Sea Shepherd Tactics Utterly Failing.

[FIREWALL]

Besides keeping themselves in jobs.

What commercial product does harvesting whales provide Worldwide ?

Is this their answer to the energy crisis.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Besides keeping themselves in jobs.

What commercial product does harvesting whales provide Worldwide ?

Is this their answer to the energy crisis.

Yes, because this industry is kept alive by not being profitable, and we should all consider the worldwide benefit of our industries before engaging in business. What are you, a communist?

There's already an international limit on Japanese whaling, what more do you want? An unharvested whale generates exactly zero jobs and zero revenue. It leaves precisely zero families fed. It also contributes exactly nothing to the development of an economy that does not include whaling.

[Falkirion]

There's only a select few countries that ignore the outright whaling ban these days and I think it only totals 3 or 4.

Sea Shepard's lost its just these Environmentalist extremists don't know it.

[Neptunus Rex]

The whale hunting is not the issue, but this policy of "the end justifies the means". What the "preservationists" are doing is piracy. I'd like to put a MK-48 into 'em.

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by Neptunus Rex

The whale hunting is not the issue, but this policy of "the end justifies the means". What the "preservationists" are doing is piracy. I'd like to put a MK-48 into 'em.

Mk-48s are EXTREMELY expensive. You dont use them lightly.

Once they get fed up the defense forces will more than likely use a Harpoon.

Tho with them sitting so close to the factory ship. They may even decide to use cannon instead.

And yes I agree they are pirates. They fly the pirate flag and have attempted to board and sink one of the whaling ships.

[Thomen]

Originally Posted by Zachstar

Mk-48s are EXTREMELY expensive. You dont use them lightly.

Once they get fed up the defense forces will more than likely use a Harpoon.

Tho with them sitting so close to the factory ship. They may even decide to use cannon instead.

And yes I agree they are pirates. They fly the pirate flag and have attempted to board and sink one of the whaling ships.

Maybe the British still have some old Mark '8' torpedoes. Used them to sink the Belgrano. That should be sufficient enough. And they ought to be cheap, too.

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Or do what the French did with the 'Rainbow Warrior'.. well need to work on the 'not getting caught' part, though.

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by Thomen

Maybe the British still have some old Mark '8' torpedoes. Used them to sink the Belgrano. That should be sufficient enough. And they ought to be cheap, too.

EDIT:
Or do what the French did with the 'Rainbow Warrior'.. well need to work on the 'not getting caught' part, though.

You dont want to use a torpedo is such close proximity period. If they have to they may be able to set a harpoon just right to lock onto the "Steve Irwin" but that too is too risky.

The crew dreams of dying for their cause. Do not think for a second that he would not maneuver his boat so that a hit would badly damage or decimate the factory ship. (Oh and yes he is obviously listening for a TIW)

They dont need to be sunk just yet tho. It is HIGHLY unlikely they will have the funds to go out next year. It is now an embarrassment to be known to associate with Sea Shepherd.

[Enigma]

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ght=whale+wars

Just sayin'.

[JetSnake]

The title of this show starring the Sea Sheppard should be renamed "Ship of Fools". Watching hippies troll the high seas attempting to right the injustice to the whales is always good for a few laughs.

[SandyCaesar]

I'm more in favor of organized whaling, as long as it's not overdone. If the populations can be maintained, then I have no issue.

[rubenandthejets]

Zero income from unharvested whales?

Whale watching is a multi million dollar industry in Australia and New Zealand.

Whale meat sits unsold in shops all over Japan. The only reason it's still happening here is because its a vote buying rort.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by rubenandthejets

Zero income from unharvested whales?

Whale watching is a multi million dollar industry in Australia and New Zealand.

Whale meat sits unsold in shops all over Japan. The only reason it's still happening here is because its a vote buying rort.

Fair enough. I did not take into account the use of whales as part of the tourist industry.I cede that point.
Nonetheless I think it is fair to say that the percentage of people who take tours into the antarctic oceans solely for the purpose of whale watching is negligible and that harvesting whales in this area does provide income for Japanese families.

edit- darn it. I meant to provide some figures relating to the annual income of the Japanese whaling industry and I forgot. Please wait until I can dig them up, I know I've got the book somewhere. Otherwise, just disregard this post.

[Zachstar]

Originally Posted by rubenandthejets

Zero income from unharvested whales?

Whale watching is a multi million dollar industry in Australia and New Zealand.

Whale meat sits unsold in shops all over Japan. The only reason it's still happening here is because its a vote buying rort.

This is the root cause of the issue. The people will not give in to Sea Shepherd. The only reasons the whalers get to hunt is because of nationalism. And Sea Shepherd tactics make that more prevalent.

[Zachstar]

And here we go video showing that it was the whalers who were rammed not Sea Shepherd.



Edit: On DU is now down to a few nutjobs defending SS. The video clearly shows that the whalers were rammed and you ought to see the excuses flying for it.