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Clips from The Cove (2009)

"so this is inherently a very one-way process."
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"and perhaps we ought to be looking at what they can give to us."
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"It's not about intelligence."
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"I don't believe that the fishermen here are aware of that."
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"they're aware of that."
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"The first time I went to Taiji was in 1980,"
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"Iki is a tourist destination for Japanese"
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"and they don't have any dolphins,"
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"Irony of ironies."
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"Because the international captivity trade is so lucrative,"
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"they want to be in on it,"
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"and they don't have any dolphins."
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"so they go buy them in Taiji now."
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"we'll pay you the same amount of money"
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"you would have made killing dolphins in Taiji."
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"Pest control."
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"In other words,"
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"This is not attempt just to incriminate whales as a bad guy."
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"However, we cannot ignore the fishing effort has been decreasing."
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"It's seriously hard to take that PowerPoint demonstration seriously."
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"that whales are consuming huge quantities of fish"
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"The Government of Brazil wants to put on record"
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"to what only can be described as biological nonsense."
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"It is clear that the fisheries of the world are on decline,"
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"and the obvious culprit is people,"
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"We look at the ocean as a source of infinite quality seafood,"
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"We're pulling the fish out of the ocean at such a rate"
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"and eroding and diminishing our marine ecosystems"
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"The Japanese literally control the world marketplace in fish."
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"They have buyers in every major port in the world."
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"coastal small-type whaling communities like Taiji."
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"This body should seriously consider the proposal that is before us."
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"We strongly support the proposal."
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"Antigua and Barbuda supports this declaration in its entirety."
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"for the plight of the people of Japan?"
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"We therefore urge this IWC to grant..."
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"And therefore, St. Kitts and Nevis support this proposal."
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
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"In my opinion, this has been sufficient enough time"
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"to allow for the replenishment of species... of certain species..."
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"which were in decline"
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"First of all, the government"
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"go to small bankrupt nations"
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"offer them whatever it takes,"
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"What kind of whales pass through Antigua?"
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"We have..."
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"I think there's some humpback whales..."
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"I'm not sure of the details"
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"My only interaction with whales are what I see on television."
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"It is so transparent to even the least perspicacious onlooker"
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"that they have prostituted themselves for a few yen."
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"for participation in the International Whaling Commission."
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"It has nothing to do with nutrition."
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"have already gone into disuse"
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"because it has nothing to do with fishing."
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"One neighbor got the goodies,"
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"and every other neighbor wants a part of the goodies."
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"Every island in the Eastern Caribbean..."
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"St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent., St. Lucia,"
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"Grenada, Dominica..."
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"we all have the same goodies."
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"In Dominica, we have a $22 million fisheries complex"
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"It really runs counter to logic"
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"about the levels of mercury"
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"and other contaminants in the meat."
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"and I discovered that there was another peculiar reason"
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"It really has to do with the..."
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"the remnants of a traditional notion of empire."
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"telling them what to do and how to do it and when to do it."
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"Well, you're not going to make us stop killing whales."
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"There's some kind of misplaced nationalistic pride at work."
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"It's an industry that is massively subsidized"
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"and when you have those sorts of subsidies in place,"
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"you invite corruption."
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"In order to perpetuate this cultural argument,"
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"are contaminated with high levels of mercury."
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"Are you aware of the Mayor of Taiji's plan"
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"to distribute dolphin meat throughout Japan"
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"to Japanese children?"
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"I think you... correctly misunderstood."
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"Did I?"
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"They risked their..."
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"that says the nail that sticks out must be pounded down,"
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"and so it's a real problem"
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"just to stand up and be counted in Japan."
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"There's no environmental movement working actively on this issue"
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"that has any kind of power at all in that country."
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"We are dumping in the environment"
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"allowing more and more tons of meat to be consumed."
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"We have a moral obligation,"
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"and let it not be said that you didn't know about it."
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"You know about it."
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"I recognize it. Do you?"
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"I think it was the double channels. Yep."
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"Can you go straight?"
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"Let's take a quick break."
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"Quick, quick, quick, quick."
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"Louie, Louie, are you there?"
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"Set it down."
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"It was mind-boggling."
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"like they did with the large whales."
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"they're slaughtering every one they can get."
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"Why didn't they set them free?"
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"Had I known what I know now,"
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"That would have been the right thing to do."
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"I was buying a new Porsche every year."
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"But I was as ignorant as I could be for as long as I could be."
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"Listen to me."
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"and the fishermen in Taiji"
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"and put the... do that... to the spine,"
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"and then most of the animals are killed instantly."
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"And if they were killed other than this method,"
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"would that be cruel?"
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"As I told you, I don't want to talk about if stories."
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"I want to show you some video that I just saw."
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"When and where did you take this?"
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"Right now I'm focusing on that one little body of water"
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"where that slaughter takes place."
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"If we can't stop that, if we can't fix that,"
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"Everyone there, show us your passport."
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