George wrote on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:49:16 -0500:

> On 6/10/2010 11:38 AM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>> He pleads guilty for acid attack.
>>
>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../11/2003475166

> Looks like they are throwing him under the bus. Hypocrites.

> FWIW... I am in complete agreement that whaling should be
> totally illegal but I am in complete opposition to the tactics
> that the Sea Shepard Conservation Society and Paul Watson
> employs.

> Spend your money fighting in the courts instead of playing
> "pirate of the seven seas" and get results legally.

I am against all whale killing (and murder, for that matter) but I don't
think terrorism is the way to prevent them. It's a bit like revenge,
which just perpetuates injustice and on the level of the Taliban killing
a seven-year old to teach his parents a lesson.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not