Japan Bribed 6 Whaling Comm. Nations With Cash, Hookers - Officials From Each Nation Say So On Film

[hatrack]

(June 14) -- Japanese officials bribed six small nations with offers of cash and call girls in return for their votes in favor of slaughtering whales, according to a newspaper investigation.

Japan denies the accusations, but The Sunday Times reported that two of its journalists filmed government officials from six countries admitting they were bribed by Japan to vote with the pro-whalers.

News of the sting comes as Japan seeks to overturn a 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission next week in Agadir, Morocco.

"This is what Japan does, they try to advance their agenda of killing whales and killing dolphins by whatever means necessary," C.T. Ryder, president of the Maui-based Earth Foundation and one of the promoters of the Oscar-winning dolphin-slaughter documentary, "The Cove," told AOL News today.


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http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/report-japan-bribed-nations-with-prostitutes-cash-to-buy-whaling-votes/19515371

[flvegan]

1. Anyone who is shocked, please raise your hands.

[Dead_Parrot]

8. I am

Shocked they admitted it, that is.

[Nihil]

9. Me

I was shocked that they only have evidence on six of them ...
... or wasn't that what you meant?

[BrklynLiberal]

2. beyond disgusting...Selling the lives of sentient creatures..

[Ian David]

3. Sigh. Nobody ever bribes ME with hookers.

[tblue]

4. UNFORGIVABLE!!! That proves how indefensible their 'lethal research' is.

This pisses me off like nothing else! Support SEA SHEPHERD!!! http://www.seashepherd.org/

[provis99]

5. so is whale meat an aphrodisiac for Asian men?

Because whenever I hear about Asian men slaughtering and eating a rare animal, it's because they can't get it up in the sack.

[XemaSab]

7. Half of the world population lives in Asia

I would say not being able to get it up is the least of their problems. :P

[hatrack]

11. Yes, it's those high concentrations of PCBs and dioxin that do the trick

:eyes:

[depakid]

6. I'm curious as to what effect that would have on the voting

Is there some procedure to invalidate votes gained by outright corruption? If not, the integrity of the body's decisions are beyond suspect.

[GliderGuider]

10. Bribery - part of a proud ancient cultural heritage

Support Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in their fight against the Japanese whale butchers.