On Jun 10, 2:12*pm, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *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.
The Japanese didn't back down in 1945 until they were terrorized into
doing so.
>
> 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.
Not at all. The 7YO is innocent. The whalers are not. One person's
terrorist...
>
> --
>
> James Silverton
--Bryan