Justice for All

The purpose of our great Constitution is the protection of the defenseless and defense of the powerless.

This blog is not about the criminal justice system in the form that I have typically written. This is about justice for all.

I urge each of you to read this blog and take three minutes of your time to act.

Below is correspondence I have sent to those on my email lists. I would urge each of you to cut and paste it and forward to everyone on your email lists.

Friends and compadres,

Below (attached) is a petition I have started and am asking all of you to sign and forward to the Japanese Consulate, here in Houston, Texas. I am NOT asking you for money.

I am only asking for you to take three minutes of your time and watch the trailer for the movie "The Cove" about the killing of dolphins in Japan. The trailer can be viewed here http://thecovemovie.com/.

This movie documents the killing of thousands of dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The killing goes on for 6 months serves no purpose. The justification is that the dolphins are depleting the fishing resources and are being eradicated as pests. Killing them for no purpose other than to kill them. Additionally some of the slaughtered meat is given to school children in lunches. The Japanese people do not know this is going on, but their government does. This meat provided to school age children is tainted with unhealthy, and in some cases, dangerous amounts of mercury.

Hundreds of dolphins are rounded up together and slaughtered. These are beings that by all accounts are aware and sentient. If they looked in a mirror, they would recognize themselves and they are the closest being to us intellectually, and some believe they may even be more intelligent.

Imagine being herded into a corral with your family, children, parents and watching all of them slaughtered. Please help stop this senseless killing.

Please cut and paste the attached petition into an email addressed to the Consulate-General of Japan in Houston and email to info@cgjhou.org.

I have also forwarded the same email to the White House and ask for you to do the same. The web site to send correspondence to the White House is http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/.

Finally, please sign up for the Facebook page to stop the Taiji killings. Here is the link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59506167641

The petition can be found 20090619 form letter.pdf. Please cut and paste into an email and forward to the Consulate-General of Japan.

Thank you for taking the time to give this issue the importance it deserves.