Posted on 06/10/2015 4:00:36 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society agreed to pay $2.55 million to Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research on Monday as part of a settlement to resolve a long-standing legal battle over the anti-whaling groups tactics against Japanese whaling ships in the Antarctic.
The settlement came the same day the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Sea Shepherds appeal of a federal courts finding that the group was in contempt of a court order to stay clear of Japanese whaling ships.
The activist groups tactics at sea include throwing smoke bombs at Japanese whaling ships and using metal-reinforced ropes to damage propellers and rudders. The question is whether those tacticswhich typically take place in international watersamount to piracy, and whether a U.S. court can order those activities to be stopped if they take place outside its jurisdiction.
Sea Shepherd believes it cant, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court upheld that it can. Now, thanks to the settlement, Sea Shepherd will be giving millions of dollars to an organization it has tirelessly battled against in a fight to save the whales.
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Says the guy that supports terrorist groups and stomps his feet thinking it makes it OK.
Says the guy who exaggerates his adventures and does what the Japanese want him to do.
Well then surely you can disprove any of my ‘adventures’. Because simply saying I exaggerate means you have to prove it. So get ta’ skippin’ sport.
You can start with Time Magazine. April 26, 1999 issue. Page 61. John Skow article. “Lost in Cyberspace”. Then we;ll go from there.
Oh and just so you know Chainnie, my contract with the Japanese entitles me to free Japanese sexbots. Lots of them. With really big...memory addresses. The next time I’m in Tokyo collecting my bonus check I’ll see if they can make me one with a Whale body and I’ll send it to you.
I don’t hold a grudge.
I haven't read Time for a number of years - could you provide a link?
I have to admire anybody who can pull off such a good deal fronting for the Japanese!
Now if you could get me a line to getting free Zoukei-Mura 1/32nd scale model airplane kits, I'm joining you...
Dunno if it’s online. Google it. I gave you the relevant info to track it down if you care to. If not, thats fine as well.
I’ll track it down - sounds interesting.
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