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hobbsy70
What do you mean J-whaler using water cannons against another vessel, using pepper spray, & LRAD's, against civilian vessels does account for piracy? Because I am sure if SSCS had been doing the very same you would be saying exactly that. Or are you saying it is ok for J-whaling vessels to ram, sink, use military grade weapons, but no one can defend themselves from??? Lt the hypocrasy reign...
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hobbsy70
Ossan, do you mean,"a pirate is defined as someone who commits an act of violence for private ends", such as the J-whalers deliberately ramming the AG to get it out of their way for their own personal gains, eg money earned from slaughtering whales???
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hobbsy70
From Ossan's article;
"Under the law of the sea, a pirate is defined as someone who commits an illegal act of violence for private ends (such as money) against another vessel on the high seas.
Bethune admittedly boarded the Shonan Maru under cover of darkness and seemingly presented himself in a peaceful manner to the captain. A peaceful demand for money may not be an act of piracy. It is a difficult case to make"
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hobbsy70
Seems the Japanese should look at how to make a salad out of these, since there is little all fish, whales, or dolphins to catch in your coastal waters. As they say you reap what you sow...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYksj67nF_I
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hobbsy70
nandakandamanda, BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sorry but that is one of the funniest comments on here, & you just showed what lack of understanding Japanese have after all these years of "research". Whales migrate long distances between feeding & breeding grounds, both require totally different environments & conditions. Captive breeding in even the smallest of cetaceans has proven to be a failure, just look at Orca's ,& dolphins, & the very limited number that have ever successfully been bred in captivity. Mercury in whales comes from what they eat during their lives, & are stored in the meat,(just as it is in all apex predators just like you), so it cannot be 'bred' out, nor 'leached' out, unless you are going to totally reverse all the effects of the industrial age, & all the contaminants, PCB's, Mercury, other heavy metals, etc, etc that have been put back into the environment, & remove all these from all the air, & oceans on the planet!!!
But then one of the "GREAT INFORMATIVE" papers to come from this "research" was inseminating whale sperm into cow eggs!!! So maybe Japanese scientists plan on mutating whales/crossbreeding to make "Cowwhales", that they can then populate all Japans vast farming grounds with? Ohh that is right Japan does not have vast farming grounds, & relies on imports from others to feed themselves!
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hobbsy70
USNinJapan2 as someone with nautical understanding can see the AG was at idle, they were not approaching the SM2 prior to the collision,(even can be heard in their comments shot by AP, an independant film crew). The SM2 is seen to come hard to starboard, at speed, while the AG having right of way, & at idle had no steerage, yet the Captain of the SM2 continued to bear down on her! You can clearly see the speed of the SM2 by her moments thru the water, & here turn to starboard by her moments listing to port. As you have stated a vessel approaching/overtaking from the port quarter MUST give way. The SM2 was the vessel carrying speed, thus had helm, while the AG did not. Whether a vessel has bothered you earlier or not,(the AG was actually manouvering around the NM, not the SM2 previous, by your own admissions) as you know this is breaking all maritime laws of safe navigation. Do you honestly believe a vessel can operate outside the law & not be bought to answer for her actions? If so then SSCS by those same rules do not have to answer to anything bought against them!
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hobbsy70
kwatt, something you do not seem to understand, every Captain of a vessel is required to operate his vessel by the rules of the sea, & safe navigation, whether he works for the "Japanese Ministries of Fisheries" or not! He was not in Japanese waters when he broke these laws, therefore the JCG has no authority. So he is accountable to the relevant local Authorities, Aus waters, & a NZ registered vessel...
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hobbsy70
More like the vessel that does not have right of way has to 'stand to', stay clear of the right of way vessel. To overtake a vessel from the port quarter the Captain is required by law to give his coordinates, & make clear his intentions to the vessel he is overtaking. It is quite simple Heda, maybe you to should do some research & reading of maritime laws & educate yourself, rather than comment on something you have no understanding of...
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hobbsy70
Yes Heda, he has presented himself to the Australian Authorities whilst the SI was last in Perth, at the same time he made statutary declarations to the NZ inquiry. Still awaiting the SM2 Captain to also do the same & prove his innocence, as it is a fair enquiry they also want his side, unlike a lot of posters on here who have NO understanding of maritime law, & how, & why the AG had right of way...
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hobbsy70
& kwatt, I am not even going to waste my time anymore explaining how the SM2 is responsible & culpable for the ramming of the AG, & how & what maritime laws it broke to do so. Maybe you would just be better reading maritime laws & safe navigation at sea rules for yourself so you can educate yourself, & understand. We are all waiting for the Captain of the SM2 to front up to 2 inquires currently going on into the collision, & both have which requested his presence & account. & if he has done nothing wrong then I guess he has nothing to fear from these inquests & would be willing to present himself to clear his name, huh?
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hobbsy70
& if you have not seen "The Cove" already it shows were a LOT of the other money goes,& how, in bribes...
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hobbsy70
$720,000,000 per year to the fisheries dept, $20,000,000 per year directly to the Antarctic hunt...
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hobbsy70
GP activists have been arrested & charged, GP has been sued, still to this date has a SSCS member been charged, nor sued for their a actions. Japan currently has 2 GP activists in custody, yet SSCS crew are able to travel without fear of arrest, there are NO international arrest warrents for SSCS members. Aus & NZ officials still wish to interview the Captain of the SM2, is be going to show for these interviews? Or just like with 'Animal Planet' are they going to refuse? The Japanese whalers are using military grade weapons against civillians, the J-whalers are breaking every rule of the sea, & hav e been documented back as far as 1999 doing so, long before SSCS entered Antarctic waters, back when they called GP an 'eco-terrorist' group, now they have a new group to complain about, yet are still propagating the very same propaganda, word for word! The world no longer believes it, the worlds media is reporting on J-whalers using pepper spray & coming off second best, the world gets to see 'Whale Wars' & knows the J-whalers have a chance to put their side across, yet refuse & choose to hide their actions from an independant group reporting on! Why would they do this unless they had something to hide, & that they did not want the test of the world to see?
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hobbsy70
SSCS has saved hundreds of whales each year it has gone to Antarctica, j-whalers have never reached their quota while SSCS have been there. Animal Planet want, & have tried putting film crews onboard J-whaling vessel to report their side, the ICR has refused each time because it has something to hide, & does not want the world to see the truth.
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hobbsy70
Maybe the J-whalers should read the operating instructions before using military grade weapons???
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/19-15/CH9.htm
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hobbsy70
kwatt, this 'new' video was posted yesterday & does not show the Ghostbusters, the still shots also do not show anything new, they just show a RIV operating beside the SM2, in which case it shows what the Ghostbusters were aiming at, & how they shot themselves in the face with pepper spray, BAHAHAHAHAHAHA, sorry but it makes me laugh every time I see or talk about it...
Got to love how they post it as a RIV is attacking vessels of over 1,000tons in the case of the SM2, & over 5,000ton & probably closer to 10ton for the NM!!!
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hobbsy70
You can also see the wake from the SSCS vessel they were aiming at! & maybe they were just rubbing their eyes after because they were crying because they miss home so much!!!
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hobbsy70
You can hear their warnings in the background, but maybe they were just testing that at the same time huh taj?
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hobbsy70
I, unlike the J-gov or whalers, am happy to admit when I am wrong. Thank you for pointing out that Iceland is still a member, as I thought they had withdrawn...
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hobbsy70
Sorry Peachy871, you are correct, I retract the previous comment, but it also does talk of strict controls on where & how the whales are caught...
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