What galls me the most about this is the these f'ing governments yoke us with law after law, figure out ways to tax us to death and then go about ignoring the laws that are inconvenient to them.
These whaling laws are no different than immigration laws in this country. Some of us actually care about law & order but those in charge feed us crap sandwiches and laugh at us.
Yes, Sea Shephard does things I find to be problematic and they should be punished when crossing the line. The same should be said about the Japanese who care more about making a buck and could give two craps about hunting species into extinction.
The attitude of calling Sea Shephard hippies and terrorists is ignorant in my opinion.
Sometimes, you have to cross the line to stop an injustice. It's that attitude that spawned the Minuteman and the founders of this country who were trying to throw off the oppressive Brits.
Terrorists? Do tell how these 'hippies' are any different than those in our history who went over the line to do what we know is right.
You say, "Some of us actually care about law & order".
Yet you continue with, "Sometimes, you have to cross the line to stop an injustice."
If you cared about law and order you would not condone the illegal activities of these terrorists.
And they are terrorists, they have even described themselves as such. You can disagree (that would be your opinion) but it is a fact, they are committing terrorist acts.
The bottom line is, we can all disagree with what the Japanese are doing but to break the law to try to stop them is wrong. Fight it in the courts.