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Originally Posted by PulpMind
I'm kind of shocked by the ignorance being displayed in this thread.
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That's your opinion that ignorance is being displayed, it's my opinion the people on this boat come from the shallowest end of the gene pool, and the world would be a far better place if they took a walk off the boat.
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Even if you don't like how the Sea Shepherds are going about trying to stop it (I'll grant that they have the failings of most grassroots human and animal rights groups), they are the ONLY ones doing it.
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You mean failings like deliberately ramming ships, throwing 'stink bombs' made from butyric acid and glass bottles, yeah these 'failings' as you put it, seems an awful lot like eco-terrorism on the high seas. As for being the only ones doing it, maybe that's because others are too smart to put their lives at risk in such a stupid way as the seas shepherds.
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(snip)the Sea Shepherds have one boat that they do their damndest to try and stop these other boats with.
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If by damndest you mean, foolish, dangerous, then yeah they do their damndest to try and stop them. Oh yeah, they used to have two boats, then they went and pissed off the Canadian Coast Guard, now the RV Farley Mowat is waiting to be sold,
RV Farley Mowat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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It may not be safe, but given the means, can you think of a better way to stop the illegal whaling? If not, you should probably consider doing something to support the people that *are* doing something, even if that's just writing them a letter, explaining how this Animal Planet show makes them looks like total asses and sensationalizes their downfalls.
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So then, because there's no other way for them to stop 'illegal' whaling, they get carte blanche to do whatever they consider necessary to stop it, regardless of how many lives are put at risk, yeah that makes a lot of sense.
As for writing them and telling them Animal Planet makes them look like idiots, any person with a half a brain would know the things they do make them look foolish, they shouldn't need to be told bu others.
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The Sea Shepherds rarely conduct any illegal activity. In International waters, if you observe (and can prove... which they usually can, thanks to hand held video cameras) illegal activity, you're allowed to stop it. This includes boarding the offending ship, blocking its path, etc.
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Ummm what illegal activity are the sea shepherds observing? Or is this something that's illegal in their minds?
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[/COLOR]PS - - The whole running out of gas thing is a great example of a stupid network sensationalizing a normal day at sea... almost everyone does this at sea. You have enough fuel to get you out, hang out, and get you back. Any more than that is useless weight. Stupid TV.
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Seriously a normal day at sea? You're really going to play they it happens all the time card? I reckon any captain with half a brain isn't going to let his ship go out to sea with an insufficient amount of fuel on board to complete the trip and have enough in reserve to get through any problems or bad weather that may come around, so I'm going to have to call bullshit on this 'it's a normal day at sea' excuse.
Another funny quote from the show is when the First Mate says:
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Don't give me courses, I don't know what they mean!!
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Sounds like a safe ship in competent hands, keep up the good work
