When watching the show, it doens't really matter what you think about their cause. It's just so frakin funny watching their futile attempts to disrupt the whalers. If you're wanting whales to be saved, then I would hope you wouln't be counting on that crew.
no thats who i was thinking of. they were much more formidable than this group. like martin, ive been watching it for awhile. i get kinda bored with it but they never cease to amaze with stupidity. clearly, they are completely inept. its pretty amazing. this is what happens when rich parents have kids with no need to work.
I think it just really depends on the who the Human is. Are there people i would rather see dead than an animal, sure. Are there animals i would rather see dead than some humans, of course. If i had to choose, some human i don't know, and my dog, i take my dog every time. Might be wrong but i love my dog. And martin i don't think you will find any of the Sea Shepherds feasting on burgers, or steaks. If they are that committed to spend months at a time in the Ocean near Antarctica to save Whales they probably won't eat cows either. Did you see the look on their faces when the Whales are harpooned?
what i don't understand is why haven't they used the helicopter to drop the stink bombs? seems like that would be waaaaay more effective.
i was asking you, i know they are lunatics. why is it relevant to you that they are mammals? do you hate reptiles and birds but you care if they have fur or live kids or whatever makes a mammal?
I'm not sure what the law is, but according to the show last night, it's still legal in the United States - at least on a limited basis to some Alaskan Eskimos; who're dependent on it to survive and are allowed some sort of quota.
There is an international treaty to protect the remaining whales. Japan and Norway have exceptions that allow them to capture a certain number of whales for "research" purposes. It's total bullchit because they apparently need hundreds of whales each year to "study" and they all end up at restaurants. Like any other endangered species, whales need to be protected from going extinct. When the populations recover enough to be self sustaining and healthy, then they can be removed from the list, as the alligator was. It makes no sense to hunt a species to extinction. The silly antics of the anti-whalers isn't about actually stopping the Japs from killing whales needlessly, it's about bringing international attention to the issue, which can stop it. There are some ant-whaling groups that take more aggressive and effective action including trying to blow up whaling ships, but such folks are open to charges of piracy and terrorism. So the TV anti-whalers stick to things like trying to entangle the screws of whaling ships with cables to get attention to the cause.
I say if the whales need to be protected from going extinct then we pull out the loop holes. A few anti ship missile will make short work of the walers at that point and we can get rid of these clowns trying to tows coke bottles at them.
Well, The Japanese and the Norwegians are basically our allies, so that won't happen. Better to just embarrass them until they decide that whale sushi isn't really necessary to them. I have no issue with native people whaling with traditional methods, that is to say, with canoes and harpoons. But these factory ships with harpoon guns and spotter planes is overkill, just so some rich Japs can eat whale meat.
