Sea Shepherd’s New Ship Smashed in Crash with Whalers
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jan 7, 2010 02:50 JST
- Tags: Accidents, Bizarre, Food, Marketing, Mass Media, Piracy, Video Gallery, Whaling
The latest development in eco-terrorist group Sea Shepherd’s campaign of piracy against Japan’s “scientific” whaling vessels is their new flagship vessel “sinking” after a spectacular collision with a whaling vessel.
Sea Shepherd’s latest acquisition was the Ady Gil, a former “eco-boat,” which with much fanfare they repurposed, its new mission being to sabotage Japan’s dubiously justified whaling operations.
However, a collision with the very ship they were targeting resulted in the ship’s bow being sheared off:
All 6 crew escaped without injury, with their stricken ship having to be abandoned – Sea Shepherd claim it is sinking.
The Japanese ship and crew were apparently unharmed.
Sea Shepherd claim their vessel was rammed in a deliberate effort by the whaling vessel to sink her (a claim which prompted Japan to release the above video), although they are silent as to how their highly maneuverable trimaran managed to end up in the path of the ship in the first place.
They also criticise the whalers for not coming to their aid, although another anti-whaling vessel is said to have accompanied them.
Their ship was apparently attempting to foul the propellers of the whaling ship using a rope, a technique of marine sabotage which generally requires a return to port to fix, at much reduced speeds:
They were also photographed shining a laser at the whaling ship, and readying a “projectile launcher”:
Although environmentalist groups and the international mass media generally fawn over their antics, which have included ramming, boarding and sabotaging ships in international waters, they are, unsurprisingly, generally regarded as little more than sanctimonious pirates by many Japanese, with 2ch gleefully rejoicing at their latest misfortune:
“Their ship looks so stupid I couldn’t help but laugh.”
“Serves those pirates right.”
“People are still going to blame Japan for this.”
“Quite an expensive gag they pulled there.”
“Wasn’t this the high speed ship they were bragging about?”
“It looks like a rejected idea from Batman.”
“The other side is saying the Japanese ship rammed them – a little hard to believe.”
“A taste of divine retribution for those Australian racists.”
“Marine terrorists ought to be arrested and punished.”
“They probably planned this from the start, with a ship to pick them up if they got into trouble.”
“If you look carefully, they’ve got a skull and crossbones on their ship. Pirates.”
“Japan’ll probably apologise anyway.”
“Just a performance to elicit more donations from their sponsors.”
“Isn’t the objective of these idiots just to play at sailors whilst raking in more money?”
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I actually side with the Shepherds with this, though I think they need to have more smarter ways to counter it instead of only using the media to create a controversy.
Oh well, at least they have a new ship. lol.
As for the whalemeat thing, I hear they are used for the blubber and for certain 'school meal' types of every-day fish meats. Either way, that market is only bound for failure in the near future, with or without the activism.
lol that clearly reminds me that episode from south park
This clearly reminds me that episode from south park
well they are trying to convict whalers by pretending to be hit by them(and possibly killed/hurt in the process)
i hate it when people who have too much passion for justice rub their justice to others because they think its their duty. damn them.
Actually the Swashtika was and still is a symbol of my religion, Buddism. The symbol of peace [peace symbol] was originally a creation of the SS, the nazi secret police. It was created by taking a cross and breaking it in half and turning it upside down. Bet you didn't know that. If you wear a peace symbol, you hate jesus and god. LOL.
Because we need those species. Not only they are necessary to keep the food chain in order and prevent ecological collapse, we'll need them as genetic material for future genetic engineering. Do you know how many things a whale can do that most other animals can't?
aye captn....its mobys dick ")
crap boat sinks after being hit once. and it cost what!?
poor freaks who donated and thought they saved the world of something.
i think they just added a few zeros to it so they could grab more money from stupid rich freaks.
Actually the Swashtika was and still is a symbol of my religion, Buddism. The symbol of peace [peace symbol] was originally a creation of the SS, the nazi secret police. It was created by taking a cross and breaking it in half and turning it upside down. Bet you didn't know that. If you wear a peace symbol, you hate jesus and god. LOL.
I don't know much about budhism, but the swastika isn't exclusive to your religion. It is also a symbol in hinduïsm, and until early in the previous century, it was used all over the world as a symbol of peace and good luck. In the 1920's the nazi-movement used this "old symbol from germanian culture" as their flag, and after all the well known events that happened afterwards, it has become associated with ww2/nazis/holocaust in the west. SS was only created about 10 years later.
Nice boat anyways.
That is one nice ship. To bad they used it for this, bet its one fast ride. Next time use a Law rocket to get the point across or just stay home.
There are a handful of Aussies on this site. What did you expect?
the law is been raped by japan, science sure who believes that garbage.
but to me these people are dumb, if your going to care about a goal at least take the time to cause real harm, the way these guy are doing it is so lame and not really much of doing any real good.
But what should be done is change the law so that only 50 wales a year can be caught, lets see what japan BS will say then.
For me who cares kill all the whales its not like its going to matter in 100 years they will be done for one way or another, and that is science.
If these guys where serious they would not do such lame attacks, this type of useless waste of potential, do as Governments train soldier to do, then we talk.
ok it was in australian waters the japanese shouldnt be there the whaling they are doing is illegal and both sides have played dirty the navy should go down there and force the whalers out of there simple and the japanese should conform to international laws even simpler
No, fag it was in international waters. Only 4 countries out of 193 recognize Australia's fake claim to those waters (and those are all countries who ALSO have fake claims down there). Every single major country in the world does NOT recognize those waters as Australia's. The whaling is perfectly legal. Australia using it's armed forces there would be an out and out act of war.
Hunt skinny Japanese chicks not whales!
seriously, how hilarious would it be if the whaling researchers hired mercenaries to just kill all the sea shepherd retards?
"ok deploy the prop foul" *boom* headshot.
I say its fair game, the pirates ram the Japanese with their ship all the time. they should be able to defend themselves.
At the end of this, one has to ask, what are those idiots thinking?
Two, what would push people to risk their life to stop the whaling?
Have anyone actually seen a whale before? They are magnificent. Takes a long time for one to grow up that big just to have a whaling ship spears it to death. I have never even heard of a whale attacking a ship before in the past... why do we have to eat them? Even a shark gets more respect. Perhaps one day it would be alright for people to kill each other off in the name of culture and tradition and food.
I think all of you are choking on your own freedom. Pirates or not, at least they are doing what is right and just. We must coexist with other species.. Not co-destroy them.
I bet you're vegan. :P
or we can eat them if we feel like it
You mean like we co-exist with all the other fish in the sea? Sushi anyone?
FUK YOU DOLPHIIN AND FUK YOU WHAELL!!!
i like your analogy 09:13. terrorists need to feed themselves to whaler propellers if they want to risk their lives for the whales
Even Equality Now pursue their misguided cause in a peaceful and lawful manner.
What the Japanese whaler is doing is completely legally legitimate. Those vigilantes don't like it, so they are taking things into their own hands by pursuing violent and dangerous acts to justify their cause.
If acts of violence are permissible when you are "doing the right thing", then nobody should persecute terrorists.
It looks more like the whaler turned to hit the ship. If it had kept on its path I don't think they would have collided in that way.
On an interview on CNN the captain of the other anti-whaling ship said the whaling ship had purposely targeted the Ady Gil. I didn't really believe it when I heard it but from this video it kind of does look like that is what happened.
lmao on australian news here they did indeed blame the japs for "ramming" that stupid bat mobile shit.
Um. I don't care what you think about the issue, but that Batmobile ship is awesome and it was around before this whole thing.
Don't take it out on the actual ship... That has absolutely nothing to do with it.
lol it would be catastrophic if the Normandy is moving FTL then
Its so funny to see those little men hunting a big whale ;).. for food. For A SCIENTIFIC purposes.
I left a comment saying you're a fag
Yeah... but it would be much more hilarious if the whales would hire some hitman's to assassinate the whalers.
I say its fair game, the whalers kill whales. The whales should be able to defend themselves. But the point is they cant. Because the whalers are some bunch of gangbanger pu$$ies. And that's where the Sea-Shepherds come in.
the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. <- proves they are terrorist!
whales are delicious,that's why
Can someone tell why the hell Japanese are hunting whales ?
Please.
becoz its so moe~~
Can someone tell me why the hell people are eating the poor chickens and cows? Not to mention the poor vegetables who are just minding their own business and us cruel humans harvest them savagely and consume their innocent selves.
Please.
Because they taste good. They were bred and raised to be eaten. Hell, in a pinch I'd skin you out and eat you.
I'd still like to see this "research" they keep needing the whales for. It's bullshit, the whale meat should be going bad before they dispose of it, but you know how the Japanese love their seafood fresh, so I'm guessing they barely do anything before selling it off.
I love you Japan, but you're being dishonest little pricks when it comes to whaling.
Oh, and the Sea Shepard's crew is full of idiots and wusses. If they had the brains and the guts they would be blowing up these ships instead of just impeding them.
the japanese men make hot japanese women for all of us to fap on.. so leave them alone !
Schrobby, a ship the size of that whaler CANNOT dance around and run over a fast boat like the idiots had. Sorry. Can't happen. The physics won't allow for it.
Video proof of a Japanese vessel attempting to murder those on another vessel = Japanese FAIL.
The video from the Bob Barker proves this. It might have felt good to the Japanese at the time, but its gonna make for some really bad PR.
A ton of donations to Sea Shepard.
And much less sympathy to the whalers.
They just made things a lot harder on themselves.
In an event last year. The doofuses swamped their own boat due to terminal idiocy, and didn't have a backup. The Japanese were kind enough to rescue them and were rewarded by attempted and actual sabotage by the people they rescued. Contemptible.
Fools...You should have brought Metal Gear Ray if you want some serious shit...
The only way to stop whaling is to turn every whale into cute, anthromorphic anime lolis...
whales... japan and the eco terrorists should both piss off from the area.
Westerners who are complaining about Japanese whaling are just plain ignorant about the issue and need to get some facts straight and get off their high horses.
Here are a couple of questions for you:
Which country does the most whaling annually?
Answer: Norway. And they do it openly for commercial purposes. Pure profit. Even the US is historically more responsible for high whaling tallies and overhunting than Japan is.
What do you think is more harmful to the ocean ecosystem (and the natural world at large):
-Japan: takes ~400 non-endangered whales annually
-America: dumps millions of tons of sewage, garbage and chemical waste into the ocean every year, is (by far) the single largest contributor to global warming and all associated ecological problems
If you're against whaling that's your right to your own opinion, but let's not forget that adage about "he without sin" shall we?
To this very day, I have laughed every time I see the sea shepherds. I laugh even more when I see them crying. I just think what they're doing to protect these whales is just unnecessary and ridiculous.
tl;dr Sea Shepherds fail.
Whaling is ghastly and disgusting.
Dirty Japs deserve to drown, so I wish it was vice-versa.