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Another thing i read at the Sea shepherds homepage. Its not the first time they ram someone.........

"On Christmas day (Australian Time), the Farley Mowat intercepted the Nisshin Maru for the first time. During this confrontation, the whaling ship turned and purposefully headed on a collision course with the conservation ship. Captain Paul Watson, founder and president of Sea Shepherd, ordered his crew to deploy a mooring line, and when the Nisshin Maru saw this, they backed off to avoid their propeller from being fouled."

Seems they are nothing but common criminals.....

Though I have been open about the fact that I disagree with elements of Greenpeace I am glad that no one onboard was hurt.
What is most annoying about this incident is that it will most probably be covered up. Governments will turn a blind eye. If however, an activist ship was to ram the Japanese, you would not hear the end of it.
When dealing with thugs and bullys it is important to keep your guard up. The Japanese whalers have a disregard for life and any aggression on their part could result in injury or death. So be careful out there.

well i saw the footage of the japanese ship ramming the greenpeace ship and i am not impressed with their behaviour ....they shouldnt even be in the whale sanctuary .... and whats this about the CIA posting a mail to greenpeace saying these criminals have a permit to whale for "scientific" purposes everyone knows where these whales end up on jap dinner tables ....!!!
well i think the japanese should leave Australias waters and never come back ..... !!
well i support greenpeace totally in what they are doing and they can count on further support from me in the 3rd and will do what i can in the "spirit" world also ..... thats about all i have to say except i have and will teach the whales to defend themselves in the "spirit" world .....you can post this if you want i dont care if people think im crazy ....

regards ....

QUATTRO....

SSCA are certainly not criminals, and it is laughable for anyone who is reading this blog in support of putting a stop to illegal whaling to say so. Whether you like them or not, SSCA and Greenpeace *do* share a common goal. Tactics may differ, and I don't side with one or the other. It is the common goal that should be focused on. Making such absurd accusations are not helpful. I find it even more amusing you speak of them as criminals when the focus should be on the real criminals-the whalers!

Anyway, now that is off my chest, back to the real story..

Sent to John Howards email address 3 days ago.
Just a bit pissed off at our pussy footed Aussie government for not standing up and stopping these criminals from infringing on our so called ? sanctuary.

Re; Japanese Whale cull.
Australia Must set an example that no other Nation on our earth will dare to question.
Everyone here (All fair dinkum Aussies) that I have questioned, are greatly upset that we are not appearing to do anything to stop the Japanese whaling fleet from slaughtering whales in our southern oceans, simply for food and profit. (for scientific study is a blatant lie and we all know it ). I applaud and honour Green Peace for their efforts to raise our awareness. The whale and dolphin are our cousins in the oceans. May Our God Help Us should we allow everything to be exploited and depleted from our childrens` futures.
I have paid my taxes for 40 years and demand that our Navy be engaged to prevent any more events. Make a stand that the rest of the world will take some notice of. The people of Australia are all behind you on this. We definitely don`t like being dictated to by the Japanese. It Must Stop NOW!

jt

I appreciate the efforts of the Greenpeace to raise our awareness for the protection of the whales. And I support your action whole-heartedly.

In order to prevent the Japanese whaling fleet from killing the whales in the Southern Ocean, is it possible as a tactic for our Greenpeace heroes to drop mooring lines and fishing nets to block their propellers eveytime the whalers are in action ?

Sam -

Thanks for your support, but we would never use such tactics. We avoid property damage as part of our philosophy of peaceful action - painting on the side of a ship is about as far as we would go. Some people would accuse us of being too conservative, other people of being too radical in our tactics, but we have to maintain true to who we really are as an organization if we are to have any hope of a positive effect.

By contrast, some members of the whaling fleet, such as the captain of the Nisshin Maru, are apparently willing to put our lives at risk, and damage our ships. Nonetheless, we remain determined and peaceful.

-- Andrew (on board the Esperanza)

JT -

Good on you. I encourage anyone reading this, who is as outraged as I am, to follow JT's example and contact their government. A personal letter or phone call is always best, but if you are short on time the easiest way is to use this form.

Thank you all for taking action.

-- Andrew (on board the Esperanza)

This is really crazy!

The Dutch news said today that the Japanese government wants to move the Dutch government to stop Greenpeace with there actions against whaling.

This because they blame Esperanza, and the ship is registered in Holland. The Japanese government says that Greenpeace activists are acting like pirates and putting the Japanese ships in danger.

Howe can they say this, please check the video! They ignore international laws and still want the Dutch governments support?!

I hope the Dutch government takes action against them!

RESPONSE FROM MIKE, GREENPEACE MEDIA OFFICER:

Dear all

We have made further inquiries about the Fisheries Agency of Japan
making formal contact with the Dutch Government, as the Arctic Sunrise is Dutch registered, and asking them to stop Greenpeace.

No such communication has been made. The Dutch government have no
document or communication of any description from Japan on this subject.

So complaints from the Fisheries Agency of Japan to the Dutch
authorities are about as illusive a peer reviewed publication from the Institute for Cetacean Research :)

mike

While i whole agree with the banning of whale fishing. Your presentation of the video is somewhat missleading.

Any mariner worth his salt can see that the whaling vessel is almost stationary.

But if you dont agree check out the othersides video, And make your own mind http://www.upicrwhale.org/gpandsea.htm .

For what its worth i hope the Capt. of the greenpeace vessel loses his ticket for endangering all those lives.

RESPONSE FROM ADELE, GREENPEACE WEB EDITOR:

Please see Lally's post "Idiot's Guide to Safe Navigation". The Captain of the Nisshin Maru breached several International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), thus endangering the lives of both his and our crew.

Dear friends,
thanks God,you kept upright!
I didn't only fix my eyes to the movie, but also my ears.
A very few seconds before the hit you can hear very clearly among the noise the order "hard to port". As your engine was working astern, the whaler was in "danger" to avoid a collision. This order fullfills ( at my opinion ) the case of premeditation. In the worst case you have could be drowned, and the whalers captain was willing to accept this consequencies.
If you didn't hear it by yourself, I hope I could help in the nearstanding case.

Best wishes

Michael Schultz-Brummer

Parabéns pela iniciativa de vocês.
Graças a Deus existe o Greenpeace e pessoas como vocês que muita coragem e espirito protetor, pra defender a natureza neste planeta, pessoas assim ainda são minoria, mas um dia todos vão acordar e perceber o mal que fazem, pela ganância e pelo poder.

O Greenpeace só percebeu isso primeiro e resolveu agir.
Nunca desisitam! NUNCA! PARABÉNS!