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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
These guys are in trouble again.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/0...t-whalers.html
I really like whales, and I think what Japan is doing is repugnant especially after I went sea kayaking in the antarctic with Minke whales in 2003, but the Sea Sheperd appears to be conducting eco-terrorism again.
I'm not sure if you've seen that 2007 documentary about them, but they planned to secretly board the japanese vessel, sabatoge it, and then get away. I was watching the entire time thinking that merely dressing themselves up in the clothes of an environmentalist does not change the fact that they are conducting planned, deliberate sabatoge - possibly piracy. Much like the Greenpeace guys here in the Province who plugged up and mucked up the Syncrude (or was it Suncor) pipes but then complained when they got sued, the Sea Sheperd has to realize that there are going to be consequences for their aggressive and deliberate actions. The ends do not justify the means - especially when you're putting people's lives in jeopardy.
I'm surprised that a gun ship has not blown them out of the water. They are playing a very dangerous game. |
With quotes like these you wonder what kind of people they are.
"We intend to be more aggressive and even more relentless in our interventions," Sea Shepherd member Peter Hammarstedt is quoted as saying on the group's website.
"We do not intend to witness the killing of any whales; we intend to make sure no whales are killed on our watch."
Those are pretty ominous words. This may be a very good example of why Greenpeace's founder,
Patrick Moore, walked away from the environmental movement. Now, instead, the environmental movement is moving away from pacifism.