If you look at other videos. You can see the ady gil pput itself in the path (illegal) then as the maru turned away the ady gil accelertaed into the path (when the ady gil pilot panicked after leaving their get away too late).
This was after the ady gil terrorists attacked the ship by
@SuperHippie2 some kind of non-lethal weapon called the L-rad. the japs first used it against the sea sheapords helicopter pilot to get him away from the ship. its makes a VERY FRIKIN LOUD sound when turned on
love how it cuts out just before impact... viewed most clips now and love the evident throttle increase of the ady gil to cut across the bow... however japs should have gone round stern, but probably trying to fend off guys who have been shooting at them with spud guns/cannons for weeks, they have patience of saints for not deliberately sinking the lot.
@TheFleiger The Ady Gil and Bob Barker had only been with the fleet a few hours. Not days or weeks, But the Japanese were desperate to lose them. I dont blame them at all. The Ady should have stayed well clear of an oncoming Harpoon ship. Its no game yet Pete and his crew seemed to think it was with all their high fives and laughing. They kind of looked stupid mocking the Japanese then getting their asses run down.
@kaycorey1. The Japanese totally turned into the Ady. But that doesn't change the fact that the Ady should have stayed well clear of an on coming Harpoon ship. How many times have Sea Shepherd ships been rammed in the past? Loads.. Pete was just very inexperienced with the whole issue. If Pete had powered up and moved out of the way and headed north to the Steve Irwin like he was suppose to then the Ady would never been run down. i just put it down to inexperience by Pete
@kaycorey1 No what happened was the whole fleet, all the harpoon ships and the Bob Barker were following the Factory ship. ( All traveling in the same direction) The Ady Gil had been harassing the factory ship. The Ady stopped and as the factory ship pulled away all the other ships continued to follow. The Bob Barker was the first to pass the Ady which was just bobbing in the ocean. The Harpoon ships were following the Bob and the Shonan was on a direct coarse with the Ady.
@kaycorey1 With the Shonan heading straight towards you i would think it best to maybe avoid them and pull out of the way not sit up on top and wave to them. There was no reason to just sit there. A classic mistake by Pete Bethune. But remember Pete new nothing about the fleet and hadn't had any real contact with them. He was naive and really should have acted to protect the Ady and his crew from danger. And everyone knows the Japanese can be dangerous.
@kaycorey1 They were low on fuel but not out of fuel. They were to head north to meet up with the Steve Irwin. It was a error in Judgment not to avoid the Shonan. Pete treated it like a game. Not very smart
Well what's going to happen when the whales are all gone? Has anyone ever considered that whales are probably more intellectual than we are? Their brains are huge and who's to say they aren't conscious of themselves. They are probably the humans of the ocean and they are so similar to us in evolutionary terms. And yet we just go around slaughtering any creature that gives us money even if they are endangered because that means they're worth more. We are just fueled by greed and hate. Sad.
Both were in the wrong, the Japs for doing the low pass instead of keeping clear and the Drug Addicts for powering up to position thier vessel in such a way to cause a marine incident (collision).
"Ooo I'm SO scared! What's it gonna do!?"... Uh, it's speeding straight towards your poncy little fiberglass boat! You might wanna get the fuck out the way! ..Idiots!
anyone serious about anti-Whaling would not be supporting eco-terrorists who lie about being shot by a bullet for Tv ratings and sponsor money.
even the captain of SS is wanted by the FBI.
you know in this day and age, anyone labelled a terrorist is not going to get any support by any proper official agencies on the world stage. soon all anti-whaling movement will be stereotyped fake left-wing eco-terrorist frauds.
What a joke that the Japan tried to blame it on the Ady. They ran them down and turned right into them. They should have been arrested for attempted murder.
Idiots. I could spend half the money, half the effort, and be 10 times as effective as these morons. Protesting is a sign of poor education, severe misdirection, and a lack of ability to actually accomplish anything. Its like an excuse to say you tried.
Terrorists!! English speaking Terrorists....I guess that makes them better somhow. Who wants to work for them---for free? I thought being shanghei'd was a thing of the past!
anyone know why the ady gil was ordered to stop by Captain Bethune? they had NO fuel. Anyone else see the shonan maru 2 change course at the last minute towards the Ady Gil? i did and so did the japanese. Anyone else think the japanese earthquakes were bad? not me i think Karma's a bitch
Whatever you think of the protest, they were being rather complacent and a little smug, rather than hanging around taking pictures they should have been under way and getting out of the way.
It absolutely is greed. It is a matter of ethics. When you are willing to ignore conservation regulations as the Japanese ignore the whale sanctuary just to increase your profit margin, then you have crossed the line from good business to greed. It is more along the lines of state sponsored poaching.
The demise of the worlds largest mamals will also be our demise. I truely dont understand why the Japanese or another country feels the need to hunt an animal to its extinction. One word says it all "GREED".
@universalparamount01 " I truely dont understand why the Japanese or another country feels the need to hunt an animal to its extinction."
That's SSCS propaganda. The Southern Minke has a population somewhere around 500,000. They are far from extinction. However that doesn't make the Japanese whalers right in formally objecting to, and ignoring the Whale Sanctuary.
It certainly doesn't give them the right to attack the protesters and nearly get them killed.
@universalparamount01 they arent even close to overhunting these whales. THE POPULATIONS ARE HUGE! And the Japanese take maybe a few hundred whales from each species. you might as well yell at someone for taking a bucket of water out of the ocean...
That was once said about the Blue Fin Humpback Right Bowfin Sei Gray and so many more species. Luckily some of these have made awesome comebacks, but you vastly underestimate what modern commercial whaling can do to a population in a VERY short time, if unchecked.
The issue is whether the Japanese are willing to follow international regulations. They have proven time and time again they won't unless forced.
@rosepetal108 If this whaling was causing such a major issue in the antarctic ecosystem, why is it that hardly any government body cares? Because there are no regulations. IWC is a voluntary international organization and is not backed up by treaty. Therefore, the IWC, in essence, is a voluntary organization which has substantial practical limitations on its authority. Any member countries are free to simply leave the organization and declare themselves not bound by it if they so wish.
@BigPapaBear1000 The civilized world views the slaughter of these intelligent beings to be unnecessary, inhumane, barbaric; and only practiced by ignorant savage heathens!!!
@BigPapaBear1000 That is true. IWC is weak. However, the ATS which is a very strong anti - Imperialism set of international treaties for the antarctic is enforceable. If anyone were to try whaling in the antarctic for any reason (even science) while not in IWC, they would be forced to answer to the rest of the world by binding treaty.
Japan is using IWC rules and procedures to avoid following IWC regulations. Call it a "loophole"
@rosepetal108 Like I said, Loophole or not, The IWC is not backed by international laws and can't deny a Country from fishing international waters. The Australian Treaty series is only limited to their waters. It has no jurisdiction in Antarctica since no country "owns" antarctica. Send me a link, I want to see where it says there is no hunting allowed in antarctica in the treaty. If this treaty really was broken, I think Australia would be much more enthusiastic with stopping the whaling.
@BigPapaBear1000 First of all this is where it gets complicated. IWC is not directly backed by treaty but it is International law. This may sound strange but quite a lot of international law is done in this manner. Further complicating things is ATS. (Antarctic Treaty System) which is over 200 agreements, most of which are backed by treaty. On the issue of whaling, ATS (backed by treaty) defers to IWC as an exemption. If Japan left IWC they would not have that disputed exemption of article 8.
@rosepetal108 A voluntary organization can't possibly make any international laws. If they did than they would have some way to enforce them. If not, Than it cant possibly be considered a law.
@BigPapaBear1000 That's your ignorance. Once upon a time you might have been right but not today. I tried to explain it to you. I know it is complicated too. I also don't have time to teach you the complexities of international law. Hell I don't even fully understand all of it myself.
I can tell you this though. If Japan leaves the IWC, then they can't whale in the antarctic at all. And that is by treaty with severe penalties.
@BigPapaBear1000 Continued: To further complicate matters. It is quite common for individual countries to enforce international laws whenever the international bodies are unable to enforce them. (as in the case of IWC regulations) Once before when Japan was misusing IWC article 8, US President Ronald Reagan enforced Japans misuse of article 8 by using the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment. USA has also pressured compliance of Taiwan, Spain, Chile, USSR, S Korea, Peru,etc... on various IWC regs.
BBC news reported that Japan has supposedly halted all whaling activities in Antarctica after Sea Shepherds prevented the Niishin Maru from getting over 100 of the whalers' desired 945 whales for the season
Human beings aren't an endangered species (well, that's questionable),,,it's not ok to kill them to keep the numbers down. Why is it we feel we have to kill other life on the planet to keep the numbers down. Don't you think God's design was good, or do you want to alter that? Because you know more than God.
technically the ady gil was about to run out of fuel so they stopped then the shonan hit them and they meant it and then they try and help them yea how friendly are these whalers
At :50 you see Any Gil make her turn to port. At 1:56 she is still under power. Ady Gil continues on intercept course until collision. The crew were playing chicken with the wrong boat and then bitch when it doesn't work out so well for them. Nothing more than a bunch of grown ups acting like children who eventually will get themselves or someone else killed.
Isn't there a song or a movie called "Ship of Fools"? That describes the mad idiots on the AG to perfection. Why don't they go home and mind their own business instead of harassing other boats in international waters? Stay well out of the way of what ever is larger than you or you get what you deserve.
"Research." Do they really think people are that fucking stupid? You might as well be honest and put "We kill whales for money" on the side, or "Fuck-a-you whale," or "we're giant sea douches," or "we don't give a shit about the ocean," or simply "Greed."
@Chemicalogic complicity of the spineless? you think ecoterrorism is really some great calling performed by those who are ready to rise above it all and fight for whats right? its a bunch of sensational fools putting their lives and others at risk to saves whales that the japanese are using for eating. the people on those ships are regular people who are just looking for work, they're not demons here in place to torture poor, innocent animals and then laugh at us when we object. grow up.
@dissforlife Did I mention cynical and ignorant? We all understand the economic pressure to make a living. The failure is on the side of the government and regulating bodies. It's a failure to understand that the seas are under siege on every front. We're dumping, harvesting, and poisoning at unprecedented rates. No one stops to consider what effect our actions have on the aquatic ecosystem. Look, Paul Watson isn't going to save the oceans, but he makes a hell of a guerrilla marketer.
@Chemicalogic ah so endangering the lives of honest workers that are hunting for food like any other animal is OK because we're dumping chemicals into the ocean, yeah? get your sensationalist bullshit straight, and before you reply, take some time to think out a coherent, thoughtful response that actually makes sense and relates to the subject at hand. paul watson is a fat sensationalist hippie cunt who should be hung by the tits.
@dissforlife Being a prick doesn't strengthen your point. Well, as much as you would hate to admit it, what he's doing is working. We're having a conversation, and that's one of the chief goals of "sensationalist" action. And what makes whales different than, say, deer, is that we know so much less about population numbers, movement, lifespans, procreation, all of which makes it irresponsible to hunt them when we know so little about them—an argument that could be extended to much of the ocean.
@Chemicalogic ah good, so by engaging in conversation with a moron/hippie like yourself i've helped make their campaign of foolish and dangerous ecoterrorism a success. i guess thats one more reason to stop trying to reason with a fool then.
Murder (noun)- the killing of another HUMAN BEING under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
@BigPapaBear1000 "You cant murder a whale or a dolphin. Murder (noun)- the killing of another HUMAN BEING under conditions specifically covered in law."
Another lame ass excuse for ignorance. What then when man discovers intelligent life through out the cosmos? Guess this law would not protect them as they may not be classified as "Human".
What would you expect from a species that is yet to discover "intelligent life" on it's own planet? Plus, he only uses 3% of his conscience! LMFAO!!!
@MrEspaldapalabras MNZ's report puts blame for the ramming on both ships. SM2 for failing to give way and gils captain had a few infractions on this, for operating his vessel in a unsafe manner, failure to take action when threat of a collision was there, threatening the safety of his crew for his actions/inactions.
An official investigation into the collision was conducted by the Maritime New Zealand authorities as required by UNCLOS. They took data from GPS, data recorders, video footage, and personal interviews with crew from the Ady Gil, the Bob Barker, and the Shonan Maru. After a six month exhaustive investigation, their conclusion is crystal clear--the Shonan Maru caused this collision by failing to yield to the stand on vessel and by operating the SM in a reckless manner.
Funny thing. People who are saying the ship was scuttled on purpose, are people who are ignorant and do not have a grasp of the English language.
All they see is "scuttled" and "ordered" to do so. These people are taking the statement out of context.
What they don't understand is the FACT that Pete Bethune is making this statement on AFTER the SM2 rammed into the Ady Gil. In context, he was refering to allegedly being ordered not to tow the Ady Gil back to port and scuttling the ship.
from wikipedia "Peter Bethune has since confirmed that he deliberately scuttled the ship, on orders from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society." did you think anybody was falling for the "it was sucked in from the vacuum" arguement?
It doesn't matter on which side your on about this, they were harassing them from what I gathered for a few days. The ship was running s&s so do you really think they weren't going to show agression? If your gonna fuck with the big boys don't bring a row boat. You will attack them no matter what size ship they have so pretty much expect the same back. I'm not supporting either side I'm just sayin' every action has a reaction.
@mediastack Well let's take a look here, from the info I have gathered they have been around these ships for a few days. Now if your gonna fuck with something that is as large as that vessel, why in gods name would bring a speed boat. They just happen to piss them off enough for the whalers to show their teeth
@mediastack Also with the endangering lives, I'm pretty sure when your ramming ships your not quite OSHA approved on safety there either. The ship had enough distance that if they wanted to they could have easily split that little row boat in half, instead they took out the front. They weren't aiming to sink it on the spot, they were aiming to immobilize it.
@BuiltByDestroyer I didn't say I approve SHA ramming others did I? As you can see in the video the crew had to move out of the way, they were spayed at with water cannon and could have ended up in the cold cold sea.
@mediastack I didn't specificly you now did I? It was a general statement, if they wanna run out there with the big boys they should've known what to expect. It's not uncommon to see those water deck guns spewin' at full strength so why would they even think of getting within say 4-500 yards of a ship 1000 times their size. With that bein' said I'm done havin' this debate. You don't take a geo metro and try to run a rig off the road, don't get in a row boat to try to stop a cruise ship.
That was the Shonan Maru's saying, "Kiss yer' smelly vegan asses goodbye, sea trash! We're gonna' chop you in half and there isn't a thing you can do about it!!"
Don't cry for them. "Paul Watson has said that the organization has sunk ten whaling ships while also destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment." "Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers. Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist...Greenpeace is also critical of the group..."Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end".
Don't cry for them. "Paul Watson has said that the organization has sunk ten whaling ships while also destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment." "Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers. Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist...Greenpeace is also critical of the group..."Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end".
OMG! Those guys were so vulnerable on that little boat, it amazing there were no deaths among the Adi Gil crew. I can't help but shake my head in disbelief at how callous and mean those Japs are... That is attempted murder, as well as deliberate destruction of property. Why isn't interpol arresting the whalers for that? I bet if the Sea Shepherds did that they would all be in big trouble.
Yeah, you have to understand that most these "cry over whales" types like Puff live in tiny worlds surrounded by like minded kids who dramatically skew the global reality. A recent poll showed that 97% of Americans eat meat and globally (a group not nearly neurotic and pathetically self-loathing as us) the percentage of vegetarians drops to near ZERO.
To these myopic teen grass-eaters, we MUST be part of "the other side". Hilarious, actually.
The chacacter going by Puff is a real piece of work. In another long running comment section on another video about whales he tries to make a case I'm a "Japanese Whaling Agent" (whatever that is suppose to be) then goes on to try to take apart my user name, suggesting it has to be Japanese.
I mention this simply to illustrate Sea Shepherd fans tend to be fanantics, often excitable, prone to lie often and seem mentally unstable.
I salute the "Saints of the Seas" and the Animal Planet Network for their courage!!! I thought we stopped whaling a long time ago. I see we still have a few barbaric savages trying to circumvent the will of the righteous! I never heard of Paul Watson until Whale Wars. "Knowledge is power and power is knowledge"!!! Thanks... Paul!!! Keep fighting the good fight!!! The righteous are with you!!!
The Ady Gil powered up and ran in front of the Japanese boat. Maybe the pilot panicked. I believe the Japanese boat was intentionally getting too close but for the Ady Gil crew to say they were rammed and totally innocent in this is a lie and shameful. If you are going to do things for your cause, own it don't lie about it.
@EliScorch No. They were sitting on top waving to one of the other Sea Shepherd boats. If you watch the water right behind the Ady Gil just before they hit the other boat you see the engines power on and the Ady surges forward. Now maybe the pilot panicked because the other boat was getting too close but they still ran in front of the other boat and are covering it up.
The water cannon shows the relative position of the two vessels to one another. I would estimate as much as 45 degrees. Therefore, the SM#2 had to turn as much as 45 degrees to starboard toward the Ady Gil. It is "self evident" the SM#2 deliberately attacked the Ady Gil.
@Merangel22 I am not a Japanese. And in any case human life is more important than the life of all whales in the World ocean. And that is what these eco-talibans endanger with their actions - the life of human beings (the Japanese sailors). If you read the ideas of their so-called "captain", you will see that he is a sick man. Come on people, grow up - the entire human civilization is built on the carcasses of animals, so either commit suicide or start behaving as reasonable persons.
@Assenium what's to say a minke whale life is not worth the same as a human? what's to say that throwing rotten butter, less acidic than beer, is endangering lives, when a ship twice the size of a carbon-fiber speedboat isn't? if by "sick man" you mean racist, i have to disagree. sea shepherd defends oceanic life from all countries, regardless of race, including canada, of which paul watson, this "sick man" you say, comes from and saves baby seals from being brutally clubbed. reply if you wish
@FishStickOnAStick "Sea Shepherd" once tried to break the propeller of a Japanese ship in Arctic waters. And were very proud of their actions. If you do not know, to immobilize a ship in such conditions is extremely dangerous for its crew. I do not care what this mad person fights for - his are the words that "ground worms are more important than humans". Anyone saying this deserves to be treated accordingly - like a worm.
@Assenium I am aware that sea shepherd does attempt to foul the propellers of japanese whaling ships, and i will admit thatsome of their tactics, such as the "can opener", used against the oriental bluebird, which at the time was an illegal vessel registered to panama, having no buisiness in the fleet. however his words of humans being equal in worth to worms are true. you appear to think that worms have no worth at all, go ahead. wipe out the worms, wipe out the whales. you will suffer.
@FishStickOnAStick Well, in that case I have nothing more to tell you. Obviously you believe that you are as worthy as a worm. Don't blame others who do not think the same for human beings, unless you really want them to deal with you as they would with worms. Have a nice day.
@Assenium i am perfectly fine with being a theoretical worm. i am perfectly fine with being treated as a worm. however you have still failed to answer my statement of why human life is more important than the life of any creature, including, yes, the lowly earthworm. if you can answer reasonably i will respect your opinion and no longer bother your time. if not, you have no respect from me, and will be treated as you would treat a worm without pity or emorse, same as the whales killed by whalers
@FishStickOnAStick As I told you, I do not feel any need to explain anything to a person like you. I also do not need your respect or anything. Live the way you want - I couldn't care less. The good news is that people like you are less than 1% of the population and nobody cares about their opinion.
@Assenium ok, i don't know why you responded to me in the first place then. i will live the way i want, and you will live the way you want, so goodie for you. and i have no idea what you mean by people like me, wether it means sea shepherd supporters or people-worms or whatever. people-worms i understand, because most humans are cocky bastards who think they are the greatest creatures in the universe when the universe really runs quite well without them. but SS supporters there are plenty of.
@FishStickOnAStick So I'm guessing the religious aspect of the conversation will be totally ignored by the both of you? Just putting into perspective of the whole placement of animals on Earth and such. Just thought it was weird how it was never brought up. On a side-note.. don't we watch nature happen all the time and try not to disturb? I'm guessing you all don't consider our actions part of nature? Just a few of my ponderings.
@Lalodocineski religion has nothing to do with whaling. unless your one of those christians who are all like "OMG STOP SAVING WHALES YOU'RE INTERFEREING WITH GOD'S PLAN" and crap like that. plus maybe neither of us are religious. i'm not, i don't know about the other guy, i couldn't care less though. there's your answer to the religious aspect of the argument.
@FishStickOnAStick Aww.. but what about the religious aspect of it being that we have the right to whale? I'm not sure where you got "OMG STOP SAVING WHALES YOU'RE INTERFEREING WITH GOD'S PLAN." He kinda put all animals on this earth for us.
@Puff29646 Haven't they been deliberately attacking the SM#2? I know not to that extent but what if you had a kid crapping on your desk every time you went to work?
@Puff29646 well it turns out the captain of the ady gil just came out to tell the news that paul watson made him put it there to gain sympathy for their cause
Mate this really will make no difference, greenies, cryers, apologists, civil liertarians, drug addicts and the like will do whatever it takes to make themselves feel or look good, it does not really matter a toss what it is as long as its high profile.
The higher profile the more they feel good about themselves.
@Inconvenientruths your the drug addict. Just because you masturbate every day you think that everyone else does too but you fail to realize that the others who are actually normal people (and not loosers like you) actually have significant others to fuck and therefore we do not have to masturbate as we can all see YOU DO.
@Puff29646 and it is evident that the ady gil, bob barker, steve irwin and all those stupid ECOTERRORISTS break every sea navigation law and then try to jam ship's props in the middle of the ocean. and then shine industrial laser's at the japanese crew which blind you if u make a dead on eye contact.
i think human lives are more important than whales. dont you think?
the whales are EATIN as food buddy. its a natural resource. they had every right to defend themselves
@sedro32 It is also self evident "the ends justify the means"! It is also self evident who the terrorists are when they ATTACK another vessel and send it to the bottom! Cetaceans being a food source? Human beings were a food source in the Congo as well! Was the BARBARIC and SAVAGE practice of CANNIBALISM put down as a result of CIVILIZATION? Basically the slaughter of these intelligent beings is justified by RACISM! They are a non human race therefore have no rites! That is IGNORANCE!!!
@sedro32 : It is 2012! The japanese are not starving. They do not have to eat whale to survive. Their is plenty of other things that they can eat. Leave the whales alone! Who told them that they were in charge of the seas and could do with the oceans what they pleased. Im glad seashepherd is out there doing something about this.
@clarifaco LET THEM BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOW SHEARS AND THEY WILL BE WELL FED!!! FURTHERMORE, I CONSIDER PROTECTING THESE INTELLIGENT BEINGS A NOBLE, JUST AND AND RIGHTEOUS CAUSE!!! ALSO, THESE ARE "HUMANITIES ALLIES OF THE OCEANS" AS THERE ARE DOCUMENTED CASES OF CETACEANS WARNING, EVEN SAVING HUMAN BEINGS FROM DANGER!!!
Japanese whaling agents do not want the public to know this!!! That is why they keep marking it as spam!!!
United Nations World Charter for Nature UN GEN RES 37/7 Sections 21-24 state not only is it every one on the planets RIGHT but DUTY to enforce the laws of this charter!
United Nations World Charter for Nature UN GEN RES 37/7 Sections 21-24 state not only is it ever one on the planets RIGHT but DUTY to enforce the laws of this charter!
A picnic? When I first saw the story of this in the spring I remember thinking they had broke down for this to have happed but not that they were sitting on the boat like being on a fishing trip!
@MsMoons123 No! I respect the Japanese. There is nothing wrong with harvesting a few whales for consumption. Whale meat is good food! This is about vegetarians deciding what's good for other people. The key word is OTHER! These douche bags don't decide what OTHER people eat. Especially the OTHER 3.5 billion people. Who made them KING?
The whale species that they hunt are not endangered at all. In fact, there are numerous fish species that are far more heavily threatened and consumed everyday around the world. The ONLY reason Sea Shepherd exists is because Westerners, for some obscure reason that I don't understand, are squeamish about eating whale meat, and want to enforce their culture taboos against other cultures. This is NOT about conservationism or environmentalism, it's about cultural imperialism
@mmysama Actually you are quite uninformed about whale populations. The Minke Whale population is down 60% from only 6 years ago, while Humpback Whales are very much endangered and rare. We do not eat Whale meat because they are intelligent, self aware species...it would be like eating human children. It has nothing do do with culture or tradition, but simply to do with trying to save an intelligent species from destruction and extinction. Its about keeping balance in the ecosystem
jbeaman is just another forum troll who likes to spread lies and misinformation as evidenced by his ridiculous remark that Pete Bethune "was fired" by the SSCS. In his warped, twisted little mind he sees this collision as being the Ady Gil's fault and NOTHING (i.e. the truth, the facts, or even the soon-to-be-released MNZ report) you say or do will convince him he's wrong......
Best bet with trolls is to just ignore them, eventually they'll go away.....
Don't let some fucking Japanese Whaling agent warp and twist your perception! The Shonan Maru #2 port side is NOT visible from the Bob Barker until it turns hard to starboard (right) directly at the Ady Gil. It then strikes the Ady Gil and turns back to port (left). Believe your own eyes people! Not what people tell you THEY SEE! If you tell a person "I see 5 lights" over and over when there are really only four. Under the right conditions they will eventually be convinced there are five.
He who has the gold makes the rules. Therefore, I do not recognize any law based on greed that supports the slaughter of intelligent beings. If law makes one civilized I think a vast majority of the civilized world would agree with me in stating that the slaughter of an intelligent being is uncivilized. Therefore, the present laws regarding whaling are uncivilized and must be amended! ZERO TOLERANCE!!!
@Puff29646 Intelligent beings? Well if I could dive to the deepest parts of the ocean and communicate for hundreds of miles to my buddies. These fisherman would be chasing their dick around the ocean. Apparently their not so smart and you must think the poor chicken,cow,pig,fish,monkey, snake...... etc, are expendable because their not so intelligent. Your just a hypocrite masquerading as a human. We kill and we eat. Thats the human way. Whale meat is good! Get over it!
@BigPapaBear1000 Oh my God! What the hell do you think any and every animal on Earth is??? It's a BEING!!! DUH!!! LMAO!!! Everything from an Ant to a Zebra; and any and everything between. However, not all BEINGS are intelligent.
@Puff29646 If you want to call animals beings than whatever. The Japanese are hunting whales that arent even close to endangered. And Japan barely makes a dent in their population during a full season. Sea shepherd is mislead by their idiot leader paul watson thats just in it for all the money.
@Puff29646 you should look up the definition of conscience. i think you mean conscious. and even then it doesnt make sense what your saying. And Japan is not motivated by greed. You have no proof to back up your claim to that. Japan hunts whale because they have a very low food self sufficency rate. Before your little granola hippie brain explodes that means they have a hard time aquiring food without importing it. They're serving it in schools now to reduce the amount of imported food needed.
@BigPapaBear1000 So why are 6000 tons of whale meat rotting in Japan? Shouldn't be possible if Japan would have a "very low food self sufficency rate" and therefore a high demand on whale meat, right?
i think they deserved what they got they should not even be there in the first place
Crazyredneck2147 3 weeks ago
LOL SSCS lying yet aghain.
If you look at other videos. You can see the ady gil pput itself in the path (illegal) then as the maru turned away the ady gil accelertaed into the path (when the ady gil pilot panicked after leaving their get away too late).
This was after the ady gil terrorists attacked the ship by
Trying to blind people with lazers
Draging cable infront of the ship to damage it.
Firing arrows at the ship
All criminal activites.
gorilla199uncensored 3 weeks ago
What is that beeping sound? could someone please tell me
SuperHippie2 3 months ago
@SuperHippie2 some kind of non-lethal weapon called the L-rad. the japs first used it against the sea sheapords helicopter pilot to get him away from the ship. its makes a VERY FRIKIN LOUD sound when turned on
kaycorey1 3 months ago
whalers: build a ship called the stingray ;P
TheFleiger 4 months ago
love how it cuts out just before impact... viewed most clips now and love the evident throttle increase of the ady gil to cut across the bow... however japs should have gone round stern, but probably trying to fend off guys who have been shooting at them with spud guns/cannons for weeks, they have patience of saints for not deliberately sinking the lot.
TheFleiger 4 months ago
@TheFleiger The Ady Gil and Bob Barker had only been with the fleet a few hours. Not days or weeks, But the Japanese were desperate to lose them. I dont blame them at all. The Ady should have stayed well clear of an oncoming Harpoon ship. Its no game yet Pete and his crew seemed to think it was with all their high fives and laughing. They kind of looked stupid mocking the Japanese then getting their asses run down.
Stopthegreed 3 months ago
@Stopthegreed well if you didnt see the footage of it from the barker, it shows the japenese turning right into the ady gil
kaycorey1 3 months ago
@kaycorey1. The Japanese totally turned into the Ady. But that doesn't change the fact that the Ady should have stayed well clear of an on coming Harpoon ship. How many times have Sea Shepherd ships been rammed in the past? Loads.. Pete was just very inexperienced with the whole issue. If Pete had powered up and moved out of the way and headed north to the Steve Irwin like he was suppose to then the Ady would never been run down. i just put it down to inexperience by Pete
Stopthegreed 3 months ago
@Stopthegreed but weren't they already far enough from the Shonan?
kaycorey1 3 months ago
@kaycorey1 No what happened was the whole fleet, all the harpoon ships and the Bob Barker were following the Factory ship. ( All traveling in the same direction) The Ady Gil had been harassing the factory ship. The Ady stopped and as the factory ship pulled away all the other ships continued to follow. The Bob Barker was the first to pass the Ady which was just bobbing in the ocean. The Harpoon ships were following the Bob and the Shonan was on a direct coarse with the Ady.
Stopthegreed 3 months ago
@kaycorey1 With the Shonan heading straight towards you i would think it best to maybe avoid them and pull out of the way not sit up on top and wave to them. There was no reason to just sit there. A classic mistake by Pete Bethune. But remember Pete new nothing about the fleet and hadn't had any real contact with them. He was naive and really should have acted to protect the Ady and his crew from danger. And everyone knows the Japanese can be dangerous.
Stopthegreed 3 months ago
@Stopthegreed but didn't they say he was out of fuel?
kaycorey1 3 months ago
@kaycorey1 They were low on fuel but not out of fuel. They were to head north to meet up with the Steve Irwin. It was a error in Judgment not to avoid the Shonan. Pete treated it like a game. Not very smart
Stopthegreed 3 months ago
hilarious, good ship handling you aholes.
ISpeakTrue 4 months ago
Well what's going to happen when the whales are all gone? Has anyone ever considered that whales are probably more intellectual than we are? Their brains are huge and who's to say they aren't conscious of themselves. They are probably the humans of the ocean and they are so similar to us in evolutionary terms. And yet we just go around slaughtering any creature that gives us money even if they are endangered because that means they're worth more. We are just fueled by greed and hate. Sad.
aantill 4 months ago
Both were in the wrong, the Japs for doing the low pass instead of keeping clear and the Drug Addicts for powering up to position thier vessel in such a way to cause a marine incident (collision).
Inconvenientruths 5 months ago
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alexeiv17 7 months ago
"Ooo I'm SO scared! What's it gonna do!?"... Uh, it's speeding straight towards your poncy little fiberglass boat! You might wanna get the fuck out the way! ..Idiots!
ubersteigen 7 months ago
anyone serious about anti-Whaling would not be supporting eco-terrorists who lie about being shot by a bullet for Tv ratings and sponsor money.
even the captain of SS is wanted by the FBI.
you know in this day and age, anyone labelled a terrorist is not going to get any support by any proper official agencies on the world stage. soon all anti-whaling movement will be stereotyped fake left-wing eco-terrorist frauds.
Thegus0 7 months ago
That's what happens when dumb hippies screw around with people trying to make a living.
The6sicksikhs 7 months ago
What a joke that the Japan tried to blame it on the Ady. They ran them down and turned right into them. They should have been arrested for attempted murder.
hands112009 7 months ago
@hands112009 steve irwin rammed whaling fleet boats intensionaly number of times in previous seasons
BEANO266 7 months ago
If JFK was still alive, he'd say "damn, I remember getting that view of a Japanese ship once!"
1st503rdSGT 8 months ago
Idiots. I could spend half the money, half the effort, and be 10 times as effective as these morons. Protesting is a sign of poor education, severe misdirection, and a lack of ability to actually accomplish anything. Its like an excuse to say you tried.
coloradoskiauthority 8 months ago
Fuck with a bull and you'll get the horns.
tripleheshy 8 months ago
Terrorists!! English speaking Terrorists....I guess that makes them better somhow. Who wants to work for them---for free? I thought being shanghei'd was a thing of the past!
UpcomingJedi 8 months ago
the lrad makes meh rofl
nerfreviewman10 8 months ago
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lol whatever boat these white fags bring the superior japanese shall destroy it again
xdroon3 9 months ago
anyone know why the ady gil was ordered to stop by Captain Bethune? they had NO fuel. Anyone else see the shonan maru 2 change course at the last minute towards the Ady Gil? i did and so did the japanese. Anyone else think the japanese earthquakes were bad? not me i think Karma's a bitch
gta4ishardcore 9 months ago
@gta4ishardcore i think GTA4 is hardcore
castlemedic 9 months ago
@castlemedic hmmm interesting.
gta4ishardcore 9 months ago
Whatever you think of the protest, they were being rather complacent and a little smug, rather than hanging around taking pictures they should have been under way and getting out of the way.
logtothebase2 10 months ago
lol pwned
iiiiiiiiiiii 10 months ago
Make the boat out of INDUSTRIAL HEMP it has ten times the shattering resistance of steel ask Henry ford
ashtweth 11 months ago
few things i dont get about this boat. why so many speakers? why the laser? theres so much unnecessary shit on it.
pounder2day 11 months ago
It absolutely is greed. It is a matter of ethics. When you are willing to ignore conservation regulations as the Japanese ignore the whale sanctuary just to increase your profit margin, then you have crossed the line from good business to greed. It is more along the lines of state sponsored poaching.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
The demise of the worlds largest mamals will also be our demise. I truely dont understand why the Japanese or another country feels the need to hunt an animal to its extinction. One word says it all "GREED".
Sea Shepherd Rocks!! Thats my opinion.
universalparamount01 1 year ago
@universalparamount01 " I truely dont understand why the Japanese or another country feels the need to hunt an animal to its extinction."
That's SSCS propaganda. The Southern Minke has a population somewhere around 500,000. They are far from extinction. However that doesn't make the Japanese whalers right in formally objecting to, and ignoring the Whale Sanctuary.
It certainly doesn't give them the right to attack the protesters and nearly get them killed.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@universalparamount01 they arent even close to overhunting these whales. THE POPULATIONS ARE HUGE! And the Japanese take maybe a few hundred whales from each species. you might as well yell at someone for taking a bucket of water out of the ocean...
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 ====> " THE POPULATIONS ARE HUGE! "
That was once said about the Blue Fin Humpback Right Bowfin Sei Gray and so many more species. Luckily some of these have made awesome comebacks, but you vastly underestimate what modern commercial whaling can do to a population in a VERY short time, if unchecked.
The issue is whether the Japanese are willing to follow international regulations. They have proven time and time again they won't unless forced.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 If this whaling was causing such a major issue in the antarctic ecosystem, why is it that hardly any government body cares? Because there are no regulations. IWC is a voluntary international organization and is not backed up by treaty. Therefore, the IWC, in essence, is a voluntary organization which has substantial practical limitations on its authority. Any member countries are free to simply leave the organization and declare themselves not bound by it if they so wish.
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 The civilized world views the slaughter of these intelligent beings to be unnecessary, inhumane, barbaric; and only practiced by ignorant savage heathens!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 That is true. IWC is weak. However, the ATS which is a very strong anti - Imperialism set of international treaties for the antarctic is enforceable. If anyone were to try whaling in the antarctic for any reason (even science) while not in IWC, they would be forced to answer to the rest of the world by binding treaty.
Japan is using IWC rules and procedures to avoid following IWC regulations. Call it a "loophole"
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 Like I said, Loophole or not, The IWC is not backed by international laws and can't deny a Country from fishing international waters. The Australian Treaty series is only limited to their waters. It has no jurisdiction in Antarctica since no country "owns" antarctica. Send me a link, I want to see where it says there is no hunting allowed in antarctica in the treaty. If this treaty really was broken, I think Australia would be much more enthusiastic with stopping the whaling.
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 First of all this is where it gets complicated. IWC is not directly backed by treaty but it is International law. This may sound strange but quite a lot of international law is done in this manner. Further complicating things is ATS. (Antarctic Treaty System) which is over 200 agreements, most of which are backed by treaty. On the issue of whaling, ATS (backed by treaty) defers to IWC as an exemption. If Japan left IWC they would not have that disputed exemption of article 8.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@rosepetal108 A voluntary organization can't possibly make any international laws. If they did than they would have some way to enforce them. If not, Than it cant possibly be considered a law.
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 That's your ignorance. Once upon a time you might have been right but not today. I tried to explain it to you. I know it is complicated too. I also don't have time to teach you the complexities of international law. Hell I don't even fully understand all of it myself.
I can tell you this though. If Japan leaves the IWC, then they can't whale in the antarctic at all. And that is by treaty with severe penalties.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 Continued: To further complicate matters. It is quite common for individual countries to enforce international laws whenever the international bodies are unable to enforce them. (as in the case of IWC regulations) Once before when Japan was misusing IWC article 8, US President Ronald Reagan enforced Japans misuse of article 8 by using the Packwood-Magnuson Amendment. USA has also pressured compliance of Taiwan, Spain, Chile, USSR, S Korea, Peru,etc... on various IWC regs.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Little cheery news here for anti-whalers::
BBC news reported that Japan has supposedly halted all whaling activities in Antarctica after Sea Shepherds prevented the Niishin Maru from getting over 100 of the whalers' desired 945 whales for the season
xAthrun 1 year ago
what is that really annoying high pitched bleeping that starts at 2:16?
TheRicketts911 1 year ago
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xAthrun 1 year ago
@TheRicketts911
It's either the collision warning from the Ady Gil's steering cabin or the LRAD( Long range acoustic device) thats being aimed at them.
xAthrun 1 year ago
@xAthrun
thank you I was kinda confused as to what was happening
TheRicketts911 1 year ago
AWSOME!!
High Five that you Losers!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
WARDofLORE 1 year ago
Human beings aren't an endangered species (well, that's questionable),,,it's not ok to kill them to keep the numbers down. Why is it we feel we have to kill other life on the planet to keep the numbers down. Don't you think God's design was good, or do you want to alter that? Because you know more than God.
rayaBein 1 year ago
The fact most of you clowns out there only use 3% percent of your conscience means YOUR NOT EVEN HALF AWARE!!! HOW PATHETIC!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
They're laughing now.... but the japanese shall have the last laugh MUAHAHAHAH!!!!!!
matthewung 1 year ago
Albino is the best
ko4wol 1 year ago
Too bad they didn't all get sucked into the props.
tryithere 1 year ago
I hope those fuckers that hit em all die fuckin faggot ass japs
dodgekicksass505 1 year ago
technically the ady gil was about to run out of fuel so they stopped then the shonan hit them and they meant it and then they try and help them yea how friendly are these whalers
vicky97100 1 year ago
The video only shows that the whalers were responsible
rcc1111 1 year ago
At :50 you see Any Gil make her turn to port. At 1:56 she is still under power. Ady Gil continues on intercept course until collision. The crew were playing chicken with the wrong boat and then bitch when it doesn't work out so well for them. Nothing more than a bunch of grown ups acting like children who eventually will get themselves or someone else killed.
rjjr1963 1 year ago
@rjjr1963 the ady gil was out of fuel and u can even tell that the ady is being push forward by the enormous waves behind it.
cubsrock10997 1 year ago
@rjjr1963 Major fail. Telling lies only makes you as bad as the Sea Shepards.
rosepetal108 1 year ago
Isn't there a song or a movie called "Ship of Fools"? That describes the mad idiots on the AG to perfection. Why don't they go home and mind their own business instead of harassing other boats in international waters? Stay well out of the way of what ever is larger than you or you get what you deserve.
butch356 1 year ago
"Research." Do they really think people are that fucking stupid? You might as well be honest and put "We kill whales for money" on the side, or "Fuck-a-you whale," or "we're giant sea douches," or "we don't give a shit about the ocean," or simply "Greed."
Chemicalogic 1 year ago 14
@Chemicalogic : GOOD ONE
MsMoons123 1 year ago
@Chemicalogic oh piss off you baby. the world is fueled by greed, everything we have accomplished has been through greed, stop whining.
dissforlife 7 months ago
@dissforlife All made possible by the grotesque complicity of the spineless.
Chemicalogic 7 months ago
@Chemicalogic complicity of the spineless? you think ecoterrorism is really some great calling performed by those who are ready to rise above it all and fight for whats right? its a bunch of sensational fools putting their lives and others at risk to saves whales that the japanese are using for eating. the people on those ships are regular people who are just looking for work, they're not demons here in place to torture poor, innocent animals and then laugh at us when we object. grow up.
dissforlife 7 months ago
@dissforlife Did I mention cynical and ignorant? We all understand the economic pressure to make a living. The failure is on the side of the government and regulating bodies. It's a failure to understand that the seas are under siege on every front. We're dumping, harvesting, and poisoning at unprecedented rates. No one stops to consider what effect our actions have on the aquatic ecosystem. Look, Paul Watson isn't going to save the oceans, but he makes a hell of a guerrilla marketer.
Chemicalogic 7 months ago
@Chemicalogic ah so endangering the lives of honest workers that are hunting for food like any other animal is OK because we're dumping chemicals into the ocean, yeah? get your sensationalist bullshit straight, and before you reply, take some time to think out a coherent, thoughtful response that actually makes sense and relates to the subject at hand. paul watson is a fat sensationalist hippie cunt who should be hung by the tits.
dissforlife 7 months ago
@dissforlife Being a prick doesn't strengthen your point. Well, as much as you would hate to admit it, what he's doing is working. We're having a conversation, and that's one of the chief goals of "sensationalist" action. And what makes whales different than, say, deer, is that we know so much less about population numbers, movement, lifespans, procreation, all of which makes it irresponsible to hunt them when we know so little about them—an argument that could be extended to much of the ocean.
Chemicalogic 7 months ago
@Chemicalogic ah good, so by engaging in conversation with a moron/hippie like yourself i've helped make their campaign of foolish and dangerous ecoterrorism a success. i guess thats one more reason to stop trying to reason with a fool then.
dissforlife 7 months ago
@dissforlife Now you're starting to get it.
Chemicalogic 7 months ago
Boycott Japanese products!
They must stop their murdering of whales and dolphins!
cmilos 1 year ago 2
@cmilos You cant murder a whale or a dolphin
Murder (noun)- the killing of another HUMAN BEING under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 "You cant murder a whale or a dolphin. Murder (noun)- the killing of another HUMAN BEING under conditions specifically covered in law."
Another lame ass excuse for ignorance. What then when man discovers intelligent life through out the cosmos? Guess this law would not protect them as they may not be classified as "Human".
What would you expect from a species that is yet to discover "intelligent life" on it's own planet? Plus, he only uses 3% of his conscience! LMFAO!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
Regardless of how you feel about whaling or the actions of these people, the big ship rammed the little one and had to turn to do so. It's obvious.
MrEspaldapalabras 1 year ago 21
@MrEspaldapalabras MNZ's report puts blame for the ramming on both ships. SM2 for failing to give way and gils captain had a few infractions on this, for operating his vessel in a unsafe manner, failure to take action when threat of a collision was there, threatening the safety of his crew for his actions/inactions.
Check SSCS's website, all listed there.
MrFizbanic 1 year ago
@MrEspaldapalabras Are you upset about it?
FantasticBob7000 9 months ago
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007ckb 1 year ago
look at them preparing to scuttle there own ship
namtafxxx 1 year ago
An official investigation into the collision was conducted by the Maritime New Zealand authorities as required by UNCLOS. They took data from GPS, data recorders, video footage, and personal interviews with crew from the Ady Gil, the Bob Barker, and the Shonan Maru. After a six month exhaustive investigation, their conclusion is crystal clear--the Shonan Maru caused this collision by failing to yield to the stand on vessel and by operating the SM in a reckless manner.
YTviewer118 1 year ago 3
Funny thing. People who are saying the ship was scuttled on purpose, are people who are ignorant and do not have a grasp of the English language.
All they see is "scuttled" and "ordered" to do so. These people are taking the statement out of context.
What they don't understand is the FACT that Pete Bethune is making this statement on AFTER the SM2 rammed into the Ady Gil. In context, he was refering to allegedly being ordered not to tow the Ady Gil back to port and scuttling the ship.
s0bedrag0n 1 year ago
you fucking japanessse ewhales eaters go draw some mangas
RaStiScaR1 1 year ago
from wikipedia "Peter Bethune has since confirmed that he deliberately scuttled the ship, on orders from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society." did you think anybody was falling for the "it was sucked in from the vacuum" arguement?
AM2prunejuice 1 year ago
I love watching the japs kick these hippies ass.
tristatenews 1 year ago
It doesn't matter on which side your on about this, they were harassing them from what I gathered for a few days. The ship was running s&s so do you really think they weren't going to show agression? If your gonna fuck with the big boys don't bring a row boat. You will attack them no matter what size ship they have so pretty much expect the same back. I'm not supporting either side I'm just sayin' every action has a reaction.
BuiltByDestroyer 1 year ago
@BuiltByDestroyer I agree to a point where it starts endangering peoples lives. Harassment and endangering lives aren't the same thing.
mediastack 1 year ago
@mediastack Well let's take a look here, from the info I have gathered they have been around these ships for a few days. Now if your gonna fuck with something that is as large as that vessel, why in gods name would bring a speed boat. They just happen to piss them off enough for the whalers to show their teeth
BuiltByDestroyer 1 year ago
@mediastack Also with the endangering lives, I'm pretty sure when your ramming ships your not quite OSHA approved on safety there either. The ship had enough distance that if they wanted to they could have easily split that little row boat in half, instead they took out the front. They weren't aiming to sink it on the spot, they were aiming to immobilize it.
BuiltByDestroyer 1 year ago
@BuiltByDestroyer I didn't say I approve SHA ramming others did I? As you can see in the video the crew had to move out of the way, they were spayed at with water cannon and could have ended up in the cold cold sea.
mediastack 1 year ago
@mediastack I didn't specificly you now did I? It was a general statement, if they wanna run out there with the big boys they should've known what to expect. It's not uncommon to see those water deck guns spewin' at full strength so why would they even think of getting within say 4-500 yards of a ship 1000 times their size. With that bein' said I'm done havin' this debate. You don't take a geo metro and try to run a rig off the road, don't get in a row boat to try to stop a cruise ship.
BuiltByDestroyer 1 year ago
Lol! "Oooo, the LRAD! I'm so scared!"
That wasn't just an LRAD.
That was the Shonan Maru's saying, "Kiss yer' smelly vegan asses goodbye, sea trash! We're gonna' chop you in half and there isn't a thing you can do about it!!"
SierraAV8R 1 year ago
FUCK YOU JAPAN SUCK MY DICK
funkychickeness 1 year ago
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Don't cry for them. "Paul Watson has said that the organization has sunk ten whaling ships while also destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment." "Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers. Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist...Greenpeace is also critical of the group..."Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end".
kcphaid 1 year ago
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Don't cry for them. "Paul Watson has said that the organization has sunk ten whaling ships while also destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment." "Sea Shepherd is a violent organization whose tactics may endanger the lives of fishermen and whalers. Greenpeace has called Watson a violent extremist...Greenpeace is also critical of the group..."Sea Shepherd could undermine the forces within Japan which could actually bring whaling to an end".
kcphaid 1 year ago
OMG! Those guys were so vulnerable on that little boat, it amazing there were no deaths among the Adi Gil crew. I can't help but shake my head in disbelief at how callous and mean those Japs are... That is attempted murder, as well as deliberate destruction of property. Why isn't interpol arresting the whalers for that? I bet if the Sea Shepherds did that they would all be in big trouble.
Merangel22 1 year ago
GOd o hate LRAD, ahhhhhhhhhh
elvarbuk 1 year ago
Hippies...run there ass over
youpube1011 1 year ago
@Willieofroanoke
Yeah, you have to understand that most these "cry over whales" types like Puff live in tiny worlds surrounded by like minded kids who dramatically skew the global reality. A recent poll showed that 97% of Americans eat meat and globally (a group not nearly neurotic and pathetically self-loathing as us) the percentage of vegetarians drops to near ZERO.
To these myopic teen grass-eaters, we MUST be part of "the other side". Hilarious, actually.
SierraAV8R 1 year ago
The chacacter going by Puff is a real piece of work. In another long running comment section on another video about whales he tries to make a case I'm a "Japanese Whaling Agent" (whatever that is suppose to be) then goes on to try to take apart my user name, suggesting it has to be Japanese.
I mention this simply to illustrate Sea Shepherd fans tend to be fanantics, often excitable, prone to lie often and seem mentally unstable.
willieofroanoke 1 year ago
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I salute the "Saints of the Seas" and the Animal Planet Network for their courage!!! I thought we stopped whaling a long time ago. I see we still have a few barbaric savages trying to circumvent the will of the righteous! I never heard of Paul Watson until Whale Wars. "Knowledge is power and power is knowledge"!!! Thanks... Paul!!! Keep fighting the good fight!!! The righteous are with you!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
The Ady Gil powered up and ran in front of the Japanese boat. Maybe the pilot panicked. I believe the Japanese boat was intentionally getting too close but for the Ady Gil crew to say they were rammed and totally innocent in this is a lie and shameful. If you are going to do things for your cause, own it don't lie about it.
Sticker1995 1 year ago
@Sticker1995 wasn't the boat powerless, hence the crewmembers on top of the ady gil?
EliScorch 1 year ago
@EliScorch of course they were powerless...no one was at the helm.
Merangel22 1 year ago
@EliScorch No. They were sitting on top waving to one of the other Sea Shepherd boats. If you watch the water right behind the Ady Gil just before they hit the other boat you see the engines power on and the Ady surges forward. Now maybe the pilot panicked because the other boat was getting too close but they still ran in front of the other boat and are covering it up.
Sticker1995 1 year ago
The water cannon shows the relative position of the two vessels to one another. I would estimate as much as 45 degrees. Therefore, the SM#2 had to turn as much as 45 degrees to starboard toward the Ady Gil. It is "self evident" the SM#2 deliberately attacked the Ady Gil.
Puff29646 1 year ago 21
@Puff29646 Yes. And it's pity none of these stupid mfckrs at Ady Gil did not die. Maybe next time.
Assenium 1 year ago
@Assenium Why do you Japanses hate life so much? Haven't your mother and gransmothers taught you anything about love or respect?
Merangel22 1 year ago
@Merangel22 I am not a Japanese. And in any case human life is more important than the life of all whales in the World ocean. And that is what these eco-talibans endanger with their actions - the life of human beings (the Japanese sailors). If you read the ideas of their so-called "captain", you will see that he is a sick man. Come on people, grow up - the entire human civilization is built on the carcasses of animals, so either commit suicide or start behaving as reasonable persons.
Assenium 1 year ago
@Assenium what's to say a minke whale life is not worth the same as a human? what's to say that throwing rotten butter, less acidic than beer, is endangering lives, when a ship twice the size of a carbon-fiber speedboat isn't? if by "sick man" you mean racist, i have to disagree. sea shepherd defends oceanic life from all countries, regardless of race, including canada, of which paul watson, this "sick man" you say, comes from and saves baby seals from being brutally clubbed. reply if you wish
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@FishStickOnAStick "Sea Shepherd" once tried to break the propeller of a Japanese ship in Arctic waters. And were very proud of their actions. If you do not know, to immobilize a ship in such conditions is extremely dangerous for its crew. I do not care what this mad person fights for - his are the words that "ground worms are more important than humans". Anyone saying this deserves to be treated accordingly - like a worm.
Assenium 1 year ago
@Assenium I am aware that sea shepherd does attempt to foul the propellers of japanese whaling ships, and i will admit thatsome of their tactics, such as the "can opener", used against the oriental bluebird, which at the time was an illegal vessel registered to panama, having no buisiness in the fleet. however his words of humans being equal in worth to worms are true. you appear to think that worms have no worth at all, go ahead. wipe out the worms, wipe out the whales. you will suffer.
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@FishStickOnAStick Well, in that case I have nothing more to tell you. Obviously you believe that you are as worthy as a worm. Don't blame others who do not think the same for human beings, unless you really want them to deal with you as they would with worms. Have a nice day.
Assenium 1 year ago
@Assenium i am perfectly fine with being a theoretical worm. i am perfectly fine with being treated as a worm. however you have still failed to answer my statement of why human life is more important than the life of any creature, including, yes, the lowly earthworm. if you can answer reasonably i will respect your opinion and no longer bother your time. if not, you have no respect from me, and will be treated as you would treat a worm without pity or emorse, same as the whales killed by whalers
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@FishStickOnAStick As I told you, I do not feel any need to explain anything to a person like you. I also do not need your respect or anything. Live the way you want - I couldn't care less. The good news is that people like you are less than 1% of the population and nobody cares about their opinion.
Assenium 1 year ago
@Assenium ok, i don't know why you responded to me in the first place then. i will live the way i want, and you will live the way you want, so goodie for you. and i have no idea what you mean by people like me, wether it means sea shepherd supporters or people-worms or whatever. people-worms i understand, because most humans are cocky bastards who think they are the greatest creatures in the universe when the universe really runs quite well without them. but SS supporters there are plenty of.
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@FishStickOnAStick So I'm guessing the religious aspect of the conversation will be totally ignored by the both of you? Just putting into perspective of the whole placement of animals on Earth and such. Just thought it was weird how it was never brought up. On a side-note.. don't we watch nature happen all the time and try not to disturb? I'm guessing you all don't consider our actions part of nature? Just a few of my ponderings.
Lalodocineski 1 year ago
@Lalodocineski religion has nothing to do with whaling. unless your one of those christians who are all like "OMG STOP SAVING WHALES YOU'RE INTERFEREING WITH GOD'S PLAN" and crap like that. plus maybe neither of us are religious. i'm not, i don't know about the other guy, i couldn't care less though. there's your answer to the religious aspect of the argument.
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@FishStickOnAStick Aww.. but what about the religious aspect of it being that we have the right to whale? I'm not sure where you got "OMG STOP SAVING WHALES YOU'RE INTERFEREING WITH GOD'S PLAN." He kinda put all animals on this earth for us.
Lalodocineski 1 year ago
@Lalodocineski I'm an atheist. ._.
FishStickOnAStick 1 year ago
@Puff29646 Haven't they been deliberately attacking the SM#2? I know not to that extent but what if you had a kid crapping on your desk every time you went to work?
Lalodocineski 1 year ago
@Puff29646
The water cannon was moving, so we can not justify the comment. The video from the Bob Barker is all we need.
catguy43 1 year ago
@Puff29646 well it turns out the captain of the ady gil just came out to tell the news that paul watson made him put it there to gain sympathy for their cause
tuhtaypay 1 year ago
@tuhtaypay Conjecture and here say!
Puff29646 1 year ago
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tuhtaypay 1 year ago
@tuhtaypay
Mate this really will make no difference, greenies, cryers, apologists, civil liertarians, drug addicts and the like will do whatever it takes to make themselves feel or look good, it does not really matter a toss what it is as long as its high profile.
The higher profile the more they feel good about themselves.
Its really just a form of masterbation!
Inconvenientruths 1 year ago
@Inconvenientruths your the drug addict. Just because you masturbate every day you think that everyone else does too but you fail to realize that the others who are actually normal people (and not loosers like you) actually have significant others to fuck and therefore we do not have to masturbate as we can all see YOU DO.
MsMoons123 1 year ago
@MsMoons123
I must enquire if your rather venomous reply is because of my Dad?
Inconvenientruths 1 year ago
@MsMoons123
Since you have not as yet replied, I confess I have had some good sex with myself.
In saying that I would prefer sex with myself, rather than using a bulk used semen recepticle such as yourself.
Kerbinboy 1 year ago
@Puff29646 and it is evident that the ady gil, bob barker, steve irwin and all those stupid ECOTERRORISTS break every sea navigation law and then try to jam ship's props in the middle of the ocean. and then shine industrial laser's at the japanese crew which blind you if u make a dead on eye contact.
i think human lives are more important than whales. dont you think?
the whales are EATIN as food buddy. its a natural resource. they had every right to defend themselves
sedro32 1 year ago 2
@sedro32 It is also self evident "the ends justify the means"! It is also self evident who the terrorists are when they ATTACK another vessel and send it to the bottom! Cetaceans being a food source? Human beings were a food source in the Congo as well! Was the BARBARIC and SAVAGE practice of CANNIBALISM put down as a result of CIVILIZATION? Basically the slaughter of these intelligent beings is justified by RACISM! They are a non human race therefore have no rites! That is IGNORANCE!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
@sedro32 : It is 2012! The japanese are not starving. They do not have to eat whale to survive. Their is plenty of other things that they can eat. Leave the whales alone! Who told them that they were in charge of the seas and could do with the oceans what they pleased. Im glad seashepherd is out there doing something about this.
MsMoons123 1 year ago
@Puff29646 AND WHO STARTED IT???
WHAT WHERE YOU EXPECTING???
arent you worried about starvation in Africa???
STOP WASTING MONEY AND TIME AND PEOPLES PACIENCE...
FIGHT FOR SOMETHING REALLY WORTHY AND NOBLE...
LIKE POVERTY AND STARVATION.... NOT WHALES....
clarifaco 1 year ago
@clarifaco LET THEM BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOW SHEARS AND THEY WILL BE WELL FED!!! FURTHERMORE, I CONSIDER PROTECTING THESE INTELLIGENT BEINGS A NOBLE, JUST AND AND RIGHTEOUS CAUSE!!! ALSO, THESE ARE "HUMANITIES ALLIES OF THE OCEANS" AS THERE ARE DOCUMENTED CASES OF CETACEANS WARNING, EVEN SAVING HUMAN BEINGS FROM DANGER!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
@Puff29646
YOUR ARGUMENT PROVES THAT IM RIGHT. THANK YOU PUFF
whale- 1
mankind - 0
(RIDICULOUS)
clarifaco 1 year ago
@Puff29646 QUIZ: WHO WILL YOU HELP?
a) A whale
b) 50 people with real needs with no means to contend with
LET ME GUESS.... YOU WILL HELP THE ANIMAL!!! RIGHT???
OBSERVATION: WHY 50 PEOPLE, YOU ASK??? WHELLL.... IF FOR YOU ONE HUMAN ISN´T ENOGH TO MACH A WHALE, I TRIED WITH 50!!!!
MAYBE YOU´LL CARE MORE IF IT WOULD BE YOUR FAMILY....
BUT ITS OK, EVER SINCE I SAW A PIG RIDING A BYCICLE... NOWADAYS EVERYTHING ITS POSSIBLE.
clarifaco 1 year ago
@clarifaco Like I said... "Let them beat their swords into plow shears and they will be well fed!"
Puff29646 1 year ago
yeah! well done, japs>> those fucking hippie-terrorists got what they deserved ...you showed no mercy with their toy-boat! :) cheers
1bottlejackdaniels 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Japanese whaling agents do not want the public to know this!!! That is why they keep marking it as spam!!!
United Nations World Charter for Nature UN GEN RES 37/7 Sections 21-24 state not only is it every one on the planets RIGHT but DUTY to enforce the laws of this charter!
Puff29646 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
United Nations World Charter for Nature UN GEN RES 37/7 Sections 21-24 state not only is it ever one on the planets RIGHT but DUTY to enforce the laws of this charter!
Puff29646 1 year ago
@STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY yeah. Except that whaling is illegal. Like, any whaling at all
IcelandikFilms 1 year ago
A picnic? When I first saw the story of this in the spring I remember thinking they had broke down for this to have happed but not that they were sitting on the boat like being on a fishing trip!
carcano38 1 year ago
moth@#f*(&ker#......go to war........
hounderdawg1 1 year ago
@STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY: Should we start by doing somethin with you then? lol
MsMoons123 1 year ago
@MsMoons123 No! I respect the Japanese. There is nothing wrong with harvesting a few whales for consumption. Whale meat is good food! This is about vegetarians deciding what's good for other people. The key word is OTHER! These douche bags don't decide what OTHER people eat. Especially the OTHER 3.5 billion people. Who made them KING?
STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY 1 year ago
@STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY
The whale species that they hunt are not endangered at all. In fact, there are numerous fish species that are far more heavily threatened and consumed everyday around the world. The ONLY reason Sea Shepherd exists is because Westerners, for some obscure reason that I don't understand, are squeamish about eating whale meat, and want to enforce their culture taboos against other cultures. This is NOT about conservationism or environmentalism, it's about cultural imperialism
mmysama 1 year ago
@mmysama Actually you are quite uninformed about whale populations. The Minke Whale population is down 60% from only 6 years ago, while Humpback Whales are very much endangered and rare. We do not eat Whale meat because they are intelligent, self aware species...it would be like eating human children. It has nothing do do with culture or tradition, but simply to do with trying to save an intelligent species from destruction and extinction. Its about keeping balance in the ecosystem
Merangel22 1 year ago
@MslisaB333: couldnt have said it better myself!
MsMoons123 1 year ago
jbeaman is just another forum troll who likes to spread lies and misinformation as evidenced by his ridiculous remark that Pete Bethune "was fired" by the SSCS. In his warped, twisted little mind he sees this collision as being the Ady Gil's fault and NOTHING (i.e. the truth, the facts, or even the soon-to-be-released MNZ report) you say or do will convince him he's wrong......
Best bet with trolls is to just ignore them, eventually they'll go away.....
MsLisaB333 1 year ago
Don't let some fucking Japanese Whaling agent warp and twist your perception! The Shonan Maru #2 port side is NOT visible from the Bob Barker until it turns hard to starboard (right) directly at the Ady Gil. It then strikes the Ady Gil and turns back to port (left). Believe your own eyes people! Not what people tell you THEY SEE! If you tell a person "I see 5 lights" over and over when there are really only four. Under the right conditions they will eventually be convinced there are five.
Puff29646 1 year ago
He who has the gold makes the rules. Therefore, I do not recognize any law based on greed that supports the slaughter of intelligent beings. If law makes one civilized I think a vast majority of the civilized world would agree with me in stating that the slaughter of an intelligent being is uncivilized. Therefore, the present laws regarding whaling are uncivilized and must be amended! ZERO TOLERANCE!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago 7
@Puff29646 Intelligent beings? Well if I could dive to the deepest parts of the ocean and communicate for hundreds of miles to my buddies. These fisherman would be chasing their dick around the ocean. Apparently their not so smart and you must think the poor chicken,cow,pig,fish,monkey, snake...... etc, are expendable because their not so intelligent. Your just a hypocrite masquerading as a human. We kill and we eat. Thats the human way. Whale meat is good! Get over it!
STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY 1 year ago
@STOPGLOBALSTUPIDITY Evidently smarter than you because they at least know what WE are! Dumb ass!!! A few key strokes is all you get.
Puff29646 1 year ago
@Puff29646 you're forgetting that whales arent beings, they're animals. Just because an animal is smart doesnt mean you cant eat it...
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 Oh my God! What the hell do you think any and every animal on Earth is??? It's a BEING!!! DUH!!! LMAO!!! Everything from an Ant to a Zebra; and any and everything between. However, not all BEINGS are intelligent.
"Not a being."? wtf? lmao!!!
Puff29646 1 year ago
@Puff29646 If you want to call animals beings than whatever. The Japanese are hunting whales that arent even close to endangered. And Japan barely makes a dent in their population during a full season. Sea shepherd is mislead by their idiot leader paul watson thats just in it for all the money.
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 My advise to you is look up the definition of "being". Furthermore, if anyone is motivated by greed it's the sadistic savages.
Puff29646 1 year ago
@Puff29646 you should look up the definition of conscience. i think you mean conscious. and even then it doesnt make sense what your saying. And Japan is not motivated by greed. You have no proof to back up your claim to that. Japan hunts whale because they have a very low food self sufficency rate. Before your little granola hippie brain explodes that means they have a hard time aquiring food without importing it. They're serving it in schools now to reduce the amount of imported food needed.
BigPapaBear1000 1 year ago
@BigPapaBear1000 So why are 6000 tons of whale meat rotting in Japan? Shouldn't be possible if Japan would have a "very low food self sufficency rate" and therefore a high demand on whale meat, right?
smerles 1 year ago