Sea Shepherd Charges Japan with Piracy

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Eco-terrorist group Sea Shepherd are bringing legal charges of piracy against the Japanese whaling vessel they recently attacked, after their crippled vessel was abandoned at sea, a loss of over a million dollars, in an incident the group is claiming was an intentional act of piracy by the Japanese.

Claiming that a Dutch crewman was onboard the Ady Gil at the time of the collision, and that the vessel’s nearby “mothership” was registered in the Netherlands, Sea Shepherd intends to press charges of piracy against the vessel in Dutch courts.

Their legal counsel claims to have clear photographic evidence of the Japanese ship violently attacking the Ady Gil, meeting the legal definition of piracy.

With most of the action taking place in international waters, Sea Shepherd’s attacks on whalers are in a legal grey area, though any charges of piracy leveled against either Sea Shepherd or a whaling vessel would be unlikely to result in extradition.

Japanese legislators have been said to be considering whether attackers could be arrested at sea, but given Japan’s generally supine diplomacy this seems unlikely.

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Sea Shepherd claim the ruthless Japanese pirates chased them down and aimed their huge ship right at their helpless little craft, intent on causing maximum casualties:

“The Shonan Maru did a quick turn and came in real fast, they were aiming for the cockpit, where the crew were, and fortunately we got the engines in reverse and backed up just enough so that the front of the ship was torn off instead of hitting the cockpit.

They were trying to sink the ship. We put out a mayday distress signal and the Japanese refused to respond – it was a hit and run really.”

The Japan’s Fisheries Agency for their part claim the nimble boat deliberately stopped in front of the much larger and less manoeuvrable whaling vessel:

“You can see that the Shonan Maru is moving to the port to try and avoid a collision and there’s no avoiding the collision with the Ady Gil.

It’s a fast boat, she heads off full steam in front of it and miscalculates. So it’s no wonder that it came to the grief that it has.”

Unlike Sea Shepherd, they have released a number of videos ostensibly supporting their claims.

The Antipodean press has also responded gleefully to chance for some Japan-bashing, eagerly lapping up Sea Shepherd’s melodramatic account of a battle with whale-slaughtering pirates, one rag even calling it a “war”:

“It was the most terrifying moment of my life – when you look up and there’s the bow of a thousand-tonne steel ship hanging above you, about to split you in two. You’re looking death straight in the eye.”

Sea Shepherd’s wealthy backers have already promised a replacement ship, so it seems the dance is set to continue.



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    Comment by Anonymous
    10:27 19/04/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    They aren't eco-terrorists.

    They're not scaring or threatening creatures by destroying their habitats, they don't trawl creatures and destroy coral reefs, or cut down trees for profit, they aren't cutting fetus whales out of their mother's bellies, the above acts would be in line with someone who is eco-terrorizing. Eco-terrorist is another backwards label on the wrong group.

    How do you manage wildlife? It's wild, thus it is not managed. If there is imbalance then Humans must deal with having fucked up the Circle of life without more killing.
    Population management is nonsene. Direct action approach saves lives.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:38 19/04/2010 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Humans think they're so superior. Through this bloated mentality we may kick the proverbial footstool from under our feet and hang. We don't need to exploit animals like this for "food", and smart-ass comments sure aren't needed either.

    Any true environmentalist philosophy must absolve killing as the minimum standard of decency and logic.

    You wouldn't approve of slaughter and genocide for other people you care about or your own race, so why disrespect all life that is non-human? Interference like this in whale social systems and it's impact on all creatures is hazardous and unnecessary.

    Comment by ScottyT14
    12:35 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It is abnormal to see people catch whales and eat them. Therefore it must be wrong, right? Because it's not common?

    What's that? The whales aren't endangered? I see no problem with this then. What I do see a problem with is this damn organization repeatedly ramming these whaling ships, and once they finally do something even MORE retarded (hard to believe, I know) they cry foul. But nope, they had to make sure to record this from multiple angles before anything else!

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:48 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How do you know they're not endangered? Oh, because of the 'science' the Japanese are 'conducting'? Right before they sell the dead whales on the open market? Yeah, real reliable! It's like trusting a logging company on the health of the amazon or the cigarette companies on rates of cancer...

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:39 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yeah, or trusting the massive, billion-dollar eco-industry on their "facts."

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:05 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Put up or shut up. The ball is in your court. Prove that the Minke Whale is endangered. International Union for Conservation of Nature says they are of least concern, meaning they are as endangered on this planet of becoming extinct as we are.

    Here is the IUCN page for the Minke Whale, with lots of research done on them. What can YOU provide as far as published facts rather than gut feelings and what envirodouchebags fill your head with?

    http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2474/0

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:19 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Then what sources do you have to say they are? All the sources from third party groups have so far said they're not. Until someone can provide evidence to the contrary, then we can only rely on the sources that say they aren't. And if they are endangered then shouldn't you be able to easily come up with statistics that say their numbers are endangered.

    Comment by eksuterru-kun
    12:05 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Eco-terrorist jerks.
    pretty sure there are much better and not to mention rational things to do than this ridiculous antics for their cause.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:04 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    there's only one reason why SS were there: to fuck with the whalers. They seem to have no problem laying a line to tangle props, creating an immense PITA for the whalers. So I have no problem with the whalers "pushing back." I think Japan's research-based whale hunting policy needs to change, but this is absolutely not the way to go about it. But for sure these kooks will do it again. So here's a shout out to the SS: Be carefully you crazy kids! Next time you might get so lucky...

    Comment by AzureXuchilbara
    11:45 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They may have good intentions, but they started sh*t up...And now that they got their asses rammed (literally), they consult to good-old fashioned pointing fingers and nagging like an innocent b*tch...

    The media ain't helping either with their anti-Japanese bashing...

    If you start sh*t up, you finish it without any third-party involved...

    I don't support what whalers do, but I also don't support acting like the b*tch that was raped when said b*tch started sh*t up~

    But honestly...If someone in a tiny vessel was doing the same thing to me, I'd ram the sh*t out of them too just for being in the way...

    Then I'll shout:

    "You should have brought Metal Gear Ray with you, planeteers..!"

    That is my honest feeling to the whole thing...

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:06 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    when organizations study monkeys, elephants, dogs, birds, whatever, they don't kill 10,000 over a 10 year period to conduct their research. nobody needs to slaughter 10,000 of one species to conduct "research". if i had a harpoon gun and saw people harpooning whales i'd point the harpoon at them and say "i heart whales...cut the shit". japan should be glad they are not norwegian whalers because european activists are hardcore and have sunk 12 boats while japan faces nerdy vegans who throw stinky water balloons like children. whalers better hope the hardcore activists don't join the fight or the japanese will be clinging to icebergs praying for the hippies to rescue them.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:10 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    psst, learn ur maths again please! It is over a 20 year period not 10!

    Comment by eksuterru-kun
    12:10 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    they can destroy one of their ship because they still have loads of funds which they are going to continue wasting rather than help poor countries and for the publicity

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:53 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuck Sea Shepherd up the ass with a whale. No, with multiple whales. Simultaneously.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:31 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I dunno, they would probably like it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:12 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    we need to convince the japanese that 'dirty hippies'are just as tasty as whales...
    than liberals , illegal aliens , harley riders , ricer drivers , etc... 'soyrent gleen' anyone ?

    Comment by hALOTOO
    12:27 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Let's see how this drama ends

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:46 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://www.eve-search.com/thread/1246194/page/1

    If you want to read what spaceship pilots think about all this.... :D

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:49 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    This is hilarious. The whalers were going about their legal (by international law) business when they are stalked by a group who then attacks them with the intention of crippling their ship and assaulting their crew...and the eco-tards want to charge THEM with piracy? That demonstrates spectacularly insane negative-universe reasoning.
    This is just press release babbling by Big Green Industries.
    If they want to see what it's like to be attacked by pirates, let them go for a cruise off the coast of Somalia.

    Comment by melmika
    11:22 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Why do peace activist use violence? For that matter, there are groups against the content that are found on Sankaku Complex. If they attack those who work for this website and those who view it, is that OK? I like checking out Sankaku Complex but if someone keeps attacking me because they do not approve of it then I will defend myself from their attacks.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:26 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Internet spaceship pilot reporting in..
    LOL. yust lol.. He was trying to bump him with his nano boat...
    MWD on. Aproch. BAMP BAMP BAMP Struktura...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPreOOjXumU

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:20 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sankaku Complex fails again to deliver an impartial coverage of the facts. The way you guys put it, almost make it seems like the whale fishers are just a bunch of victims, of innocents charged against spurious charges. Come on, this may be a japanese culture site, but it shouldn't be a "Japan's fanboy" one. Both sides are wrong, you can't just put the blame on the "eco-terrorists".

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:28 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    you can actually...

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:00 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    So you think that hunting whales until they disappear completely from this world is a very "innocent" cause? Great, humanity seems to be walking towards a glorious future, don't you think?

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:33 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Those whales aren't endangered. At the rate they're hunting, assuming the whales don't breed AT ALL, it would take another 800 years for them to hunt those whales into extinction. Right now they're classified as, "Least Concern" and they breed like rabbits and eat up all the krill the blue whales (which are actually in peril) eat.

    Don't assume all whales are endangered. Hippies like to spread that like it's a fact.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:31 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Do you know International Whaling commission?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:12 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sea Shepherd actions, in my opinion only made Japanese whalers more determined.

    Simple economics;
    less supply, same amount of demand = big bucks

    Educate the japanese public, decrease the demand
    less demand, less profit.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:47 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    There is NO demand for whale meat in Japan. The hunting exists soley because the "boys club" of Japanese politics props it up, keeping their friends in positions of power.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:58 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Don't lie, whale meat is delicious.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:31 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    well, one thing about Japanese is their sense of pride.

    Outsider's action only bring them closer.

    Whereas if their own people start condemning the "boys club", thats another story.

    Comment by Red Comet
    10:51 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's probably a good idea it eliminated the market for elephant ivory in the US and Europe.

    This has already began in Japan as most Japanese youth do not like the idea of eating whale meat.
    Market forces may eventually be the ultimate demise of the whaling fleets.

    http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/whales/whaling1.htm [http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica fact file/wildlife/whales/whaling1.htm]

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:20 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Since when do you guys care about whales?

    Comment by Morthoseth
    09:23 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Japan is so awesome, they can kill me if they want to!!
    lolz j/k

    Comment by Ciscotaku
    09:09 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuck the Sea Shepherd, the japanese whale industry should just hire a russian nuclear submarine to blow them out of the water and just play dumb.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:58 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dame cry babies if you want to stop them go to the goverment and protest ther not go into ILIGAL acts like harasing boats and mesing with them and puting your creu and others lifes on the line stupid venag pises of crap go help some neady children go help som one of the street if you have money to wast in stupid lilltl boats you have to make a new shcool for unther developre cuntryes or a homles shelter FUK THEM PREPY JUPY ASSHOLES

    Comment by Anonymous
    Comment by Anonymous
    10:40 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbuq0YEIPNU

    Incase you still think that the whaling ship didn't intentionally ram the batship.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:15 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    You realize that a ship the size of the Shonan Maru can't possibly turn that fast, right? The video was shot from the vantage point of a ship circling them.

    In the video the Japanese shot from the deck of their ship, you can clearly see the Ady Gil's wake as it was traveling towards the Shonan Maru. You can also see the prop kicking up wash as the Ady Gil got closer to the Shonan Maru.

    Seeing as to how the Sea Shepherds have a history of trying to ram Japanese vessels, this isn't surprising in the least...

    Comment by Major Bukkake
    11:00 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Like most eco-nuts, they lie. I work on the water and the videos clearly show the boat speading up so it would get hit and cause a stink.
    The Major loved watching them get pounded with the Bukkake Cannon!
    "Arrgh, quit blasting me in the face!"

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:31 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Whaling may or may not be right. However, what the Sea Shepard's are doing, it ain't right.

    Also, how come no one is whining on Norway? They keep hunting whales too.

    And yes, they sell the fucking meat. So? The Japs are selling the meat legally, and they have the IWC's thumbs up on it. Can't we all also agree that, it is better to sell the meat than to throw it away?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:49 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    well isn't that a "beach" eh? like a beached whale eh? EH?!

    Comment by grgpsunk
    09:51 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The Japanese whalers are "pirates"?

    And who're the ones flying the imitation skull-and-crossbones sign again?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:57 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Doesn't that 1st picture with the skull and crossbones imitation kill any chance of them suing others for piracy...

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:57 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fucking japanese war-criminals. After killing millions of koreans and other asian people, they now want to kill whales and dolphis to statasfied their perverted minds.

    Comment by Anonymous
    13:00 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lets be honest here, only the Koreans care about the Japanese killing Koreans. The rest of the world was just upset that they didn't get to finish before they picked another fight and had to get involved...

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:34 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Perverted?

    They don't hae sex with whale meat jackass they eat it.

    If you want a sin go for gluttony.

    I doubt that the captains of the ships are war criminals.

    Comment by Red Comet
    11:01 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    War criminals no they are just poachers and nothing more.
    Antarctica is protected by international treaties and harvesting of whales there is technically illegal.
    If they hunted whales in Japanese waters or national waters they got permission to operate in then they would not be criminals.

    They are pretty much in the same lot as people who illegally poach bears on a nature preserve or decide to use a drag net in a lake.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:32 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    No one cares about the other Asians. Fuckin' chink.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:10 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I see what Sea Shepherd folks are trying to do, but it won't work.
    Their credibility is long gone to try to create a situation like this one.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:37 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    fucking sick of this whaling bullshit i hear it 24/7 and i live in aussie fucking hell....

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    Comment by Anonymous
    00:46 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    A longer video shot from the Shonan Maru is here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9t71_ImDg&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9t71_ImDg&feature=related]

    It appears that the Shonan Maru was following to the letter of a large number of maritime laws (I am a boater and I've studied them), and should be absolved of any blame for this incident.

    I am still quite pro-environment but fast becoming anti-environmentalist. To the brig with those Sea Shepherd scoundrels!

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:32 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The brig? Why not the plank?!?

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:16 11/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Because throwing trash like that into the ocean would certainly be harmful to the environment, if not illegal?

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:33 11/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    鯨狩りをやめろ!

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:36 11/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Oranda owata\(^o^)/

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:25 11/02/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    It really doesnt take any experience or brainpower for it to make sense that smaller vessels should stay outta the way of larger ships, hell, i cant think of anywhere where its not law. So how do the hippies plan on justifying piracy by the whalers? whats the turning circle on one of the whaling vessels compared to their million dollar toy?

    Even if that wasnt enough to question the validity of what they're saying... I'm Australian (sea shepherd is an australian based organisation /facepalm), you should see some of the crap they're sending through the media. Firstly they said their toy ran outta fuel, and was sitting there helplesly, then they changed it to the whalers trying to chase them, etc etc.

    Terrorists wearing environmentalist's clothing... I'll be standing on the shore cheering the day the whalers get so fed up they turn their harpoons on those who deserve it.

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:31 08/06/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That boat looks like something batman would pilot.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:55 14/03/2011 # ! Neutral (0)

    you got to admit tho, those are some nice boats they have

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    Comment by Anonymous
    00:11 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    ha ha ha
    Pirate charges ship with piracy

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:40 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    A charge of piracy is a little far-fetched coming from Sea Shepherd. They aren't pirates, but considering their own activities they're not in a good position to accuse the whalers of being so.

    That aside, the Shonan Maru No. 2 was clearly at fault in this collision. The Ady Gil was at rest at the time of the collision, not intentionally putting itself into the path of the whali- er, "research" vessel. The Shonan Maru No. 2 failed to give way or observe avoidence procedure and headed directly for the idle Ady Gil at high speed.
    Video footage (available on YouTube) taken on board the Ady Gil itself shortly before the collision shows the crew relaxing and the engines being shut off about a minute before the Shonan Maru No. 2 rams them.

    Sea Shephard could sue the captain of the Shonan Maru No. 2 for the collision and loss of the Ady Gil, but a charge of piracy would seem to be unfounded.

    Comment by PhoenixBurn
    09:32 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe you should get your facts right before posting.

    1. The Ady Gil CLEARLY thrusts forward (not backward as they claim) into the SM#2 before impact.

    2. How is a 491tonne vessel supposed to "give way" to a much smaller/agile vessel?

    These arent matchbox cars you know, it takes quite a while for a vessel of that size to respond to steering commands especially when its at speed.

    3. I doubt the SM2 captain could see the smaller vessel being so close to his ship, so he would have delayed information from his shipmates as to its position.
    Going by the Bob Barker footage it does turn away from the Ady Gil.
    (Yes the BB footage looks like its turning into the AG, but the BB is actually circling the SM2 anticlockwise which gives a false perception)

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:29 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "wealthy" Sea Shepherd backers? HUH?

    It's the totally other way around. The whaling fleet is a billion dollar enterprise. The Sea Shepherds are the underdogs in this fight. Way to get it mixed up.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:43 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Paul Watson (over the radio): We are going to ram you!
    Stand clear!

    A Taiwanese drift-netter (over the radio): “Why are you
    crushing our ship?”

    Paul Watson: “You are killing too many dolphins ..
    and you insulted us by calling us creeps.

    Ahahahaha

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:02 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    After Sea Shepherd's ship sank, have they cleaned the leak oil?

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:30 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    LOL, you must be German Anon.

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:07 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Have any of you actually eaten whale? It's quite tasty, but kinda a bit too soft.

    Comment by SnooSnoo
    18:33 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Lol at SanCom users thinking they are some heroes of justice trying to save the whales.
    We are on top of the food chain for a reason.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:17 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    出てこなければ、やられなかったのに!

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:39 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    eco-terrorism is so cash

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:08 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    With their next Ship... perhaps Blue and Red (Spiderman they will put torpedoes on their speed boats.

    That would make it more interesting.

    Better yet, all they really need is a Klingon Bird of Prey!

    http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FCSrOnsLGRc/R0AuUzQtTDI/AAAAAAAABRI/7V-UO00jrME/s320/st4-water.gif

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:47 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Look at Europe, they are doing whale hunting too

    Comment by firemage
    17:45 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The Australian government has given Japan an ultimatum to cease whaling (in the Southern Ocean I believe) within 6 months.

    Wonder what effect (or lack there of) that will have.

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:05 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They really should have tanked kinetic.

    Put it on the killboards

    2010.01.07 03:30:00

    Victim: Ady Gil
    Corp: Sea Shepherds
    Alliance: Ecohippies
    Faction: NONE
    Destroyed: Fiberglass Trimaran
    System: Antarctic Ocean
    Security: 0.2
    Damage Taken: 1337

    Name: Shonan Maru 2 (laid the final blow)
    Security: -0.03
    Corp: Institute of Cetacean Research
    Alliance: Nakabe Scientific Research Centre
    Faction: Japan
    Ship: Yushin Maru class harpoon vessel
    Weapon: Solid Steel Hull I
    Damage Done: 1337

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:16 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Here is video taken from the Ady Gil's perspective. It does kinda look like the Shonen Maru 2 ran them down, but the captain of the Ady Gil was definitely not in proper control of his vessel when it happened.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CofJkRr2IZM&feature=player_embedded [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CofJkRr2IZM&feature=player_embedded]

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:18 10/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Replying to myself since no one else has... ;)

    "This video has been removed by the user. "

    It would appear that the Shepherds aren't so sure about their own evidence. After further review, I have come to the conclusion that the Sea Shepherds are ENTIRELY at fault for this accident. Thank all the gods that they didn't pick the US for their venue. We have a declining track record for handling this sort of case.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:01 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm all for stopping whaling, but I don't think throwing smelly butter at Japanese ships is the way to go about it. Maybe looking at closing the legal loophole by amending the international law would be a better way to go about it? Either way, moralfags-on-a-boat is a shitty TV program anyway.

    As for this collision, I'm more willing to believe the Japanese on this, the idea that a large whaling vessel can deliberately chase down and bash a tiny highly-maneuverable state of the art power boat is absurd. The SS crew are the ones who decided to dispatch a tiny powerboat and cruse dangerously close to the Japanese vessel. That's like riding a pedal bike on a motorway/freeway then QQing when you get sucked in by the back-draft of a large lorry.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:15 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Bureaucracy is something that is meant to uphold stability by denying progress. I would rather support moralfags than whalers.
    Note that Japanese whalers travel all the way down south to AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC WATERS to hunt whales. I don't see why some kiwis getting pissed at a foreign company trying to profit off wildlife from nearby waters shouldn't rustle up some armed intervention.

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:06 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    According to the antarctic treaty the australian's claim on those waters are not recognized by the major powers. ;)

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:05 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    If you monkey around outside my house and cause a nuisance I will still get pissed off even though I don't own the sidewalk.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:00 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuck you whayrle and fuck you dorrphin!

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:58 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The freaking hypocrates!!!! The moment the wha...I mean...the research vessel tried to turn and get into a defensive position, the shitheads messeup and got into its way...and the worst? There are a bunch of fools on the ned saying the contrary....they're the pirates, so they got what their stupidity got them into!

    PS- They arent stupid enough to try go into Japanese waters...JMDF would own their arses that fast...

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:02 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Minke wales are not endangered... Retard.

    Comment by HentaiCat
    03:59 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    OMFG! xD
    I recall the first article about this few days ago and they were claiming that they themselves are pirates...

    HOW on earth acting like that could make anyone support them?!

    I hope some day a whale will flip and sink their own ship ^^

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:59 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    To kill such large creatures to fufil their weird food fetishes is simply quite disgusting.
    As sankaku goers we know that Japanese have alot of sexual fetishes that in 2d may be hot, but in real life is simply horrific.
    Apparently, some people get a hard on eating something endangered the same way real life pedos enjoy raping lolis. Its the thrill of the hard to get.
    Japan is not starving so much that it has to kill difficult to replace creatures such as the whale for food. People cry out against poor rural Chinese eating dogs and cats, yet not the affluent Japanese eating an animal that is more rarer and more difficult to replace?
    The biomass required for a whale to grow to its size is on a whole different scale. One kg of fish feed does not create one kg of fish flesh. often it takes 10kgs of biomass to create 1kg in the next chain.
    Imagine for a whale, which eats fish and other marine life, how much biomass is required to reach that size. And then, it is hunted just for a temporary pleasure of a meal that may not even taste as nice as a pork chop, but only for its luxury status.
    The Japanese government pretends that killing of whales is for SCIENTIFIC research, but then that the MEAT of the whale must not be wasted and MUST BE SOLD as food. And NZ and AUS have already tried to show them newer functional methods of nonlethal research on whales, which they conveniently discard. Nononono, whitey-san, but we all know we must kill them to study them. The meat? Oh, just a byproduct we are obligated to sell...
    As long as the gov is apathic and complicit in the matter, illegal whaling under a false guise of research will continue.
    People normally condone eco-terrorism, but frankly throughout history, war picks up where diplomacy fails. People do fight for their rights, and these eco-terrorists are fighting for their right to live in a more biologically diverse world.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:12 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    One of the few educated comments here, and it's downvoted.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:32 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Logic. The post is against the japan, so, all the weeaboo cry like little girls and don't even try to understand.

    Comment by cats
    09:27 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Animal rights fag rambling on and on..

    If that's "educated" to you...

    Well, you're retarded..

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:53 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Seeing that the same contract that has the rules of scientific whaling, demands that no part of the whale is deliberately wasted....

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:54 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Doesn't mean it's ethical to sell(and profit from) the whale meat. Anon 03:59 has already stated it's possible to study the damned whales without killing them, so what is the logic of killing them in the first place?

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:40 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    there was a guy who survived a bullet, and subsequently used some sort of camera to study the inside of his stomach. while he was still alive(translation: you can study something without killing it).

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:35 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    How are you going to open up a whale and study them without killing them?

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:23 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    find me a whale that can do that.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:19 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    The whales they are going after aren't endangered. You're pretty much saying there's no logic in killing frogs so we can study them.

    Also, how do you expect to open up a whale in the middle of the ocean to study it? It isn't exactly easy to get an entire whale onto an operating table while keeping it alive and sufficiently in water.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:18 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    forget piracy, what sea shepard is did is freakin' terrorism.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:37 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sea Shepherd seems clearly too be at fault for this incident...but how do you define the morality of their actions when the Japanese aren't behaving in good faith either? This "research" bullshit has gone on for years and it wouldn't be quick or easy to convince/influence a rich country like Japan to do anything about it. Government has failed. In that context, is it wrong to meet bad faith with aggression? I'm not convinced it is.

    04:45 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Still not as stupid as the case of zealots wasting their time fighting for the rites of God's name getting "misused" in Malaysia..

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:31 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    They should spend their millions to make a moe anime that with whales; that would win over the hearts of the Japanese.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:27 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    you know, even though that was probably just a joke, that is actualy a very interesting idea.

    But sea sheppherd would never do that, not until they realize that education work better than agressiveness (especialy when the people that support whaling see it as a tradition, and therefore see sea sheppherd as attack their traditions).

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:36 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    That is, until it becomes popular enough to have doujins made of it, fueling more demand for whale flesh.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:45 11/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    "Stop it, Big Brother! My.. my blowhole... ahh! aah! AAAHHHHHH!!!!......."

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:33 09/01/2010 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yum yum, Guro Whale doujin.






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