Australian citizen Benjamin Potts been taken hostage

[Swoop]

Why does all of this resemble something, that would normally appear on an episode of The Simpsons?

[P38]

What a bloody idiot.

Him and his drongo pommie mate

Serves themselves bloody right!!!!

They want to be thank their bloody stars the Japs dont make sushi outta their

DUMBASSES!!!!!

[jonbuoy]

Yeah what a bunch of arseholes standing up for what they believe in. Couldn't someone donate a couple of surplus Exocets to the sea shepherd?

[ital916]

I have utter contempt for the bloody japanese whalers. We have the task of looking after our planet, whales are an endangered species *if they're not today they will be soon*. Scientific purposes..yeah right they bloody advertise the meat overthere, in fact they are trying to put it on the bloody schooling lunch schedule. I reckon the australia government is made of twits, they should enforce th elaw and escort all whaling ships the fuck out of here!

[jonbuoy]

Estimated population of Japan 127 million, estimated humpback whale population 40,000. Which of these needs a population cull to preserve fish stocks?

[roogazza]

So, they're not happy pirates then ???? The Plank !!!! G.

[The Pastor]

are they tied buy there necks to the mast?

[fredie]

the whale killers get over $1 million per whale . they make pet food out of it aswell . could u think what animal rights would do if all cattle farmers harpooned there cattle . the whales take 30 mins too die the killers are in australian waters

[xwhatsit]

Grow up, hippies

Eat some whale sometime. It's feckin' good.

[Manxman]

Observations:
1) who says that mincke whales are endangered? Greenpeace = Yes, Japan (and some recognised scientists) = No. Question is: who really knows???
2) save the whales...save the sheep. NZ 'culled' 26 million of the poor buggers last year. Sheep have no chance of escaping the bullet. A-ha, I hear you say, but sheep are sustainable. Retort: See above...aren't whales sustainable as well???
3) just watched that programme about Sarah Hitchings, who has Cystic Fibrosis...immediately followed by the top of the news article about petulant little green people illegally boarding a ship in international waters (at least they didn't try to ram it this time). This rather puts things in perspective for me. You see, if people feel so inclined to make the world a better place, then why don't these people put their efforts in to something that will actually benefit sick people, not healthy..sustainable??? whales.

FFS greenies, if you want to spend your lives attention seeking and getting yourselves on TV and 'doing us all a favour' (gee, thanks...saving the whales really improves my life and all those starving people in Somalia by fecking sh*tloads), then apply yourselves constructively...go down to your local MP, bang on their door and make a big fuss to get a cure for Cystic Fibrosis funded. *Don't* bang on their door to ask if the government will send a navy ship down to 'monitor the situation', costing us a couple of mill in the process.

Bring on the red rep...

A healthy scepticism never hurt anyone, but it's amazing how much a tail wagging the dog really pisses people off...

[Timber020]

I think harpooning a few japanese would go down a treat, something on live television, but only use a small harpoon (done to scale of course) give em a bit of current then drag him on the back of a ute using hooks and harpoon to cut him up using scapels on broom handles.

Manxman you dont seem to have worked this out yet but Greenies in general really dont give a shit about people as a species, we are in no risk of being made extinct unless by our own hand, so the somalians can continue to starve as they always have and always will, the chick with cystic fibrosis will be a victim of her disease but humanity with blindly stumble on.
I gotta admit, I dont have much faith in humanity, person by person I like people fine, but as a species we fuck up to much and barely ever learn from our mistakes. I guess that makes me a greenie of sorts.

Given the choice of being able to cure a disease that kills a thousand people a year and saving a thousand whales, I would go for saving the rarer of the species, the one that cant help itself.

[nallac]

Estimated population of Japan 127 million, estimated humpback whale population 40,000. Which of these needs a population cull to preserve fish stocks?

I know which one i would choose to cull...............

[imdying]

Blah blah save the whales etc etc. They're a million miles from anywhere, the consequences of a mistake is failure. It's not appropriate for them to muck about with other peoples boats in such a harsh environment.

I've no problem with them tipping cans of red paint all over Whales R Us's head office in Tokyo, but if the shite goes west down there, people are going to die.

If that's the way they want to roll, then I can see no reason why a Japanese Navy vessel shouldn't accompany the fleet to protect the countries interests.

[bull]

guess the japanese just need to come up with a high tech fencing system that works in the ocean, then the whales will be just like cattle - then perhaps these greenies with their heads up the whales arses will realise that whale is another sustainable resource.

As for the pirates, how is it that all people seem to get told is that they have been taken hostage, just more media irresponsibility, call it how it is - they illegally boarded the ship (uninvited) and are now being dealt with in the legal manner, detained until legal advice is sought.

[imdying]

guess the japanese just need to come up with a high tech fencing system that works in the ocean, then the whales will be just like cattle - then perhaps these greenies with their heads up the whales arses will realise that whale is another sustainable resource.

That would be my preference... I've no problem if they chop whales up, but at least figure out how to do it sustainably (assuming it isn't already).