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Protest ship 'sunk by whalers'
news.com.au ^ | 6th January 2010

Posted on 01/05/2010 10:12:48 PM PST by naturalman1975

ANTI-whaling group Sea Shepherd have confirmed one of their protest ships was sunk by Japanese whalers.

The Ady Gil, a lightweight 24m (79-foot) boat went under after being rammed off Antarctica by Shonam Maru, a ship detailed to provide security to the rest of the whaling fleet.

All six crew members have been rescued.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: ecoterrorists; japan; maritime; napl; seabattle; seashepherd; whaling
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Shonan Maru


Ady Gil

1 posted on 01/05/2010 10:12:49 PM PST by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975
The ship is one of three Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessels battling Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean.

The Ady Gil WAS one of the ships

One down and only two to go.

2 posted on 01/05/2010 10:19:24 PM PST by TYVets (Let's Roll!!! The leadership of the GOP has no spine and no guts, but we conservatives do)
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To: naturalman1975

good. Play with fire, you get burned.


3 posted on 01/05/2010 10:19:55 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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“All six crew members have been rescued.”

Damn :(


4 posted on 01/05/2010 10:20:11 PM PST by rae4palin (islam is of the devil)
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To: naturalman1975

Looks like the ecoterrorists are well funded.

Pray for America’s Freedom


5 posted on 01/05/2010 10:20:19 PM PST by bray (What ya in for Son? No Health Insurance. Me too.)
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To: naturalman1975
I told my wife the day they announced they were renaming and taking the EarthRacer boat with them on their open seas piracy attempt that they'd stick that sucker in front of a whaling ship, and then claim that it was sunk by the Japanese. And lo and behold, look what happened.

I hope Discovery Channel got some good footage of the entire event including any conspiracy to place it in harm's way. But this will be a blow for the Japanese; the EarthRacer boat was extremely popular in Australia, and it's sinking will rally a new round of donations to the Sea Shepperd pirates.

6 posted on 01/05/2010 10:21:40 PM PST by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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That big ship chased it down and rammed it, huh? More like the little one was harrassing them i bet, cutting too close in front, or trying to force the Japanese to change course. They are no better than somali pirates. Love it when libs get real consequences for their theater.


7 posted on 01/05/2010 10:22:04 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs earn thi title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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8 posted on 01/05/2010 10:23:29 PM PST by robomatik (III %)
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To: DesertRhino

They’re doing their cause no good either.

Most Australians probably don’t like the Japanese whalers. I’m one of them. But the Japanese aren’t breaking the law and so what I like and dislike is irrelevant - they have the right to do what they are doing.

What Sea Shepherd and similar groups try to do does break laws, and while I might agree with their goal, their methods means I can’t support them.


9 posted on 01/05/2010 10:24:34 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Captain Paul Watson and his bumbling crew continues to be owned by the Japanese Whalers.


10 posted on 01/05/2010 10:25:29 PM PST by Jeff Gordon (Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Say hello to the Rainbow Warrior down there.

Glub, glub.


11 posted on 01/05/2010 10:26:43 PM PST by mkjessup (The Dear Comrade B'rack Hussein Mugabe says U.S. Intelligence "screwed up".)
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12 posted on 01/05/2010 10:27:14 PM PST by robomatik (III %)
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I hope they sink every one of them !!!!!


13 posted on 01/05/2010 10:28:58 PM PST by dalereed
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“All six crew members have been rescued.”

They should have left them for the sharks!


14 posted on 01/05/2010 10:30:24 PM PST by dalereed
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The way the Ady Gil looks, I’d expect Otter to jump out of it and punch Greg Marmalard.


15 posted on 01/05/2010 10:32:57 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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LOL, "this is GREAT!!!!"
16 posted on 01/05/2010 10:34:05 PM PST by mkjessup (The Dear Comrade B'rack Hussein Mugabe says U.S. Intelligence "screwed up".)
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To: naturalman1975

I don’t approve of whaling, but had to laugh at this. It reminds me of the eco-whackos who were sailing their solar-wind-muscle powered boat up to the artic when the whole thing broke down, and they had to be rescued by an OIL TANKER. God has such a great sense of humor.


17 posted on 01/05/2010 10:36:00 PM PST by hsalaw
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It is pleasing that such a cute, rather gay boat got scuttled.

Don't bring a skiff to a whaler fight, sweeties.

18 posted on 01/05/2010 10:40:00 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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The Ady Gil (previously named Earth Race)had just set a speed record for circumnavigation. What a freaking waste.


19 posted on 01/05/2010 10:41:48 PM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: naturalman1975
What Sea Shepherd and similar groups try to do does break laws, and while I might agree with their goal, their methods means I can’t support them.I do not see tham any differently than I would anyone else interfering with a lawful hunt.

It may make good eco-theater, but I refuse to watch the shows on Tv after having sat through one.

The anti-whalers seem unhinged to me. If they have a grievance, the place to air it is over whaling in an international forum, not through the terroristic disruption of legal activities which endangers all who are involved.

20 posted on 01/05/2010 11:00:31 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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