Well Done Guys that showed extreme courage... but please be careful that was very close...and obviously those murders onboard those butcher vessels have no respect for human life
What an extremely gutsy action, I'm proud of you all. The japanese crew should be ashamed of themselves as they caused the 2 massive sides of their ships to close in on your inflatable, all the while blasting the canopy with hoses. So much for their oft repeated desires to emphasize safety, keep everyone from harm and to avoid dangerous situations and actions! Also chilling was the surface-level view of the harpoon vessel speeding towards the cam, its roaring engine at deafening levels... terrifying. Yet sure beats what the whales must experience as bombs vilolently pierce their bodies and explode within.
Oh my please be careful guys. I admire you all so much but to see those huge ships almost crushing you in the inflatable was horrific! Please keep safe, you are all heroes saving the whales but i wouldn't want to see any of you get hurt. Good luck and God speed.
Im sure I'm not the only one having shivers down my spine and tears in my eyes when watching this video.
No need to say you should take care -I know you are careful- but still..
May the force -and EVERYONE who knows that whaling is wrong- be with you! :-)
It's almost like the scene in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' Only, that's just a movie and this is for real. I admire what you're doing very much. Be careful and all good wishes.
Hi:
I was looking at this very powerful video. First congrats on the courage of the people who did it. To be completely honest, I don't see a real moral difference between this and the Sea Shepherd actions. Both are direct (perhaps unlawful?) action. Both disrupt the whalers. Anyway, it seems to me that the difference between Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace is one of nuance (I speak as a contributor to both). I guess different groups have to work with the way they are comfortable.
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Well Done Guys that showed extreme courage... but please be careful that was very close...and obviously those murders onboard those butcher vessels have no respect for human life
Posted by: Steve | January 22, 2008 8:51 AM
typo in my last comment it should have read "those murderers" think my fingers are getting dyslexic :)
Posted by: Steve | January 22, 2008 8:53 AM
What an extremely gutsy action, I'm proud of you all. The japanese crew should be ashamed of themselves as they caused the 2 massive sides of their ships to close in on your inflatable, all the while blasting the canopy with hoses. So much for their oft repeated desires to emphasize safety, keep everyone from harm and to avoid dangerous situations and actions! Also chilling was the surface-level view of the harpoon vessel speeding towards the cam, its roaring engine at deafening levels... terrifying. Yet sure beats what the whales must experience as bombs vilolently pierce their bodies and explode within.
Posted by: Eric | January 22, 2008 10:35 AM
You missed the oppurtunity to stick on a Argos satellite tag as a locator beacon for the Nisshin Maru!
Posted by: Dorian | January 22, 2008 10:35 AM
You missed the opportunity to stick on a Argos satellite tag as a locator beacon for the Nisshin Maru!
Posted by: Dorian | January 22, 2008 10:35 AM
Oh my please be careful guys. I admire you all so much but to see those huge ships almost crushing you in the inflatable was horrific! Please keep safe, you are all heroes saving the whales but i wouldn't want to see any of you get hurt. Good luck and God speed.
Posted by: Alison Edwards | January 22, 2008 11:43 AM
Im sure I'm not the only one having shivers down my spine and tears in my eyes when watching this video.
No need to say you should take care -I know you are careful- but still..
May the force -and EVERYONE who knows that whaling is wrong- be with you! :-)
Posted by: Diana Berg | January 22, 2008 2:25 PM
It's almost like the scene in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' Only, that's just a movie and this is for real. I admire what you're doing very much. Be careful and all good wishes.
Posted by: Sybren | January 22, 2008 4:03 PM
Amazing courage. What a gift you are to our world. Thank you.
Posted by: Joy Carter | January 22, 2008 7:49 PM
Hi:
I was looking at this very powerful video. First congrats on the courage of the people who did it. To be completely honest, I don't see a real moral difference between this and the Sea Shepherd actions. Both are direct (perhaps unlawful?) action. Both disrupt the whalers. Anyway, it seems to me that the difference between Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace is one of nuance (I speak as a contributor to both). I guess different groups have to work with the way they are comfortable.
Congrats on your courage again.... Bob Orr
Posted by: Bob Orr | January 23, 2008 12:08 AM
Thankyou all for your support, will pass it on to the others onboard!
Cheers
Iréne
Posted by: Irene on the Esperanza | January 23, 2008 3:02 AM
Nice *gesture* towards the whales, Green Peace ... why not pull the Esperanza in there?
Posted by: Karen | January 23, 2008 7:12 AM