anyone watch whale wars tonite?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

found this vid of the boat getting hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQPzy6Z6UIo

watch the back of the black boat  at 10 secs very lil prop wash shows as they sit still at 16 or so you see them for what ever reason gas it(or in this case diesel it) and by 19 you can see they have it digging pretty good and driving into the path of the whaler  not sure why  if it was an accident or they thought they were playing chicken.

[Hawkmoon]

That was last year, I've seen it before. I also saw the same collision filmed from a third vessel. It's plainly obvious that the smaller craft (was it a catamaran or a trimaran?) accelerated directly into the path of the Japanese whaling ship. IMHO there's no doubt they did it with the express intention of causing a collision. I'm not sure they quite recognized that the result would be the sinking of their "ship," though.

I've also seen other videos of the greenies deliberately ramming the Japanese mother ship with the Steve Irwin -- which is a real, honest-to-Blackbeard, steel-hulled, ocean-going ship. They're lunatics. I don't especially support or even sympathize with Japanese whaling. I think it's obvious that they are gaming the treaty. But the southern ocean is a dangerous place, and any ship that attacks another ship fully deserves to get a few rounds out of an 8" gun.

[makattak]

That was last year, I've seen it before. I also saw the same collision filmed from a third vessel. It's plainly obvious that the smaller craft (was it a catamaran or a trimaran?) accelerated directly into the path of the Japanese whaling ship. IMHO there's no doubt they did it with the express intention of causing a collision. I'm not sure they quite recognized that the result would be the sinking of their "ship," though.

I've also seen other videos of the greenies deliberately ramming the Japanese mother ship with the Steve Irwin -- which is a real, honest-to-Blackbeard, steel-hulled, ocean-going ship. They're lunatics. I don't especially support or even sympathize with Japanese whaling. I think it's obvious that they are gaming the treaty. But the southern ocean is a dangerous place, and any ship that attacks another ship fully deserves to get a few rounds out of an 8" gun.

They may be "gaming" the treaty, but they only agreed to sign the treaty with those loopholes put in.

The enviro-nuts may not like it, but they are hunting a very abundant resource as well as studying it.

I have to ask if they'd prefer the Japanese go back to hunting Humpbacks?

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

they showed the capt of the sunk ship discussing cutting the rop off a whaling ship while it was refueling at sea.  that would warrant a harsh response   not a place for a ship to be disabled

[makattak]

they showed the capt of the sunk ship discussing cutting the rop off a whaling ship while it was refueling at sea.  that would warrant a harsh response   not a place for a ship to be disabled

Yeah, the enviro-nuts don't care about human lives.

Honestly, I think they should be sunk as pirates, but, of course, the Japanese are aware that may cause some bad PR.

[41magsnub]

I liked the one where the Japanese brought back the Kamikaze pilots and sank the Sea Shepard.  

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

i thought kicking their boy out while he was in jail was classy 
 though i am tickled to death they dumped a 1/2 mill in legal fees