On 6/10/2010 8:11 PM, --Bryan wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2:12 pm, "James >
> 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.

And it took two atomic bombs and the Red Army to pull that off. You
really think they'll back down for a bunch of ecoloons?

>> 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...

**** off the Japs enough and they may decide that it's time to turn that
self defense force back into a Navy and start using it. Do my heart
good to see Sea Shepherd eat a Harpoon.