Sea Shepards ram Japanese whaling ship

AVGWarhawk · 01-06-10, 11:07 AM

Looks to me the protesters got their stealth boat type deal much to close to the larger vessel thus getting it crunched. However, I see the Japanese were using water cannons! Who heck finances these guys to go out harrassing whalers anyway?

Dowly · 01-06-10, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Who heck finances these guys to go out harrassing whalers anyway?

Was thinking the same thing when I saw that boat.

jimbob · 01-06-10, 12:26 PM

It seems logical that a huge craft is rammin' tiny craft.

No way to avoid it.

:spock:

Spike88 · 01-06-10, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

However, I see the Japanese were using water cannons! Who heck finances these guys to go out harrassing whalers anyway?

People like that guy who was banned for insulting people in the other whaling thread. I believe his name was Contact.

And maybe Discovery Channel.

AVGWarhawk · 01-06-10, 03:03 PM

I know Discovery has a whale wars program. It is all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Until then we will make millions.

Spike88 · 01-06-10, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I know Discovery has a whale wars program. It is all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Until then we will make millions.

I wouldn't be surprised if Discovery gave some/ a lot of money to the Sea Shepherds for creation of their "stealth" boat.

Which looks like something out of Batman in my honest opinion.

01-06-10, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Spike88

People like that guy who was banned for insulting people in the other whaling thread. I believe his name was Contact.

Boo hoo. And he was subsequently keelhauled.

August · 01-06-10, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Looks to me the protesters got their stealth boat type deal much to close to the larger vessel thus getting it crunched. However, I see the Japanese were using water cannons! Who heck finances these guys to go out harrassing whalers anyway?

The video is very telling.

It looks to me like the pilot of the stealth boat hit forward instead of reverse and caused the crash, which as one of my friends commented, fits the skill set the SS people have displayed so far.

Dowly · 01-06-10, 03:43 PM

Yes, the boat definitely was moving forward just prior to the impact.

longam · 01-06-10, 03:44 PM

They might want to put some duct tape on that little hole.

Jimbuna · 01-06-10, 03:46 PM

If I was the skipper of the bat boat I wouldn't be getting too near something 50 or more times bigger.

Batman will be well pi$$ed when they return his boat

Ducimus · 01-06-10, 04:11 PM

Can't say im much on greenpeace styled activists. They're mostly a bunch of Ecowhacko's that took a long walk of a short pier.

Having said that, i find myself wanting to turn a blind eye to these wacko's when Japans involved. From a sportfisherman's point of view, the Japanese REALLY need to start having A LOT less seafood in their diet. They've pretty much been raping the oceans for all its worth. Many years ago those c**ksuckers came off the Californian coast with Gill nets and I don't think the Tuna population has ever been the same since.

MothBalls · 01-06-10, 04:36 PM

If I was the skipper of the whaling ship and they tried to tangle my prop or throw chemicals on my ship I wouldn't use the water cannon, I'd use a regular cannon. If unarmed, I would have sprayed fuel at them then start shooting flares in their direction. You start playing those types of games in the middle of the ocean then it's game on, and for the little boat, game over.

If the problem needs to be fixed (I don't know enough to have an opinion) then it needs to be fixed here:

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Japan abandoned commercial whaling in 1986 after agreeing to a global moratorium but international rules allow it to annually kill hundreds of whales under the auspices of a research programme.

If the rules need to be changed then go through the process. There has to be a proper channel. Attacking or interfering with any large vessel in the open sea is not an acceptable method, period.

I would have zero tollerance for it. Mess with the bull.........

razark · 01-06-10, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MothBalls

Attacking or interfering with any large vessel in the open sea is not an acceptable method, period.

Wouldn't that be one definition of piracy?

Lt.Fillipidis · 01-06-10, 05:57 PM

Im not some ecowhacko or treehugger but am i the only one who wouldnt hesitate implale a few of them on their own harpoons?
I mean, this isnt just dolphin and whale "fishing".

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,266 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I know Discovery has a whale wars program. It is all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Until then we will make millions. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If I was the skipper of the bat boat I wouldn't be getting too near something 50 or more times bigger. Batman will be well pi$$ed when they return his boat __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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jimbob Ensign Join Date: May 2005 Location: Suomi Finland Posts: 225 Downloads: 365 Uploads: 6	It seems logical that a huge craft is rammin' tiny craft. No way to avoid it. :spock:

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yes, the boat definitely was moving forward just prior to the impact.

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longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	They might want to put some duct tape on that little hole.

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Can't say im much on greenpeace styled activists. They're mostly a bunch of Ecowhacko's that took a long walk of a short pier. Having said that, i find myself wanting to turn a blind eye to these wacko's when Japans involved. From a sportfisherman's point of view, the Japanese REALLY need to start having A LOT less seafood in their diet. They've pretty much been raping the oceans for all its worth. Many years ago those c**ksuckers came off the Californian coast with Gill nets and I don't think the Tuna population has ever been the same since.

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Lt.Fillipidis Weps Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Veria, Greece Posts: 365 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Im not some ecowhacko or treehugger but am i the only one who wouldnt hesitate implale a few of them on their own harpoons? I mean, this isnt just dolphin and whale "fishing".