Peter Bethune / Sea Shepherd - possible long holiday in Japan

[Tank]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10631640

A New Zealand anti-whaling activist has been arrested after the Japanese whaling ship he boarded in February docked in Tokyo today.

Peter Bethune, of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, climbed aboard the Shonan Maru II with the intention of making a citizen's arrest of the ship's captain for what he claimed was the attempted murder of his crew.

Bethune's powerboat, the Ady Gil, was sliced in two when it collided with the Japanese ship in January.

The arrest, reported by Sky News, would see Bethune charged with trespassing. If convicted he faces three years in prison or a maximum fine of 100,000 yen.



I hope he gets the 3 years!

[Mom]

I hope he gets the 3 years!

Yeah the fine would be fundraised for

[Mully]

Yeah the fine would be fundraised for

100000 yen is about NZ$1500 IIRC

[Tank]

100000 yen is about NZ$1500 IIRC

yep but 3 years is like NZ 1095 days and would be fucken harlarious.

[avgas]

Here is hoping he never gets there. All the boats sink. And god (in whale form) then hands me a beer.

[Big Dave]

I hope he gets the 3 years!

I'd donate to pay the fine.

[Genie]

who would know what really went on out there, they both have conflicting stories, but hell, poor bastard will be made an example of. a risk he took when he tried his 'arrest'. will be interesting to see just what unfolds.

[Mully]

yep but 3 years is like NZ 1095 days and would be fucken harlarious.

Indeed it would.

I wonder if the captain of the whaler accepted the invoice he was trying to present him with.

[rainman]

I hope he gets the 3 years!

What a prick...


... you are, that is, not Pete.

I'd donate to pay the fine.

Yup, me too. We need more people with the courage of their convictions. No pun intended.

[Hitcher]

I hope he gets the 3 years!

That sentence should be doubled for pretentious wankers.

[McJim]

If Watson pays for all the damage he has done over the years and stands trial for every ramming he has encouraged then maybe, just maybe the skipper of the Shonan Maru No 2 should be answerable.

However..

I believe Sea Shithead rammed the Japs.

I believe Pete Bethune did break and enter.

He did the crime he should do the time.

[Tank]

Yup, me too. We need more people with the courage of their convictions. No pun intended.

He has no right to impose his views on others who are happily going around their business. Anyone involved in a group that sinks boats - its just a matter of time until the become murders. Fuck him I say and I hope that they make an example of him.

[davereid]

If Watson pays for all the damage he has done over the years and stands trial for every ramming he has encouraged then maybe, just maybe the skipper of the Shonan Maru No 2 should be answerable.

However..

I believe Sea Shithead rammed the Japs.

I believe Pete Bethune did break and enter.

He did the crime he should do the time.

1979: A Sea Shepherd vessel rams the whaling vessel “Sierra”, causing considerable damage.
“Sierra” survives attack.
1980: The IWC at its meeting in Brighton, United Kingdom, assigns high-level protection to two
Canadian Government delegates after Watson threatened to kill them for voting against a
moratorium on sperm whales. Delegates given Royal Canadian Mounted Police protection until
their return home to Canada.
1980: The “Sierra” is sunk in Lisbon harbour. Sea Shepherd claims responsibility. Investigation
shows limpet mines used to blow up the vessel.
1981: Sea Shepherd claims responsibility for the sinking of the two whaling vessels, Ibsa I and
Ibsa II, in the Spanish harbour of Viga.
1986: Sea Shepherd attempts to stop Faroe Islands pilot whale harvest. Using rifles, Sea
Shepherd activists shoot at Faroe Islands police in an attempt to sink their rubber dinghies. At a later stage the Sea Shepherd used “toads”
(rotating iron spikes, pointed and sharp at both ends) against the rubber dinghies … petrol was
poured over the side of the ship and signal flares were thrown from the “Sea Shepherd” in an
attempt to set the petrol on fire.”
1986: Sea Shepherd claims responsibility for the sinking of two whaling vessels in Reykjavik,
Iceland, and for malicious damage to a whaling station. (This act of violence was carried out after
Iceland stopped whaling in line with the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling.) Attack
carried out by Sea Shepherd members Rodney A. Coronado and David Howitt. (Coronado linked
to Animal Liberation Front and arrested eight years later by United States FBI for his part in an
ALF attack on Michigan State University research laboratory.
Charges included use of an
explosive device, theft and arson.)

If we are lucky, they will charge him with being a party to Terrorism, and will get 30 years.

And in future the JDF will simply sink SS on sight.

[carbonhed]

That sentence should be doubled for pretentious wankers.

In an ideal world Bling sent.

[kwaka_crasher]

He has no right to impose his views on others who are happily going around their entirely lawful business.

All fixed for ya.