Wednesday February 15, 2012

Heda_Madness's past comments

  • 5

    Heda_Madness

    DJBooth, I really do wish you would stop accusing me of things that I haven't said. I strongly urge you to stop mentioning me in your posts unless you are directly quoting me. Something you would be unable to do in this case because I'm pretty sure that I haven't commented on Chinese boats in Japanese territorial waters.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • 2

    Heda_Madness

    Cletus, I think you need to understand the term international waters because you'll find that the contaguos waters are in international waters and although they are 'unwelcome' by the Australian government they have breached no law. Something that the Attorney general said a couple of days ago.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • -1

    Heda_Madness

    A nice image courtesy of Wikipedia that should hopefully explain the situation to those who are unsure:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zonmar-en.svg

    The fact is they were not only in Australia's EEZ (after being instructed by our government not to be) they where also inside our contaguos zone = international waters.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • 3

    Heda_Madness

    For those of you who think that the SS has won the PR battle. This is from a major Australian newspaper where it likens them to Somali pirates. The comments underneath are very interesting as well, calling Watson 'obnoxious', 'a nasty piece of work' etc

    http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/piersakerman/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/allpiratesmustbepunished

    Some claim that there is no such thing as bad PR. I'd be very interested to see the positive spin placed on this.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • 1

    Heda_Madness

    Well, I am an Australian residing on Japan and I take offense to my taxes and tsunami relief donations being used to support the so-called, 'research'.

    Well unless you gave your tsunami donations to the government you will be pleased to know that your donations have gone to Tohoku. But I think that you knew that already.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • 2

    Heda_Madness

    So the Australian Attorney General has been making statements of fact 'They were in international waters'.

    That's the top legal person. Making as a statement as a fact. Without knowing that the information she is saying is correct.

    That doesn't sound like something a legal person would do. When it would be pretty easy to disprove it.

    Unlike Paul Watson who cinstantly makes statements of fact which are ultimately disproven by evidence.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 3

    Heda_Madness

    This is Paul Watson we're talking about. If he genuinely believed that they were in Australian waters he would be telling Ms. Roxon that in no uncertain terms. The fact that a senior officila in Australia is clearly disagreeing with him speaks volumes.

    Paul Watson noted, in his book "Earthforce!":

    Watson advises readers to make up facts and figures when they need to, and to deliver them to reporters confidently,  "as Ronald Reagan did.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 1

    Heda_Madness

    Exactly. There's only one country in the world that is fighting whaling through the courts and to have your actions condemned by the Prime Minister and the Attorney General can not be regarded as a good thing.

    Posted in: Aussie PM criticizes antiwhaling activists after Japan decides to free them

  • 3

    Heda_Madness

    Cleo

    According to Australian Attorney-General Nicola Roxon....

    ...who apparently gets her information undiluted straight from Inwood. Maybe she needs to check the GIS on the SM2, which will show the exact location at 4:30 in the morning, the time of the boarding.

    From the horses mouth. Notice that he doesn't dispute her claim:

    Mr Watson criticised the federal government's response to the crisis as "the bullshit politics of betrayal". "Nicola Roxon has been quick to condemn these three brave men by saying they were detained by the Japanese in international waters and Australia would be powerless to stop them being taken back to Japan," Mr Watson said.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 3

    Heda_Madness

    A couple of interesting quotes:

    "We don't believe that it's an appropriate practice and we would like it to stop. We are not in the least bit impartial about that. "But that doesn't mean that there is a free open slather if people take the law into their own hands."

    And

    Mr Watson criticised the federal government's response to the crisis as "the bullshit politics of betrayal". "Nicola Roxon has been quick to condemn these three brave men by saying they were detained by the Japanese in international waters and Australia would be powerless to stop them being taken back to Japan," Mr Watson said.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 10

    Heda_Madness

    According to the Australian Attorney Genera 'the incident happened outside territorial waters'.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 1

    Heda_Madness

    It's in the hands of the moderator and the editor who I've emailed and I'm sure that they will be along in the future. Thanks for your input this evening, and I wish you the best of luck.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 6

    Heda_Madness

    From a recent article in the Australian press:

    The federal Environment Department said that in steaming through the EEZ, Shonan Maru No. 2 was acting within its rights to free navigation under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 6

    Heda_Madness

    A coast guard or coastguard is a national organization responsible for various services at sea. However the term implies widely different responsibilities in different countries

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 2

    Heda_Madness

    So just to confirm that you agree that it's not:

    technically be physically and forcibly removing Australian nationals from Australian territory without benefit of customs and immigration clearance, and incarcerating them on a foreign vessel for months

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 2

    Heda_Madness

    If the SM sails off south after the Steve Irwin, it will technically be physically and forcibly removing Australian nationals from Australian territory without benefit of customs and immigration clearance, and incarcerating them on a foreign vessel for months - ditto if it decides to head back to Japan with them.

    From the article:

    “It appears that the law that will cover (their) detention, for want of a better word, is the Japanese law,” said Roxon

    If anyone has the contact information for the Australian Attorney General, it seems that she is under the misconception that if you baord a foreign vessle you are in breach of the law of that nation. Cleo, on the other hand has a remarkable knowledge of Australian law and seems to think that they are in fact under Australian law.

    Posted in: 3 Sea Shepherd activists detained aboard Japanese whaling vessel

  • 0

    Heda_Madness

    Apparently some of the victims families were following the balloon in a car and saw it happen... you can't imagine what they must be going through. I've heard from an eyewitness that there was a clear problem with the balloon as the pilot was frantically pulling on the burner to get altitude though I'm not sure how much of an expert the eye witness is.

    Whatever, it is a very, very sad day for Carterton. RIP to all of those who lost their lives today.

    Posted in: 11 dead after hot air balloon crashes in New Zealand

  • -7

    Heda_Madness

    So you didn't look on the ICR website and find all of the papers that they'd published.

    You do make false claime. You've claimed 43 papers. You've claimed you've seen them on the ICR website. Yet you still maintain there are 43 papers. Something in all of that is false. Because there are a lot more than 43 papers. So that is a false claim.

    I can't be bothered to go through all of the data... I don't need to. There are many, many reasons why whaling could be banned. Tax payers money is a huge reason... and that's why the only way to stop the Japanese whaling is from internal pressure. And something that the SS supporters will not only never understand but should realise that the more they support the SS the stronger the position that the Japanese whalers have.

    Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd

  • -2

    Heda_Madness

    Quality argument there... we have different standards so argument ends there.

    How about we have a different understanding of the subject, one is based on science and education and the other is based on emotion. So yes, the argument should end there unless you feel the need to read up on the subject and then we could discuss it further? Up to you...

    Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd

  • -2

    Heda_Madness

    Because you falsely claimed that their reports were mostly weird. I thought it would make sense to highlight a report that you were familiar with. Or was there any particular reason in which you intentionally omitted it from your false accusations.

    Posted in: Japan whaling fleet obstructed by Sea Shepherd

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