Posted on 07/13/2011 4:32:03 AM PDT by tlb
Hey don’t knock it! I Tevo the show. Love watching these idiotic hippies trying to tame the south seas.
Cause Norway hasn’t killed 550 whales per season for “research”, I guess...
Don't think so...
Since when is you deciding what others should be able to eat or not be allowed to eat a voice for conservatism? Sounds like liberal talking points to me.
What would you call it if I came by your house and flattened all the tires on your car?
After all it contributes to greenhouse gases.
I hope they are well armed this year and kill off all the Sea Shephard scum!
I hope the Japs kill every stinking sack of useless blubber floping around in the ocean!
You think that the Hippies cut out the part where they picked the boat up and threw it in front of the Yushin Maru 2?
Sheesh...
I wouldn't recommend it unless you are a lot bigger than I am, fully paid up in your life insurance, and bulletproof...
Honestly, you'd think that a former soldier would be less emotional.
Ah, yeah.
The larger boat is the hindered boat. It is the smaller boat’s duty to stay clear - not the larger boat’s.
Cut in front of a larger vessel and sin-loy.
So you can defend yourself but the whalers can’t?
What makes you better than them?
Special rules for special people?
That wasn't the Bob Barker, but another vessel. I kind of cheered when it got run over...
In 1976, the quota for Southern Hemisphere Bryde’s whales was set to zero by the IWC. However, Japan proceded to take 225 of them during the 76-77 season by issuing itself a permit to take whales for scientific research under Article VIII of the ICRW. Following this event, the IWC recommended all future applications of Article VIII be reviewed by the IWC scientific committee.
In 1986, Japan introduced a similar proposal and later issued itself a scientific permit to take 825 minke whales and 50 sperm whales every year for ten years. Despite the fact that the IWC scientific committee rejected its research proposals Japan continued whaling.
The IWC adopted a resolution in 1987 recommending Japan not proceed until disagreements over its research proposals were resolved. A second resolution was also adopted on February 14, 1988 recommending Japan not proceed. On February 9, 1988 Japanese whalers killed the first minke whale in Antarctic waters under the new “self issued research whaling” permit.
President Ronald Reagan responded by cutting off Japanese fishing privileges in U.S. waters.
President Ronald Reagan: “Given the lack of any evidence that Japan is bringing its whaling activities into conformance with the recommendations of the IWC, I am directing the Secretary of State under the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment to withhold 100 percent of the fishing privileges that would otherwise be available to Japan in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. Japan has requested the opportunity to fish for 3,000 metric tons of sea snails and 5,000 metric tons of Pacific whiting. These requests will be denied. In addition, Japan will be barred from any future allocations of fishing privileges for any other species, including Pacific cod, until the Secretary of Commerce determines that the situation has been corrected.” - U.S. President Ronald Reagan, 1988
And the point of your post?
Was it to say private citizens now can have open season on the whalers? Do as they see fit on the high seas?
Kinda like your last several posts, if you follow my drift..
The majority of the world's governments banned commercial whaling - because the whalers had made serious dents in the population of whales all over the world - but the Japanese keep going, pretending that is for scientic research. I ma glad that the "hippies" have the huevos to confront them and risk their silly lives doing it. Admirable, you know what I mean?
You probably don't.
Thank you. Finally, a post that shows the finest conservative of them all opposed Japanese whaling...
“..........The majority of the world’s governments banned commercial whaling ...............”
So if the majority of countries in the UN ban the private ownership of rifles you’re all chilly with the idea of Hippies going door to door in the USA looking for rifles and crying to the police every time they meet resistance?
Thought you were.
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