On 6/10/2010 8:57 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "James > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>
> What the Sea Sheppard does is completely legal. They are acting within
> international law and fly the Dutch flag and answer to Dutch authority.
> They are not terrorists by any definitions of the word.

Nope, it is not legal at all to violate the rules of navigation, which
they do regularly.