Consider it an manifestation of the “Darwin Principle”. Those stupid enough to be where they ought not be, doing things they ought not do, interfering in the legal conduct of others for the purpose of intentional confrontation forfeit the right to be seen as gilded heroes furthering a noble cause. How about I come to your house and intentionally disrupt your lawn mowing since I believe that even the simple blades of grass or the hopping aphids have a right to live freely without any hindrance to their life cycles? Gonna call the cops on me or exercise your “Neanderthal” concept of right to private property?
That the nuts didn’t sink and cleanse the gene pool is a testament to the Japanese being either respectful of human life or inept at taking out the trash.
BTW, they aren’t “PETA” nuts, but close relatives. Perhaps you’d like to donate some funds to help them rehabilitate their ship or maybe even arm themselves to better defend against the whalers?
No, I don’t get to take the law into my own hands even if someone is trespassing on my property. I call the cops. On the other hand, if I lived in a country where it was against the law to hide people that were being rounded up and gassed it is my moral obligation to break that law and hide the persecuted.
I am glad you support the vital research the Japanese are doing with their research ships. It is good you swallow whole their research justification for the slaughter of hundreds of these magnificent mammals. Can you please cite what impressed you most about their research? Is it the almost total lack of publication in respected journals, or killing the objects of their research when their is no justification for doing so. Otherwise it is commercial whaling banned by the IWC decades ago.
I have been in awe of whales since one surfaced next to my sailboat many years ago. My suggestion for you would be to go whale watching, develop a little reverance for these magnifent species, and root for the westerners over the Japanese who you feel such a kindred spirit with.