I worked on Sea Shepherd III back in March 1998. We ended up coming down from Canada near St. John’s and Fairfax and came through the worst storm with 20-30 ft swells. Thought I was going to die. We were in one of the cabins and I hit my head and was bleeding. Slid thru vomit and blood several times before it got sticky and I started rolling and hitting the teak walls and furniture. Got grabbed by my hair and yanked on the bed. Remember blacking out and knowing with extreme sadness I would end up on the bed of the ocean. Came to 8 hrs later and crawled across the floor to the sink. Rinsed my mouth out with gritty water, stood up and went to check on the rest of the crew of about 20. Captain Paul Watson was calmly sititng in the Captain’s Chair, sipping a cup of coffee, steering the ship. Took us a week to sail down to Wilmington, NC. Saw a sea turtle the size of a VW beetle.
Sea Shepherd is doing a good thing. Hope they ram those bastards.
You actually shipped with that band of tinhorn goons? Sister, you’re on the wrong site.
Scuttle the Sea Shepherd! Remember the Rainbow Warrior! Hang Paul Watson from the yardarm!
Whoa ho! You actually VOMITED to save the whales?? Where can I contribute? I’m feeling a little sick right now and Comododor Paul can have it.
“Sea Shepherd is doing a good thing. Hope they ram those bastards.”
Arguably, if you think Sea Shepherd is doing a good thing,you sustained long term brain damage from the fall you described while you were aboard the Sea Shepherd.
Why would you want Sea Shepherd to ram the whaler?
That will result in loss of the SeaShepherd, and the probable drowning of your old buddies aboard the Sea Shepherd.
Just sayin’.
I always respect those who "walk the walk", even when they are misguided and dead wrong. But that doesn't mean they should get away with anything.
Ramming those bastards amounts to piracy on the high seas, and if captured the SS people should dance at the end of a rope.
If you want to stop whaling, go about it legally through the (spit) U.N., not by illegal assaults.
I hope everyone on the Sea Shepherd is captured and hung from the nearest yardarm. I’d pay good money to see that.
Cowgirl,
Whaling is a subject of intense debate, even here amongst the raw meat eating conservatives. I give you credit for going and doing something you believe in. Many people never leave their porch. I have the feeling you and I have vastly different opinions of Paul Watson and the SSCS. Someone last season put it very well but I can’t find the quote. If they stopped all whaling, they’d move on to dolphins full time. Then tuna. Then crabs. Then something else. It’s not about saving endangered species. Every time one of these environmental groups get asked how many whales do there have to be before they aren’t endangered they won’t answer. It’s about control. We can make you stop doing things that offend us.
I think commercial whaling will end soon but not because of Paul Watson, though I am sure he will take all credit. There just isn’t a market for the product. The whaling fleet lives on Japanese government subsidies since they can’t sell enough to cover their costs. The free market and budget tightening will make the choice.
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