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depakid (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:07 PMOriginal message Protest ship rams whaler Advertisements [?]Source: Sydney Morning HeraldA protest ship in the Southern Ocean has rammed a Japanese whaling vessel in what protesters say is the most intense clash the two groups have ever had. Captain Paul Watson, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, said his ship, the Steve Irwin, was forced to hit the Japanese ship Yushin Maru No. 2 about 8.30am (AEDT).Mr Watson said his protest ship was trying to stop the Japanese from pulling a whale onto a ship when the clash happened. "The Yushin Maru No. 1 was transferring the whale up the slipway and we were trying to block that transfer and the Yushin Maru No. 2 just shot right in front of us," Mr Watson said, speaking via satellite phone."I couldn't move to starboard without hitting the vessel and I couldn't move to port without hitting them. "I tried to back off, but it was too sudden and we ran right into their stern ... they threw themselves right in front of us. There wasn't anything we could do". Mr Watson said he crushed a railing at the back of the Japanese ship but was unaware of anyone being injured. He said in the five years his ships had been confronting the Japanese in Antarctic waters, this season had seen the most extreme clashes."This has certainly been the most intense confrontation we have had with the Japanese whalers over the last five campaigns we have had down here," Mr Watson said. "We have never seen them this aggressive. They are obviously frustrated at the money they are losing and they have been ordered to do whatever needs to be done in order to prevent us from preventing them from killing whales."
Taverner (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:13 PMResponse to Reply #1 3. I'm actually glad they did it If they sank the whaling ship, I probably wouldn't shed a tear ============================Taverner (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:20 PMResponse to Reply #8 10. There was nothing violent about their tactics The Whaling ship was trying to dock, they stopped them, and because the whalers were playing "chicken" they got hitPoor widdle whalers! They only wanted drive the mean nasty whales into extinction =======================================mike_c (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:19 PMResponse to Reply #6 9. you don't get it-- the Steve Irwin's tactics are NONVIOLENT.... Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 08:20 PM by mike_cBlocking access to the slipway with their own bodies is the equivalent of a sit-in. It's completely non-violent action. The Steve Irwin's crew are heroes, IMO. ================================mike_c (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:15 PMResponse to Reply #1 5. no, they're not.... Edited on Thu Feb-05-09 08:17 PM by mike_cThey were trying to block the factory ship slipway, to prevent the transfer of a whale-- the equivalent of a sit-in. Nonviolent. The Yushin Maru #2 attempted to interfere, putting its crew and the Steve Irwin's crew in jeopardy-- all to maintain the bloody profits of factory whalers. Piss on that.
Sea Shepherd should get the DGSE treatment like the rainbow warrior did.
Taverner (1000+ posts) Thu Feb-05-09 08:20 PMResponse to Reply #810. There was nothing violent about their tactics The Whaling ship was trying to dock, they stopped them, and because the whalers were playing "chicken" they got hitPoor widdle whalers! They only wanted drive the mean nasty whales into extinction
Insert abortion clinic for whaler and SUV for protest ship and see what those DUmbasses think.
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
If they really wanted to be effective, they would interfere with the whaleboat to keep it from killing the whale in the first place, not prevent them from transferring an already dead whale onto the main ship.
That's be like telling them not to get pregnant instead of having an abortion.
Protest ship rams whale, Subway Cat lost at sea.
