Breaking News: Tokyo Two Verdict announced today!
By veganbliss
@veganbliss (3895)
Adelaide, Australia
September 9, 2010 1:43am CST
On Monday the "Tokyo Two" received their verdict after an arduous two year trial. Junichi & Toru were sentenced to a one year jail term suspended for three years. Their crime? Uncovering corruption in the whaling industry. The two will appeal their guilty verdict. The international community is divided. What are your thoughts on the matter? Should citizens be allowed to speak out against corruption? Check this link for more of the story:
http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/news/whales/tokyo-two-verdict
3 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
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13 Jan 12
Having stayed in Japan for a while I find that group cohesiveness (group loyalty) to be a strong normative value that would be placed much higher than concerns about corruption, at least that is my opinion based on my limited experience of the Japanese people
all the best urban
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@veganbliss (3895)
• Adelaide, Australia
13 Jan 12
I studied the language for four years, but have never been there.
Yes, that could be the reason why - valuing group loyalty over opposing corruption for the greater good. It makes it such a difficult problem to tackle that way.
@urbandekay (18278)
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14 Jan 12
Yes indeed, the only way would be to 'out group think them'
all the best urban
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@veganbliss (3895)
• Adelaide, Australia
14 Jan 12
How could that be achieved, do you think? Infiltration?
@pinksplotch (268)
• Quezon City, Philippines
9 Sep 10
i'm not really familiar about this news.. all i know is that if someone makes a crime against nature, he should be punished.. thanks for posting!
