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Sea Shepherd defends decision to expel activist

Crime Jun. 10, 2010 - 12:29PM JST ( 10 )

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TahoochiJun. 10, 2010 - 02:41PM JST

Way to cover yer own a$$ Watson.
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hrd1231Jun. 10, 2010 - 03:20PM JST

Seriously, this guy had a bow and arrow with him? What a moron!
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davidattokyoJun. 10, 2010 - 03:26PM JST

Watson has some amusing propaganda for his drones here as well: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-100602-1.html

Says Watson:

"[A] tactic is to hire bloggers to post comments on news sites and social network sites accusing Sea Shepherd of being racially motivated to attack Japanese whalers because they are Japanese and not because they are criminal whalers."

He forgot to mention South Park's criticisms, newspaper editorial criticisms, etc. Funny that.

In the same article, Watson says:

"We simply need to ignore the criticisms, ignore any negativity in the media or on social network sites. We especially need to ignore the manipulations of public relations professionals. We should never respond nor acknowledge the opposing opinions of those who would distract us from the primary focus and objective of ending whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary."

OK then, so let's expect that Watson and his cult club members will no longer be responding to any criticisms of them and their violence. They will just ignore the criticism and keep their focus.

More: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-100609-1.html

Says Watson,

[Bethune] violated a basic tenet of the rules of engagement of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and thus we had no alternative but to make the decision to not have Captain Bethune participate in future campaigns.

How what Bethune did violated any "rules" SS might have, considering the violence demonstrated by Watson himself on various occasions, is hard to fathom.

We expect the conflict to escalate in the 2010/2011 season and we must expect that more Sea Shepherd crew may be taken prisoner or injured. But when we say we are willing to risk our lives and our freedom to defend the whales, we must be prepared to walk the walk.

When he says "we", he means "my crew of volunteers, but not me [Watson himself]".

And unless SS eco-terrorists go illegally boarding foreign vessels on the high seas there's no reason to expect any to be "taken prisoner". And they get themselves injured all of the time through their own incompetence at sea.
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Zenny11Jun. 10, 2010 - 03:26PM JST

1.) Why expel him 6-months after the incident. Heck the bow and arrow was well reported in the media. Paul has a short memory as he accused the japanese of smugling those on board the AG.

2.) He is going to jail as he "pleaded guilty to 4 charges.

3.) Being expelled 6-month after an "un-authorized" boarding won't do anything in court.

Not sure what kool-aid Paul Watson is drinking.

But to me and many others SS made themselves look like fools by doing this.
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davidattokyoJun. 10, 2010 - 03:39PM JST

Zenny11,

This doesn't seem strange for nothing, something has been going on behind the scenes that SS doesn't want anyone to know about, but for one reason or another they decided to put the big boot into Bethune.

SS activists are expendable to Watson, who never puts his own huge posterior on the line.
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davidattokyoJun. 10, 2010 - 07:41PM JST

Funny...

We should never respond nor acknowledge the opposing opinions of those who would distract us from the primary focus and objective of ending whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary."

Is this why there aren't any anti-whaling voices in the comments on this story?
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OssanAmericaJun. 10, 2010 - 10:17PM JST

Whatever Watson's actual strategy may be, I think it's pretty clear that even SS supporters, and most certainly not Bethune's wife, is buying Sea Sheperd's "reason" for expelling him.
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davidattokyoJun. 10, 2010 - 10:54PM JST

In the trial today the defence introduced this thing about Bethune being expelled by SS as "evidence".

It's all inconsistent though, showing Bethune to be a big liar. In the court he already said he didn't think he'd be going to Antarctica again. Then yesterday when "told" of his "expulsion" from SS, he said he was "gutted".

If he wasn't planning to go again with SS then why would he be gutted. Correct answer Bethune, was "I don't care I regret my actions and wouldn't do it again anyway".

It's all fake.
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goddogJun. 11, 2010 - 07:22PM JST

I say arm the hales and put this dude on a canoe and let the whales have fun with him