Last night I watched a BBC documentary on Japan. The guy who did it is a fisherman and he uses his hobby as a way to see different sides of cultures. In this case he was in Japan. I have to admit that I was very shocked at the way the Japanese people treat 2D.
The first instance was a family themed fishing restaurant. Basically you get to fish for your dinner with rod and line and once you catch something you give it to the staff and they prepare it for you. Well, he caught a snapper, and it came back from the kitchen as sushimi - they had filleted the fish, cut the fillets very finely and placed the filleted pieces and the fish with its back bent on the plate as well. Only problem was that the fish was still alive and flapping. This was a family restaurant and they mentioned how it was very popular for grandparents to take their grandchildren there and share the fun together.
In another instance, they were fishing for a small fish which eats algae. Their method of catching it was to put a hook through another of these fish, alive, and cast the hook into the territory of another fish. When it came to attack the hooked fish, it was caught on the trailing hook.
Then there were the puffer fish. These fish were processed - their eyes cut our, their jaw cut off and then put aside, still alive, for further cutting.
There was a complete disregard for what these creatures were suffering. In fact, the reason they do a lot of what they do to fish, is so they can eat it fresh. Frankly I was horrified. I kept thinking about what the C's have said about the way we treat 2D.
There was a lot more but it was all in similar vein. All in all it was a real shock.
The first instance was a family themed fishing restaurant. Basically you get to fish for your dinner with rod and line and once you catch something you give it to the staff and they prepare it for you. Well, he caught a snapper, and it came back from the kitchen as sushimi - they had filleted the fish, cut the fillets very finely and placed the filleted pieces and the fish with its back bent on the plate as well. Only problem was that the fish was still alive and flapping. This was a family restaurant and they mentioned how it was very popular for grandparents to take their grandchildren there and share the fun together.
In another instance, they were fishing for a small fish which eats algae. Their method of catching it was to put a hook through another of these fish, alive, and cast the hook into the territory of another fish. When it came to attack the hooked fish, it was caught on the trailing hook.
Then there were the puffer fish. These fish were processed - their eyes cut our, their jaw cut off and then put aside, still alive, for further cutting.
There was a complete disregard for what these creatures were suffering. In fact, the reason they do a lot of what they do to fish, is so they can eat it fresh. Frankly I was horrified. I kept thinking about what the C's have said about the way we treat 2D.
There was a lot more but it was all in similar vein. All in all it was a real shock.
