff is ATROCIOUS. And the slippery bomb things? What? What is the purpose of that? I must have missed the explanation.

Then again, there's only so much you can do to ward off offenders without resorting to, well, all out violence.

BTW, the ship's name is Nisshin Maru. Also, I would hesitate to write these blanket generalizations:
The Japanese have absolutely no respect for living beings. It angers me.
The Japanese, as a collective group, are quite innovative and represent a modern, progressive population. Culturally, they dine on items that we may find deplorable, and the animal rights movement there is vastly different from ours. But I would not say that they have absolutely no respect for living beings. That's quite an angering statement for me to read, honestly..