Peter Bethune's trial starts Thursday 27 May

[onearmedbandit]

Maybe they like being hunted. Whales seem like a depressing lot to me, moping around in the ocean making those loud crying noises, get enough of them together in one place and the cloud of depression causes them to mass suicide by beaching themselves. Maybe, just maybe, whales are the emo's of the animal world. In which case where can I make a donation to the Japs?

[Tank]

In which case where can I make a donation to the Japs?

I find Sony in Newmarket a good place to start.

[imdying]

But they are not smart enough and that is why buffoon is trying to help them. Boats and harpoons and all manner of technology is not really fair is it?

Those suckers have the longest range, and most accurate, sonar system in the world... and they can spend half n hour under water; it's not so unfair.

Go ask some deer how fair they think a 270gr round to the heart from 500 metres is

[upshift]

I see the good ship Greenpiss has deserted their sinking rat!

Actually Sea Shepherd, but a common mistake.
Greenpeace fell out with the founder of Sea Shepherd as far back as 1977

Read the history here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_She...vation_Society

[tri boy]

Whales swim round in OUR oceans. Eating OUR Plankton and do nothing for mankind.
When was the last time a Whale wrote a decent poem, or a top ten hit, or was elected into parliament (besides Parakura Horrormeh).
I say fuck the fat bastids. Time we concentrated on useful creatures like endangered frogs, and bumble bees etc

Orca can stay. They star in movies.

[Pussy]

Whales swim round in OUR oceans. Eating OUR Plankton and do nothing for mankind.
When was the last time a Whale wrote a decent poem, or a top ten hit, or was elected into parliament (besides Parakura Horrormeh).
I say fuck the fat bastids. Time we concentrated on useful creatures like endangered frogs, and bumble bees etc

Orca can stay. They star in movies.

Whales are notoriously bad for bumming a smoke off, or buying you a beer, too....

[oldrider]

Actually Sea Shepherd, but a common mistake.
Greenpeace fell out with the founder of Sea Shepherd as far back as 1977

Read the history here;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_She...vation_Society

Fair enough, i don't entirely dissagree with many of their sentiments but do dissagree with most of their behaviour!

Didn't we (you and I) meet in MacDonald's in Oamaru one day?

[Brian d marge]

news just in

a wet bus tickets was used by the judge in Tokyo today to severely reprimand a very naughty boy

Flights to country of origin are being readied as we speak

Stephen

[onearmedbandit]

Yep, we obviously fucked Japan off when we recently joined Australia with threatening legal action against them, so they've basically said 'fruck you, you can habe him back'.

[oldrider]

news just in

a wet bus tickets was used by the judge in Tokyo today to severely reprimand a very naughty boy

Flights to country of origin are being readied as we speak

Stephen

Yep, we obviously fucked Japan off when we recently joined Australia with threatening legal action against them, so they've basically said 'fruck you, you can have him back'.

Yes and just watch the snivelling little prick turn himself into a new "self styled hero" and start strutting the moral high road again!

Wasn't too tough while they had him in captivity though, was he!

He is really only of minor nuisance value and a bit of an embarrassment to New Zealand anyway! IMHO.

[Max Preload]

Yep, we obviously fucked Japan off when we recently joined Australia with threatening legal action against them, so they've basically said 'fruck you, you can habe him back'.

Anyone who thinks they really give a flying fuck about this is deluded. Japan are operating entirely within the rules of the Convention.

[onearmedbandit]

I was taking the piss. But you knew that.

[Brian d marge]

but think of the emotional damage he suffered

poor chap

and the inappropriate use of a bus ticket

Shocking

Stephen

[JimO]

he will arrive here to a heros welcome with all sorts of celebrites flocking to be seen with him

[Max Preload]

The way I figure it is different. They're distancing themselves from him to help him. Now he's just one man (for want of a better word) - they won't be punishing Sea Shepherd by locking him away for 15 years now. Sea Shepherd are hated as an organisation - he's just a lone, misguided soul.

What's the bet once he's released he's straight back in?

I don't know how I do it but I'm right again.

The Sea Shepherd group says banning Pete Bethune from its Antarctic anti-whaling missions was just a legal strategy during his trial, and the New Zealand activist is welcome to join them on future trips.