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It is OK to be on the side of the whales. It is OK to be against the Japs and Norwegians whaling when there is absolutely no need for it, even though some few whale species are no longer endangered. Whale products were long ago replaced by far more effective materials, and whale beef is hardly a vital product in anyone's economy.

IMHO,though, it is not OK to be on the side of the Sea Shepherds, who although they have definitely figured out how to treat and pay themselves very well indeed with 501 C-3 funds donated by like-minded leftists, are enviro-nazis of the worst sort.

Speaking of enviro-nazis, the real NAZIs were very Green-Minded. Their PR on the subject was just about identical to the crap these Sea Shepherd/Riverkeeper/Greenpeace etc. ad naus. people put out.

BTW, that black 50-knot Darth Vader trimaran was way cool. To be run over by a whale catcher would be very embarrassing. But no propblem. Stuart Mott will buy them another.

“it is not OK to be on the side of the Sea Shepherds” THAT I agree. Whaling in Japan: Power, Politics, and Diplomacy By Jun Morikawa http://books.google.com/books?id=6Rid73dnTmgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false

"It is OK to be on the side of the whales. It is OK to be against the Japs and Norwegians whaling when there is absolutely no need for it, even though some few whale species are no longer endangered. Whale products were long ago replaced by far more effective materials, and whale beef is hardly a vital product in anyone's economy.

"IMHO,though, it is not OK to be on the side of the Sea Shepherds, who although they have definitely figured out how to treat and pay themselves very well indeed with 501 C-3 funds donated by like-minded leftists, are enviro-nazis of the worst sort. "

Well said. I do not support whaling, and the fact that it's going on in the name of "research" is ridiculous. However, Sea Shepherd is a dangerous bunch of hucksters. I do not apologize for caring more about human lives than whale lives. I'm only thankful that no human lives have been lost because of any of Sea Shepherd's shenanigans so far (yes, I'm glad the crew of the Ady Gil was rescued.

And they're incompetent dangerous hucksters at that. If you've ever watched their show on Discovery Channel, you'll be amazed at just how inept they are and wonder if they've ever managed to "save" a single whale. And now they've wasted that beautiful cutting-edge boat that they didn't deserve.