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  • From: rayzentz AT aim.com
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Whale Wars
  • Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:58:31 -0500

I love whales.   I find they're best on rice, with just a hint of soy sauce.


;-)




Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: Homestead List <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 9:37 pm
Subject: [Homestead] Whale Wars



I watched this show tonight on Animal Planet and I don't know what to
hink. I'm actually kind of repulsed. Maybe repulsed is too strong of a
ord, but I do believe people should take responsibility for their
ctions, and I think these guys are reckless. I think it is another
xample of a good intentions gone amok-people caught up in paving the
oad to hell. Maybe I am wrong, maybe that's just a knee-jerk reaction
ecause I don't know enough about this, but that is what I think right
ow. Basically, the premise is that the crew of the Sea Shepherd vessel
teve Irwin goes out looking for Japanese ships who are whaling-legally
haling I might add. The Japanese vessels are also apparently
onducting research on whales, doing what looked to me like harvesting
hales for organs, etc. (I don't know what kind of research, but it is a
ommon practice to look at the livers of animals for toxins and
ollutants) The Sea Shepherd (SS) organization is run by
aul Watson who was the co-founder of Greenpeace, who was kicked out of
aid organization because he was considered too aggressive. They have
ne mission, to save the whales,,,,all whales...Here is his side of the
quation:
ttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/01/18476380.php
ttp://
www.counterpunch.org/watson02082008.html
personally can't decide whether he is a hero or terrorist, or in the
ore benign words of Bill O'Reilly, a pinhead or a patriot... :) I mean
f Greenpeace thinks you are too aggressive, then you are practically a
errorist, right..lol.. ;) Seriously, these people are way out there on
he edge..I think they must have more money than sense.
hey chase down the ships, and toss "love bombs" onto the decks of the
hips to make the decks slippery, board vessels without permission, and
n the show tonight, they also used a device designed to foul
ropellers. That would cause thousands of dollars of damage to a large
hip. Also on the show, they chased and had two volunteers board the
essel. When the Japanese crew tied up the SS members, SS called
veryone they could creating an international incident related to the
kidnapping'. Now, I personally think that if you chase down and board
nother ship, you can't exactly call that kidnapping.
t any rate, I'll watch a few more shows before I make a final
udgment, but thought I would mention it here, knowing that most of us
ave an environmental soft spot. Friday night at 9 is the time slot.
he question is, how far is it ok to go and are they really justified in
rying to stop all whaling by any means necessary, including whaling by
ndigenous peoples? Remember, they are against all whaling, even if it
s legal.
Bev
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Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to
ate. Hate lead
s to suffering.” Yoda
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