We oppose whaling, says Toyota

[Barrett808]

Source: The Dominion Post

We oppose whaling, says Toyota
BERNARD CARPINTER - The Dominion Post | Friday, 21 December 2007

Japanese vehicle giant Toyota and its New Zealand arm say they are opposed to scientific whaling.

The company's stance was revealed in a letter sent to a Napier woman who has proposed a boycott of Japanese products to oppose the slaughter of whales.

Raewyn Sceats wrote to the Japanese embassy in Wellington and Toyota New Zealand protesting against the slaughter of the whales.

"The way Japan cruelly attacks and kills these beautiful animals is a disgrace to the human race," she said in the letters. "I was planning this year to replace my Toyota Celica with a Toyota Prius, and have always been a huge promoter of Japanese cars. But I will NOT be buying any Japanese-made car or any other Japanese product until Japan stops whaling. I am just one person boycotting Japan, but I'm sure there will be many others doing the same. So think on! Shame on you Japan!" Mrs Sceats said.

She had received no reply from the embassy yesterday, but a Toyota New Zealand employee had answered her letter.

"We can certainly understand your stance given the comments you have outlined in your letter," customer dialogue centre representative Melissa Lamont wrote. "Please be assured that Toyota New Zealand and Toyota Motor Corporation Japan do not condone whaling for commercial, scientific or research purposes."

Read more: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4331309a26386.html

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[Barrett808]

2. Welcome to DU, Chairman

:hi:

I assume you're kidding... :)

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[Barrett808]

5. LOL!

Good one.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. What did I miss? Please PM me the gory details! -nt

[LeftyMom]

3. You don't say.

:popcorn:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. This one thinks torture...

is just peachy, too! :eyes:

Sniff sniff...

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[KansDem]

6. It's probably just as well...

It would be very difficult to hunt whales in a Toyota.

;)

[Raster]

8. "scientific whaling"

[knitter4democracy]

13. I listened to the sickening spin on the BBC World interview this morning.

They have to kill them to prove they're in high enough numbers to be killed. That's what a foreign ministry spokesman said the rationale was. Disgusting and sickening beyond belief.

[Solon]

10. I believe every major Japanese company with significant business overseas will say the same thing...

They are probably telling the truth too. Its not even all that popular in Japan either, its just something the Government is doing for absolutely no reason.

[xchrom]

11. then toyota needs to come out strongly against ''scientific whaling''

if it's looking to stem a groundswell of a boycott.

if the japanese are going to pay serious attention -- then something like a boycott needs to take place.

i think it can -- but we'll see.

[Barrett808]

14. Greenpeace: Toyota does NOT oppose whaling

Toyota does NOT oppose whaling
Posted by Irene onboard the Esperanza

A week ago we read about how Raewyn Sceats from Napier sent a letter to the Japanese embassy in Wellington and Toyota New Zealand, protesting against the whale hunt.

The answer from Toyota: we oppose whaling.

Today our Japanese Oceans campaigner Wakao Hanaoka received a phone call from the Toyota headquarters: Toyota in New Zealand's previous statement against whaling is not at all the official company position, but simply the opinion of one staff member.

Wakao asked for an official statement, but they refuse to write anything down, claiming that they are not in a position to express their stance on whaling!

If the Toyota HQ can't make an official statement on Toyota's stance on whaling - who can then?

Raewyn Sceats wrote in her letter that she was planning to replace her Toyota Celica with a Toyota Prius, but that she would not buy any Japanese-made car or any other Japanese product until Japan stops whaling.

Melissa Lamont from Toyota wrote:

"Please be assured that Toyota New Zealand and Toyota Motor Corporation Japan do not condone whaling for commercial, scientific or research purposes."

- Iréne

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/whales/2007/12/toyota_does_not_oppose_whaling.html

[goforit]

15. The A-morality of it all.......Humans need to take a good look in the mirror.

Nothing but animals.