"Dolphin Bay" - can you give me a chance to survive

Jadon 2022-04-23 07:03:04

I heard about this documentary a long time ago. Before I opened it, I thought it would present a beautiful picture. However, the truth is that the picture is so dazzling that I couldn’t be indifferent. I was born in a seaside city, a city surrounded by the sea on three sides, so my friendship with the sea is very deep, and my love for the sea cannot be explained in a few words. The scene that often appears in the movie: the cruise ship is passing by the sea, the dolphins are jumping and dancing in the sun, and the dolphins are the friends of human beings. I have been taught this way since I was a child. However, in fact, since I was a child, I have never seen dolphins except in the aquarium. You know the dolphin is a very strange animal, the corners of its mouth are raised, and it always looks so happy and friendly, I don't think there is any animal in nature that can smile forever. And the medical world says that dolphins can help treat diseases, so I love this little animal. I always thought that people all over the world loved this little animal as much as I did. When I was in high school, I once received an email from a high school classmate. It said that every year in Finland, local residents slaughtered dolphins in large numbers. Smiling at the camera. It is said that this is a local custom. Boys go to kill dolphins when they are adults. Whoever kills more will be more men, so the boys with high levels of testosterone put on diving suits and go into the water to kill dolphins - in order to prove their strength. Just some photos and text descriptions made me cry. After all, they are both creatures. Anyone with a little conscience in their hearts cannot be indifferent to the slaughter, even if the slaughter is not aimed at my species. The email said, please read and forward this email to everyone you know, hoping that this kind of slaughter can be banned. I certainly didn't hesitate to forward the email, but I don't know how the story goes. Later, I received a similar email, saying that Chinese people eat dog meat, and the pictures and words are the same, bloody. There are many people who love dogs in the world, and dogs are also the favorite pets of human beings. They are the closest friends beyond species. They still see crying and twitching, and they also forward the email. And all I can do is love every dog ​​from the bottom of my heart and never feed on them. Many friends around me have eaten or ate dog meat, some because of the taste of dog meat, just like I am greedy for mutton, some for nourishment (it is said that aphrodisiac?), and some because of curiosity. I've never shaken my belief in not eating dog meat, under any circumstances, because I can't turn around and play with them without incident because I can't eat them, I'm a person, I'm a person with a heart. nothing to be proud of Yes, I don't have a lot of energy, I don't have enough social influence, I don't have money, the only thing I can do is not hurt them. Over the years, I like documentaries more and more because it is more real and allows me to see the world more clearly. "Dolphin Bay" is undoubtedly a successful documentary. I think behind the commercial value is more humanitarianism. I also believe that this film must have influenced many people. It's always like this, white people can always put themselves in the shoes of others or other species from a humanitarian perspective, I don't know if they are more enlightened than us, or if they have a highly developed economic foundation, they are able to surpass these restorers. Really good. All in all, I am always moved again and again by their selfless actions. I am grateful that there are such a group of people in this world, and there are not a few, working hard for the earth and for the survival and happiness of all living beings, regardless of the cost and without asking for anything in return. The people in the film who run for the happiness of the dolphins are great, you can see their sincerity, I think this kind of thing is impossible to persevere without love. And those Japanese people, I don't think they are all cruel, I prefer to believe that they are accomplices without knowing the truth. It's just that the behavior of the Japanese authorities is really outrageous. Japan is a really strange country. I love and hate this country, and I respect and fear it. As a person who grew up in one of Japan's most carefully built colonies, my living habits, aesthetics, and values ​​are influenced by the Japanese. There are a lot of Japanese people around me, and Japanese was like my second language before I deliberately went to learn other languages. How could I not love Japan? I grew up watching Japanese cartoons, I ate Japanese food, and I felt Japanese culture. . . But the older I get, the less I understand the country. Especially after reading "Chrysanthemum and the Knife", I really don't know what to say. If cultural differences have caused many conflicts and contradictions, then I can only say that the cultures and values ​​of other countries are just different from mine, while the culture and values ​​of Japan are essentially contrary to mine. I love Japan, no doubt, but this love is too heavy and complicated. It is said in the movie that the Japanese know that dolphin meat is highly poisonous, but they still have to resolutely hunt dolphins. Perhaps because of their distorted values, they never admit their mistakes. This is a country that values ​​face more than life. They even force their descendants to eat highly poisonous dolphin meat in order to maintain this face. The mayor of Tai Chi said that his two sons are five years old and seven years old. Mercury damages the children the most, and school lunches are compulsory. Edible, not leftovers. I saw his eyelids twitch when he said these words, no parent can put poison into their child's mouth with their own hands, but the Japanese can. I don't want to condemn the cruelty and perversion of the Japanese here, because I think we are all guilty. If dolphins cannot be slaughtered and eaten, other animals also have the right to survive, but we humans have done too many things that hurt the world. As a human being, I still breathe, eat meat, and eat vegetables. , I feed myself with other beings, but I only laugh at a hundred paces, thinking deep down, I have no way to survive without relying on other beings, and I want to survive, so to condemn or despise others can only be Hypocrisy, although I'm trying very hard to prove that I'm really kind. RIC rushed into the summit site with the TV on his back, and was finally brought out by the security guard. That moment was really shocking. I felt the kindness of a person. When he was standing on the zebra crossing with so many people, and the lonely old man was ignored, I continued to feel goodness. Even if only a few people stop, his efforts can still change the world, even if only a small part. He said that this matter must have a result in his lifetime, and I am also willing to believe that this matter will definitely stop in his lifetime, because I always believe that good people in this world account for the majority. 2015-11-14 18:03

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  • John Potter: It sometimes amazes me that the only language which has been extensively taught to dolphins is a version of American Sign Language, which, of course, you use your hands, so you have all these wonderful signals, and people use their hands to give messages to dolphins. And this somehow kind of misses the point because dolphins don't have hands, so this is inherently a very one-way process. And it's this anthropomorphic, "We have something to teach them or control them," and perhaps we ought to be looking at what they can give to us.

  • Hardy Jones: Every cetacean known to man is endangered just by going anywhere near Japan.