My Buddhist name is Nichiumi--Son of the Sea--and I have always had a special love of the Ocean and the Life in the water...maybe it's because I was born in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge in SF...are exterminated in the name of some pseudo-scientific research scam being used as a cover for commercial whaling. Today was another great day for the whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

From SEA SHEPHERD NEWS Sea Shepherd's continuous opposition to illegal Japanese whaling is bearing fruit. There is a limit to just how deep in debt the Japanese government is willing to go to continue...policy of maintaining the country's whaling tradition at any cost when it faces a huge financial deficit and other problems. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200802090083.html