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Whalers fire water at activists in Antarctic Ocean
AP via SFGate ^
| 2/2/9
| KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer
Posted on 02/02/2009 7:47:04 AM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL
I would’ve paid good money to see the water cannon shoot at the helicopter.
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posted on
02/02/2009 7:56:50 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(Close Gitmo now! Send them to Alcatraz!)
To: Hootch
I think the show is meant to build support for the Sea Shepherd but it really makes them out to be a bunch of snot nosed rabble rousers... ..and just think, they have editorial control so imagine how they really act unedited.
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posted on
02/02/2009 7:58:16 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: george76
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posted on
02/02/2009 7:58:57 AM PST
by
mnehring
To: struggle
I thought the left wanted us to respect other cultures.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:01:38 AM PST
by
Alcibiades
("First come smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire"--Roland Deschain)
To: Badeye
Whats the the big deal with whales anyway I know they have been over hunted but their just like any other critter
I sure have not seen not seen evidence that they are seninent
To: SmithL
This is the reason God invented the 40mm Bofors.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:10:02 AM PST
by
Larry381
(Join BlueServo and protect your border.(http://www.blueservo.net/))
To: Charlespg
Well said (if not well-spelt).
Whales = Protein.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:18:20 AM PST
by
agere_contra
(So ... where's the birth certificate?)
To: SmithL
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Terrorist Society also accused the whalers of throwing hunks of metal and golf balls at its members, lightly injuring two activists pirates in the fracas.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:19:45 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Jaxter
Should’ve just played Bruce Springsteen really loud. Would've had the same effect.
Yes I changed the channel when Leftiespring came on. The Idiots are playing dangerous game here on the open sea.I say sink them.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:19:54 AM PST
by
Cheetahcat
(Osamabama the Wright kind of Racist!)
To: SmithL
Enviroweenies sprayed with water cannon=bath for enviroweenies
To: Cheetahcat
International waters...Anything goes.
That’s all I’m saying ;)
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:25:26 AM PST
by
cups
To: george76; SmithL
Where does Watson get the funds for his exploits?Don't know for a fact but I'd say it's all donations from wackjobs. Look at PETA, the largest animal rights group in the country and funded by donations, also the wackiest run.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:35:39 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: cups
International waters...Anything goes.
If physically threatened in international waters, as far as I'm concerned a boat captain should practice the ocean going version of the three S's: Shoot, Sink, and Shutup.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:37:11 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(I shall give their president the same respect they gave mine)
To: george76
Maybe our military could start leasing space to some of these fishermen/whalers on our destroyers. I’d love to see that SOB Watson fire on one of THOSE boats!
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:37:53 AM PST
by
Red Reign
(Storm clouds gather. Fear not, it's a Red Reign that's coming.)
To: Larry381
This is the reason God invented the 40mm Bofors.It's too bad the Japanese government doesn't send a Navy gunboat or destroyer along with the fleet to protect them and just sink any pirate ship attacking them, Watson and his group are definitely pirates.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:42:12 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Hootch
I watch Whale Wars, just to cheer for the Japanese whalers. I think the show is meant to build support for the Sea Shepherd but it really makes them out to be a bunch of snot nosed rabble rousers... If someone from another ship comes over with the intent of disabling your ship in the open ocean, I say you blast them out of the water...I TIVO it so I can cheer on the Japanese and replay those idiot do-gooders' misforutunes. I occasionally rewatch the episode when those morons flipped their "dingy" when they tried to launch it. It still makes me laugh out loud.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:44:06 AM PST
by
The Good Doctor
(Democracy is the only system where you can vote for a tax that you can avoid the obligation to pay.)
To: JamesP81
That show “Whale Wars” onDiscovery channel is nuts!
They bored these vessels in the middle of the night and break their equipment! I’m not surpised the captain hasn’t been shot earlier!
If someone boards my ship in the middle of the night. They had better hope I don’t catch them. That’s all I’m saying.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:52:20 AM PST
by
cups
To: SmithL
A news clip I’d like to see:
And near Antarctic waters, the Russian whaling ship Ivan Rogov responded to a distress call from the conservationist ship Sea Shepherd. The Sea Shepherd had reported an engine room fire, and went down with all hands before the Ivan Rogov could get to the scene.
BTW, the Ivan Rogov is not a whaling ship.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:54:20 AM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(Leftism is a mental disorder.)
To: All
I think we should remember and take note of the different means of offensive weapons here that we as citizens may have to use against a vigilante type of crowd or illegal police force.
Such as the water cannon, sound amplifier and funny as it sounds the harpoon gun which does not require explosives but an ample air supply, case in point several episodes of Mythbusters have the air cannon.
This is not satire, the government will take or try to take away our firearms, so we must be prepared to improvise.
Either we do this or we will become the Eloi in the future.
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posted on
02/02/2009 8:55:32 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
To: SmithL
I don’t understand how these idiots can be allowed to impede a legal activity. Shouldn’t this guy be in jail if he rammed and sank whaling boats in the past? How is it that this is permitted to continue?
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posted on
02/02/2009 9:00:05 AM PST
by
PAR
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