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Old 01-31-2010
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Re: Sea Shepherd boat sunk
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Found the video and watched it.

Looks to me as if the smaller vessel's was on an intercepting course and that it was dangerously close to the other vessel. There's no reason for 2 ships to be that close in open waters and Sea Shepherd was the faster and more agile ship.....

Saying that the large vessel was at fault is like blaming an elephant for striking a fly (that's trying to land on it's asshole) with it's tail.

There's a lot to be said for knowingly putting one's self in harms way.
Elephants have tails and they are used mainly to swat flies.
For anything else they are only in the way.
They even have to be lifted for a crap.

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Re: Sea Shepherd boat sunk
So the Japanese used a 500ton harpoon boat that tops out at 12 knots to "swat" a 13 ton glorified cigar boat that can go 45 knots?

Only the dangerously dedicated or dangerously stupid would get themselves that close.

Its like watching evolution in action.
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Re: Sea Shepherd boat sunk
Did your pet laugh a vengeful laugh today?

Bob Barker neutered by Japanese whaling vessel.
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Interesting. If the hull was punctured I wonder how bad. I mean, given the seas they are in, a weakened hull won't last very long.
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And given their weakened state of mind due to their unatural vegan diet, who knows WTF those idiots will do. Next thing you know they will ram into the side of a ship or do some other idiotic BS.
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And given their weakened state of mind due to their unatural vegan diet, who knows WTF those idiots will do. Next thing you know they will ram into the side of a ship or do some other idiotic BS.
Answer: Board the whaling ship in the dark of night, sneak up on its captain, and demand a citizens arrest.

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Update: Sea Shepherd Captain Detained Onboard Japanese Whaling Vessel

At 0630 Hours, Sea Shepherd Captain Peter Bethune of the vessel Ady Gil, which was sunk by the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru 2, boarded the whaling ship to conduct a citizen’s arrest of the skipper of the Shonan Maru 2.

Captain Bethune boarded the whaling ship under cover of darkness from a Jet Ski as the Shonan Maru 2 was traveling at 14 knots in the Southern Ocean. His first attempt failed when he fell into the frigid waters, but despite this the crew of the Shonan Maru 2 failed to see him and he successfully boarded the whaler without detection.

Captain Bethune’s breaching the security of the whaling fleet security vessel remained undetected for one and a half hours.

At 0800 Hours, once the sun had risen, Captain Bethune calmly knocked on the bridge wing door, entered the wheelhouse, and presented himself to the Captain of Shonan Maru 2 where he informed the skipper that he was under arrest for the sinking of the Sea Shepherd ship Ady Gil on January 6th, 2010.

All radio communications with Peter Bethune ceased at 0805. The Shonan Maru 2 did acknowledge that Bethune was onboard.

The Sea Shepherd ships Steve Irwin and Bob Barker continue to pursue the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru eastward across the Southern Ocean. The ships are presently south of Australia’s Heard Island.
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