[Stoat]

A spokesman claimed that Mr Lane, 36, from Cuckfield, in West Sussex, and Australian Benjamin Potts had boarded the ship illegally and intended to entangle the vessel's propellers with rope and throw bottles of acid on the decks.

If true, it seems that they got quite a bargain.......

[Zeon Cowboy]

"A spokesman claimed that Mr Lane, 36, from Cuckfield, in West Sussex, and Australian Benjamin Potts had boarded the ship illegally and intended to entangle the vessel's propellers with rope and throw bottles of acid on the decks."

Hmm, I just read an article that didn't mention this detail at all...

[ClearBlueSky]

Ah- honorable protestor learns valuable lesson!
Don’t start none, won’t be none!

[thefactor]

The converted cruise liner has a number of weapons on board - and environmentalists believe it will try to drive the Japanese out.

isaac's margarita's would knock anyone out!

[Wiz]

GreenPeace was setup by USSR, Sea Shephard is a terrorist group. Enough said.

[Wiz]

ping

[Tijeras_Slim]

"Don't 'poon me bro!"

[reagan_fanatic]

[wardaddy]

wonder what those Japs woulda done to these clowns in early ‘42

[1Old Pro]

I can only hope these radicals are charged and punished.

[AU72]

If he’s crying now, wait till he sees what he gets for lunch.

[junta]

How does this stack up on the PC scale of “righteousness?”

[allmendream]

“You MUST be the WORST pirate I ever heard of” Commodore PrissyPants

“Ahhhh, but you’ve HEARD of me!” Captain Jack Sparrow

[Revolting cat!]

Don’t hurt Bambi!

[relictele]

So if this is a question of national sovereignty, fishing rights, territorial waters, etc. why is a privately-owned ship “enforcing” the laws?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

How about,

“British Terrorist Caught by Japanese Sailors.”

My sympathies are with the whales though.

[Stoat]

UPDATE

More pictures at the "PHOTOS" link below, including Sea Shepherd / Greenpeace vessels ramming Japanese ships.

The Japanese no doubt have dirty hands, but the answer is not piracy and terrorism by hippie thugs masquerading as 'saviors of the seas'.

PHOTOS

SS « Steve Irwin » terrorists onboard a zodiac boat about to hurl a butyric acid-containing bottle to the Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2.
ゾディアック ボートに乗ったシーシェパード船｢Steve Irwin｣のテロリストが酪酸の入った瓶を目視採集船｢第2勇新丸｣に投げつける直前。

 

Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 crew reacts to the corrosive substance thrown by SS « Steve Irwin » terrorists onboard a zodiac boat.
目視採集船｢第2勇新丸｣の乗組員がゾディアック ボートに乗ったシーシェパード船｢Steve Irwin｣のテロリストが投げつけた激物（酪酸）に反応する

A bottle of butyric acid thrown by SS « Steve Irwin » terrorists lays on the Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 deck.
シーシェパード船｢Steve Irwin｣のテロリストが投げつけた激物（酪酸）の瓶。目視採集船｢第2勇新丸｣の甲板上で。
 

A bottle thrown by SS « Steve Irwin » terrorists containing an unidentified chemical lays on the Japanese research vessel Yushin Maru No. 2 deck.
シーシェパード船｢Steve Irwin｣のテロリストが投げつけた未確認化学物質（白い粉末）の瓶。目視採集船｢第2勇新丸｣の甲板上で。
 

Benjamin Potts and Giles Lane, two Sea Shepherd members who illegally attacked and boarded the Japanese research vessel seen enjoying tea at an office on the Yushin Maru No. 2.
目視採集船｢第2勇新丸｣を違法に襲撃し、乗船してきたシーシェパード船｢Steve Irwin｣乗組員2名（ベンジャミン・ポッツ及びジール・レーヌ）が安全のため保護された。「第2勇新丸｣の事務室にてお茶を楽しむ。

[LukeL]

I am unfamilair with laws on the high seas, but to my knowledge the captain has absolute authoirty on his ship. It is why ships have brigs.

[Stoat]

Update

(LMAO!)

British anti-whaling protester held hostage on Japanese harpoon ship offered whale meat for dinner