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OssanAmerica
Yes, I am not at all surprised that you should question the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a U.S. Federal law enforcement agency's own definition of "eco-terrorism".
I am also not surprised that you support criminal violent actions without authorization or jursdiction as long as the target is "Japan" in some form.
Posted in: Anti-whalers find Japanese harpoon ship
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OssanAmerica
"Since 1977, when disaffected members of the ecological preservation group Greenpeace formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets, acts of "eco-terrorism" have occurred around the globe. The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature."
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-threat-of-eco-terrorism
Hope this helps.
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OssanAmerica
Not much of a victory. In fact not much of anything other than to stay in the news. SSCS being told by the Australian government that those "drones" require an EIA before use is more news. Or the fuel tax.
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OssanAmerica
Swiss Toni, you are the one who is wrong and in denial of SSCS' true nature and identity. Greenpeace, WWF, they are "Conservation" societies. Sea Shepherd are not, they are eco-terrorists.
http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/o/347-sea-shepherd-conservation-society
"Though self-named a “Conservation Society,” Sea Shepherd is a violent organization. Its purpose is to ram and sink ships. Earth Warrior author David Morris details one such voyage in search of driftnetters. Even in this gushing account, Morris notes, “The gunfire that accompanied our attack on the Japanese ships was not defensive.” So it’s no surprise that Sea Shepherd’s expeditions have served as a fitting training ground for other animal-rights militants. Rodney Coronado has long been involved with criminal groups such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), which the FBI has identified as the country’s most dangerous domestic terrorist threat, and the special-interest ALF subset known as SHAC. He was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for the 1992 arson of a Michigan State University research laboratory. He admitted to at least six other arsons in a November 30, 2002 speech. In January 2003, he demonstrated to a group gathered at American University the “correct” way to build a firebomb out of household materials. And Paul Watson gave him his start. Coronado joined SSCS immediately after graduating from high school in 1984. Two years later, he proposed a plan to covertly attack Iceland’s whaling industry. He and David Howitt, a British bicycle mechanic, destroyed a whale-processing facility there, and sank two of the Icelandic whaling fleet’s four ships. Watson supported the plan and SSCS took responsibility for the destruction. In the mid-’90s, Coronado again wanted to join a SSCS expedition. But he was wanted for questioning by the FBI and Watson said no. Watson was regretful, however, calling him “an excellent crew member and the best damn activist I ever had.” These words give the lie to Watson’s claim that “we have absolutely no links with the so-called Animal Liberation Front.”
The FBI rhas eferred to Sea Shepherd as an eco-terrorist organization:
"Since 1977, when disaffected members of the ecological preservation group Greenpeace formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets, acts of "eco-terrorism" have occurred around the globe. The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature."
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-threat-of-eco-terrorism
Posted in: Huge waves damage Sea Shepherd boat during chase
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OssanAmerica
If China wasn't claming Taiwan or theatening to take it by force for the last 50 years...they just might.
Posted in: China, Taiwan complain after Japanese politicians land on disputed isles
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OssanAmerica
Swisstoni, I'm afraid it;s not "BS" at all. SSCS's actvities are widely available on many sites as well as on youtube. You're playing semantic games with the word "attack" as if throwing any objects at people, or attempting to immobilize a ship in antarctic waters doesnb't constitute an "attack". The fact is that it does and it is of a violent and criminal nature. You are attempting to claim thatg an organizaton that proud;ly bosts of sinking and ramming ships doesn't "attack" anybody. Let's get real. Obviously you are unaware of, or choose to ignore. SSCS'sd past history and clashes with the law in Canada, Norway and Iceland.You are also totally misguided in that SSCI's crimanal actions have not had the "desired effect", unless your desired effect os to harden the Research Whaler's position and put monrey Paul Watson and Discovery Channel's coffers. Read what Greenpeace has to say about SSCS. They wre anti-whaling before they kicked Watson out for his propensity for excessive violence.
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OssanAmerica
SSCSforver, Your band of eco-terrorists have an openly declared mission and intent to harass the research whalers. They are the ones going out of their way to approach them and to interfere with their opertations. The resreacgh whalers in contrast, have an openly declared mission and intent to hunt whales, nothing more., Every action nthat the reserch whalers have taken regading the SSCI eco[terrtprists has been defensive to protect themselves and their activity. SSCSI and Watson have a long history of seeking media flash with absurd and blatant lies. No body with half a mind actually believes that anyone ever shot anybody. Or that any bullet would miraculously stop either. WAtso is just short of claiming that he can walk on water. How anyone feels about whaling, about research whaling, or even their personal racist beliefs is irrelevant to the issue at hand, namely that one can not conduct criminal acts of violence to achieve their aims. Greenpeace, who are obviously anti-whaling won't have anything to do with the SSCS eco-terrorists. Read http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/news/paul-watson-sea-shepherd-and/
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OssanAmerica
Not one of the above emo tidbits justify violence against other people. Nor does it justify supporting the criminals who carry out such acts of violence. At least not if one is a civilized sane law abiding individual who respects the rights of other people and law and order. As even Paul watson says...philosphical lunacy.
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OssanAmerica
Please stop repeating this totally unsubstaniated speculation. How can you be "sure"? Are you onboard one of the ships?
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OssanAmerica
If we let China draw the line off the Okinawa coast, in 5 years it'll be off Guam and in 10 off Oahu. Give it 20 years and maybe olff San Diego?
Posted in: China, Taiwan complain after Japanese politicians land on disputed isles
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OssanAmerica
There's nothing wrongwith being anti-whaling. But there is somethjing seriously wrong with using that sentiment to justify conducting and supporting criminal viloent activities. Pleaswe rad what Greenpeace has to say about Sea Shepherd. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/news/paul-watson-sea-shepherd-and/
Anti-Whaling per se is not. However Sea Shepherd has managed to find the perfect mix of cultural imperialism and racism as well as territorial nationalism to provide support for it;s criminal acts of violence.
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OssanAmerica
You have no idea what you are talking about., The Inuit people currently hunt whales and nobody is prepared to argue that whaliong isn't their tradiution or "heritage". But now they use outboard engines, high powered rifles and carry the whale meat on snowmobiles to the local supermarkets. The acivity is the heritage not he equipment.
Whaling is not fishing. Even then, all nations fish in international waters.
Posted in: Anti-whaling activists use drone to track Japan fleet
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OssanAmerica
Why do people need to makle up their minds when information is slowly coming out?
Speculation goes both ways. The necessity to transfer tools of violence, butryc acid bottles, lazers, entanglement ropes. etc off the BB that was goiing to be towed into port for repairs took priority. What is " interesting" is that the possibility that the Bob Barker arrived first but did not render assistance and tow the BB back.
And what "certain vessels" are thse cleo? There has bewen no mention in any news sources. ibcluding this article of any vessels receiving a distress call and not responding.
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OssanAmerica
Whaling as an activity has been done not just in Wakayama but even in places as large as Nagasaki. To claim that whaling is not part of Japanese culture because it was only done in coastal communties is like saying catching Lobsters is not part o Ameriucan culture because it is done only in New England coastal communities.
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OssanAmerica
Yes I agree. Strongly recommend you read this Non-whaling related site to understand just exactly who Seas Shepherd is and their background and relation to other eco-terrorist groups.
http://activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/o/347-sea-shepherd-conservation-society
"Though self-named a “Conservation Society,” Sea Shepherd is a violent organization. Its purpose is to ram and sink ships. Earth Warrior author David Morris details one such voyage in search of driftnetters. Even in this gushing account, Morris notes, “The gunfire that accompanied our attack on the Japanese ships was not defensive.” So it’s no surprise that Sea Shepherd’s expeditions have served as a fitting training ground for other animal-rights militants. Rodney Coronado has long been involved with criminal groups such as the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), which the FBI has identified as the country’s most dangerous domestic terrorist threat, and the special-interest ALF subset known as SHAC. He was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for the 1992 arson of a Michigan State University research laboratory. He admitted to at least six other arsons in a November 30, 2002 speech. In January 2003, he demonstrated to a group gathered at American University the “correct” way to build a firebomb out of household materials. And Paul Watson gave him his start. Coronado joined SSCS immediately after graduating from high school in 1984. Two years later, he proposed a plan to covertly attack Iceland’s whaling industry. He and David Howitt, a British bicycle mechanic, destroyed a whale-processing facility there, and sank two of the Icelandic whaling fleet’s four ships. Watson supported the plan and SSCS took responsibility for the destruction. In the mid-’90s, Coronado again wanted to join a SSCS expedition. But he was wanted for questioning by the FBI and Watson said no. Watson was regretful, however, calling him “an excellent crew member and the best damn activist I ever had.” These words give the lie to Watson’s claim that “we have absolutely no links with the so-called Animal Liberation Front.”
In 1977 the FBI referred to Sea Shepherd as an eco-terrorist organization:
"Since 1977, when disaffected members of the ecological preservation group Greenpeace formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and attacked commercial fishing operations by cutting drift nets, acts of "eco-terrorism" have occurred around the globe. The FBI defines eco-terrorism as the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against innocent victims or property by an environmentally-oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature."
http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-threat-of-eco-terrorism
Hope this helps.
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OssanAmerica
Japan sets its own regulation because IWC REGULATION VIII says they are to do it. In fact Japan is in full compliance with said Article. The IWC had a chance to revise this and set quotas but the hardcore antiwhaling fanatics like Australia wrecked that possibnility with their "not one whale must be killed" stupidity. As for bribing IWC members this is a tactic first employed by the Anti-Whaling faction, not any whaling country.
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OssanAmerica
Inrteresting that news has come out that the Bob Barker actually responded to the BB's distress call first, arrived on site and the crews transferred the BB's stores and equipment to the Bob Barker, which then left in pursuit of the research whaling fleet. The BB was left alone immobilized and waiting for the Steve Irwin to arrive.
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OssanAmerica
No one, including you, has the necessary information to form an opinion as to whether the Research Whalers could have done better or worse. Considering that the BB was assisted and safely towed, this whole thing is history and your efforts to vifily the resarch whalers is not only unsubstantiated and unfounded, but utterly pointless.
You have every right to criticize indecision and "doing nothing". However it would behoove you limit such criticism to siuations where it applies. Not to situations where you have to create a fanatasy scenario to apply it.
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OssanAmerica
No that's incorrect. Japan was whalijng with the same equipment and vessels as the United States, England, Australia, Norway, Russia etc etc as early as the 1920s. What's cultural is whaling and consuming whale meat, not the equipment.
What country has the right to tell others to change something that's part of their heritage? We call that cultural imperialism.
Whaling, whether commercial or research, isn't fishing. Strip mining is an environmentally devastating method enmployed mostly by countries like Australia, Canada and trhe United States. And the Japanese are not conducting research whaling in anybodsy's waters, they are doing it in international waters.
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OssanAmerica
In this specific instance I would even defend SSCS if they were the target of baseless accusations such as the ones you have presented.
Nothing has transpired to suggest that would not happen.
Thank you for your speculative fantasy. But that is all that it is; your personal fantasy as to the course of events. Additionally, on board a ship that is not how it works. The Master (or captain) is responsible for everything that goes on with the ship and providing assistance to any ship in distress under the internatiomnal maritime regulations is included. Ships do not request instructions with regard to matters of navigation or maritime protocol.
The tsunami, earthquake and nuclear reactor disaster have nothing to do with how a ship at sea functions. Please give it up, this is gettinng seriously silly. Are you so bent on demonizing the research Whalers that you have to concoct a fanatsy scenario in order to lay blame?
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