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.
--
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not