[LonePalm]

I find it interesting that these Enviro-weenies name one of their ships Sea Shepherd.

Isn't the purpose of a shepherd to preserve a flock so that the animals can eventually be harvested for human use?

The Japanese are the harvesters here.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Isn’t the purpose of a shepherd to preserve a flock so that the animals can eventually be harvested for human use?

Sometimes. Just as often the shepherd preserves the flock from hostile animals like wolves, so that the flock can be sheared.

> The Japanese are the harvesters here.

In this case, the Japanese are the wolves here.

I won’t often side with Environmentalists, but in this case I will. The Japanses have no business whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. They are poachers.