I want my hundred bucks back!!
How low can you go? People from all over the world donating money in good faith to help the Japanese people in their greatest natural disaster in living memory and now its being used to beef up security so they can kill more whales!!
Arseholeshttp://www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/japan-confirms-greenpeace-whaling-charge/story-e6frg19l-1226216914879
Maybe some of the whaling boats were wrecked by the tsunami. The whalers would have been compensated like all the others who suffered from the natural disaster. Or only should certain people be compensated?
The only good thing about the tsunami was that it destroyed heaps of whaleing boats.
Maybe its time to let the Japanese know that windsurfers are closer to extinction than whales,,,,so maybe they could be the next deliciousy as near extinction seems to be the criteria.
Actually none of the whaling boats were touched. The money is justified because one of the towns devastated was a whaling based town. So the government gave the money to the Whaler's to help lift security against the SSCS.
A fleet of boats that hunt and kill Dall Porpoises was destroyed but they have been given nothing. The big difference is they are more small fisherman based companies and the main whaling fleet is run by the Yakuza..
I feel devastated for the Japanese people still living in cardboard boxes and for the people who have simply moved home into areas that the government has condemned. But they have no choice and no money to start again somewhere else. But hey soon they might be able to buy whale meat again
I hope this may be the end for the Japanese whaling. Killed of becuase of their arrogance.
rebuilding the boats and reviving the whaling & fishing industries will provide thousands of much needed jobs and help whole towns get back on their feet.
keep your emotive bull***t out of this. it's bad enough risking lives at sea because you think whales are cute and you want to play pretend war games. they are only spending the money on security because sea shepherd is causing a risk.
how about spending the millions it costs to throw paint at whalers on helping to rebuild japan instead? go and build some houses or schools. it would establish goodwill and in the process free up the money they have to spend on protecting their whaling fleet. or is that not fun enough?
^^^^^^but they only kill whales for scientific research,,,not for profit????Bah haa ha,,,,so how will that help them earn money??
The rest of the world survive without killing whales and dolphins.
if it's done sustainably there's nothing wrong with whaling.
the bottom line is that people think they are cute or intelligent or magnificent. there are more pressing environmental issues more deserving of the attention & money that ss attract.
Much of the civilised western world was built on whaling. If it wasnt for whaling I bet there would be a few of us not here.
Tsunami is a Japanese word, In English they are known as Tidal Waves, although not dependent on tides, it is some what of a misnomer but thats what we call them. To be consistent you should then be calling whales by their Japanese name 'Kujira'.
No charity organisation actually funds what they are said to, most charities are tax write offs for MegaCorp and the like, where they employ people for vast amounts of money and squander the remains on photo oppurtunities. Its all Showbiz.
But not all.
Anyway, Good on sea shephard. Paul Watson was a founding member of Greenpeace (what a joke) and left because they had such weak operating methods. For 40 odd years he has been dedicated to protecting whales. If nothing else full points to staying true to the cause.
Lets face it. There is no valid reason for harvesting whales.Oil/Food whatever. Nothing stands up.
Its just a money grab.
While the rest of the world has adopted a don't touch mentality towards them the Japanese have been enjoying the spoils of the good decision of everyone else(no competition).
Good luck Sea Shepherd!!!
its make a good read this post, but what I find a little off putting, is when an argument put forward is really only written to attack someone's character rather than presenting an alternative argument, as they say in the sports, 'play the game and not the man' When an attack as such happens the credibility of the presented post and "poster" is lost, in my opinion
Whalers file lawsuit against Sea Shepherd.
Japanese whalers have filed a lawsuit in the United States in a bid to prevent "acts of violence" by Sea Shepherd activists during this year's hunt.
In a statement Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR), and Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd, which operates the whaling vessels, said they had filed the lawsuit to establish legal protection of their ships and crews.
"Sea Shepherd has made numerous attempts to foul ships' propellers with ropes, potentially placing the crews and vessels in extreme danger," the statement read.
It said last whaling season the hunt was cut short because of concerns for the safety of the crews and vessels.
"Unfortunately Sea Shepherd is escalating its acts of violence and this has left us with no choice but to file the safety-at-sea lawsuit," the whalers said on Friday.
Each year activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society confront Japanese whalers in the waters around Antarctica.
They use weapons such as propeller foulers and stink bombs to frustrate whaling efforts.
In the past Sea Shepherd ships and Japanese vessels have collided, although both sides blamed each other for the strikes.
Spokesman for the whalers, Gavin Carter, told AAP from Washington that the lawsuit would only target violent activities, and not peaceful protest actions.
He said the lawsuit, filed in the US District Court in Seattle on Thursday (local time) did not seek monetary compensation from Sea Shepherd, but did seek a permanent stop to the activists' actions.
Each year Japan's whaling fleet heads south to the Southern Ocean near Antarctica to conduct so-called "scientific whaling".
The hunt is allowed under a loophole in the International Whaling Commission's ban on commercial whaling.
Speaking to AAP from on board a vessel off the coast of Western Australia, Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson said he was not worried about the lawsuit, which names him personally.
He said it was frivolous and any US court that saw video footage of an incident last year - when a protest vessel was destroyed after a collision with a whaling ship - would dismiss the action.
Sea Shepherd activists were not aggressive nor did they break a single law, Mr Watson said.
"We are not down there protesting whaling, we are down there intervening against criminal activities," he said.
"We defend ourselves from being rammed, hit with water cannons, shot at, have concussion grenades and bamboo spears thrown at us, so yes, we defend ourselves," he said.
Mr Watson said the ships his organisation used were not owned by Sea Shepherd USA, nor were they US-flagged vessels.
"The United States government and courts have no authority over these ships so I don't know what they are hoping to achieve," Mr Watson said.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8387375/whalers-file-lawsuit-against-sea-shepherd
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