Search for activists after whaling clash

AAP, via Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 9 Feb 2007 | Staff

[Kitten Festival]

Two anti-whaling activists, one an Australian, were feared missing in Antarctic waters after a clash with a Japanese whaling fleet.

A search for the two men was under way after the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd confronted Japanese whaling vessels in the Ross Sea.

International director of Sea Shepherd, Jonny Vasic, said anti-whaling activists from two ships had used high speed inflatables to try to disrupt the operations of the whaling fleet.

But a mayday message was issued after radio contact was lost with two activists in an inflatable.

One of the men was an Australian from Perth and the other an American from New York, said Captain Paul Watson, aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Farley Mowat.

[Kitten Festival]

Darwin award. Note that one of the two clowns was American. Not surprised, given our leftists.

Note that these clowns threw foul-smelling substances all over the Japanese and plugged their boat and then expected the Japanese to go looking for them when they fell overboard. This is the biggest Darwin Award I've seen in years.

[unkus]

Did the whales have "American" for dinner. I hope they filled up.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

1st whale: "Oh, dude..."

2nd whale: "Hey, man, are you OK?"

1st whale: "I'm so wasted...must have been that hippie I ate..."

[IronJack]

Note to would-be seaborne terrorists:

1) A whaler is much, much larger than your inflatable.
2) Newton's Third Law applies at sea;
3) Newton's Second Law applies at sea
4) Piracy Laws apply at sea.

[unkus]

Love it-

[randog]

I'll keep an eye out for them....

Nope, didn't see 'em.

[dynachrome]

"and butyric acid, which is a NON-TOXIC smelly substance."
New Jersey Health Dept. disagrees!
http://www.nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/0300.pdf
Corrosive in large amounts.

[Nasty McPhilthy]

Ambergris?

[Publius6961]

May they rest in peace.
Activists have mothers, too.

*sob*

[Vinnie]

I'll bet that water is so cold they couldn't survive 15 minutes, maybe way less.

[FUBAR12]

I don't know why the Japanese don't arm there boats with guns or something. These people are basically committing piracy on the open sea. The Japanese should just shoot their exploding harpoons at these stupid hippies and then leave them adrift on the Arctic sea wondering why they wasted their life defending whales with their lives.

[Kitten Festival]

Why didn't they raise them right?

[rottndog]

LOCK AND LOAD!

[rottndog]

Maybe they were raised right, only to be brainwashed by Marxists in college...

[FUBAR12]

Very,very funny! But that guy in the pic does not look too Japanese to me. ha ha ha

[rottndog]

Well, here's a Japanese whaler at work:

[rottndog]

And here's some more "Fun with Ecoterrorists":

[TYVets]

I'll bet that water is so cold they couldn't survive 15 minutes, maybe way less.

Inflatables in Antarctic waters a Darwin move.

[LeGrande]

Sadly they were found alive.

[Kitten Festival]

Alas, you are right.