> As much as I hate whaling I have to give props to japan for standing up to eco-terrorists and showing that piracy and naval terrorism will not be tolerated.
In this case, Japan is the eco-terrorist and pirate. They have no business in the South Pacific whale sanctuary. What they are doing is illegal: they are thumbing their nose at the law.
Like I say, I am no tree-hugger. But I've had a gutsful of Japan and its greedy, self-seeking ways. And if Greenpeace has the balls to stand up to them, I say goodon'em. Go with my blessing.
well since your from nz I could definitely see you getting pissed (if they sent a destroyer into the gulf I would be pissed myself) I just really really dislike green peace.
'They have no business in the South Pacific whale sanctuary'
A country making a statement that the South Pacific is a whale sanctuary doesn't make it so. Those are international waters, not the province of Australia or any other country, and no claim of these waters being a whale sanctuary would hold up in any court of law.
Japan has been whale hunting forever. It is part of their tradition and culture, a part of their food sources, and I doubt this will change very quickly. I'm sick and tired of bully environmentalist whackos like Greenpeace, and if the Japanese blew their boat out of the waters, or rammed it with a sharp object, I'd be cheering on the sidelines. I got a big kick out of it when one of the whacko tree huggers fell out of his tree perch a few years back and was seriously injured. Couldn't have happened to a better person. The environmentalists are the new communists, and you should figure that out yourself, if you are capable of clear thinking on this subject. I doubt you are.