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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:15 AM Original message |
The Chase Continues - Day Four: Whalers on the Run for 96 Hours |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Enough is Enough |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. So the poachers get a pass, eh? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. They are not getting a pass. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "No market NO hunts." |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And it has continued to plummet to the point where not even those will help. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Does the Esperanza (Greenpeace) also need to be sunk? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sea Shepherd acts legally and morally to stop poaching |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Another free market idolator |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. They are not pirates. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Let the economy settle the butchery of whales??? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Go ahead and get angry over sea creatures. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Whale meat rotting in Japan, huge piles of it... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
10. Law of the Sea Treaty |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Zachstar...you are an asshole. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Piracy is piracy |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. When the Steve Irwin shows up, the whale slaughter stops. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Of course it does! |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Sorry it seems that way to you. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Article 101: Definition of piracy |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Back up your own claims. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I will pass on the oppertunity. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You're the one that posted the story about Wilson's plan to board & destroy equipment |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I don't recall posting anything having to do with whaling. |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They dont have to wreck anything. Boarding without permission is still piracy. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Boarding without permission is piracy? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Sea Shepard routinely uses violence. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If the case against Watson is a clear-cut as you claim, |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I just understand both side, the law, and the real roots of the issue |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, in this case I agree with both the end AND the means. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Nothing lame about it. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I reject the idea that what Watson is doing is "piracy" in any legitimate sense of the word. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I see. You've resigned your membership in the reality based comminity. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Who on earth are you? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. The Law of the Sea Treaty isn't some "internet assertion" |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Why has he not been charged, then? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Murder?? of whales??? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. . |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I already answered #2. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Whales' lives aren't just being put at risk, they're being taken. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. That not true |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. What I think and hope will happen |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Hold on, back the truck up there for a second |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I understood a gunboat from the Japanese coast guard was escorting them. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. It makes me question your grasp of the facts of this situation. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. My assessment of the legality isn't informed by the moment to moment news |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. 1. Why has Watson not been charged? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Why would they want to take their their perfect excuse to continue? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Fine/arrest them for what? |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Why breaking international law of course. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The Japanese are not violating international law. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
52. They did arrest him - the court ruled that his actions are fully authorized by international law |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. If you investigate, I think you'll find the ships were poaching |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #56 |
73. So you acknowledge their legal authority to intervene against poaching? nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Do you consider two wrongs make a right? |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The Japanese whale slaughter is flatly illegal: |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Your sources are not authoritative. They are a self serving joke. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. This question still hasn't been answered |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. The SSCS is the only environmental organization that has my unqualified support. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think the default reading of the law is that yes, it is. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. The fact that it may be "illegal" doesn't make it piracy, though, does it? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. I think there is some lattitude there |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. But piracy has a specific definition that would have to be proved at trial, right? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. True, but the issue of jurisdiction wouldn't favor the boarder. nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. It would be interesting to see Watson charged with piracy. I'm quite sure he'd relish the fight. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Most real zealots are that way. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. To anwer your questions |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. A slight clarification of #2 |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The whales the Japanese are hunting aren't endangered. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. In that case I'm in favour of whale abortions too. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #70 |
75. ) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Your choice of action belies your stated values |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Perhaps my mother rejected me as a child? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I can't |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
50. All this "piracy" talk has quite a lot to do with Navy Sonar... |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
76. Watson and Sea Shepard are not "Pirates." |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Labelling them as pirates is mean and ignorant... and true and correct. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Eric Rudolph? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. No I don't, but here's the video, you decide. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Direct Action is not violence. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. So sayeth KKKarl Rove also. I don't accept his denials either. |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
82. Fantastic |
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