If my ship was being attacked by a group with a skull and crossbones, I'd retaliate too. I really don't see how anyone in their right mind can defend the Sea Shepherds.

7/23/2010 10:24:44 AM

but think of the whales won't somebody think of the whales.

7/23/2010 11:07:59 AM

Zombie Steve Irwin will come back and stab the fat captain in the heart with that ray barb for great justice.

7/23/2010 11:09:04 AM

I cant help but wonder if the entire Earthrace/Ady Gil fiasco isnt a huge case of insurance fraud.

7/23/2010 9:53:29 PM

^Thought the same thing from the way they gunned the throttle.

Also, did anyone see them parachute onto the deck of the Steve Irwin? They didn't think to take down their spikes that "prevent whalers from boarding." Dude almost shorted it and ended up in the spikes.

8/7/2010 4:01:53 AM

i had never even heard of this show.

8/7/2010 2:04:32 PM

^^ Yeah I saw that, if the guy had his legs hanging down he would have impaled himself on those crucial self defense spikes. Its worth having them there though so the evil Japanese don't board their boat and murder them all with their evil LRADs and water cannons.

8/7/2010 3:11:14 PM

The Japanese whaling fleet has its shit together, period. The Sea Shepards are a bunch of hacks, there are two, maybe three of them that might not be insanely stupid. Aultman, Hammerstedt, and the guy who was at the helm when the Yushin 3 collided with the BB. Capt. Swift is an idiot. There is another guy who I think is named Van Horn?? that guy should be promoted to Captian- Captian Obvious. Either the producers are writing his dialog or he is mentally retarded.

8/7/2010 10:58:39 PM

Until the international community gives a damn again about the illegal poaching of whales done by the Japanese, the efforts of the Sea Shepards are rather futile. But seeing as how people already don't care about noise pollution of ships that is wreaking havoc on the whales, I doubt much will be done about their wanton slaughter.

[Edited on August 7, 2010 at 11:10 PM. Reason : .]

8/7/2010 11:09:45 PM

true, they are mostly all insane - you can see it in their eyes. but i still think the show is great because it is highlighting their efforts and bringing more attention to whaling.

8/7/2010 11:48:35 PM

^^ As long as they're not killing endangered whales then no one will ever care, nor should they. Whales are just another food source, they just happen to be more cute and cuddly than tuna.

8/8/2010 1:16:05 AM

So animal populations are only important if they are endangered? Yikes.

8/8/2010 1:24:07 AM

I'm not saying they should hunt them until they become endangered, I'm just saying that the killing of whales in and of itself is no different than the killing of any other creature we eat for food. If they can hunt Minke whales without negatively affecting their population then they shouldn't be hassled about it.

8/8/2010 1:31:18 AM

Perhaps, but from a food chain and animal hierarchy perspective clearly killing and consuming a whale shouldn't be comparable to say killing and consuming a chicken. Why don't we eat dolphins?

8/8/2010 2:13:41 AM

Ever since watching this show I've been curious what whale actually tastes like. Does it taste different from fish since they are mammals?

8/8/2010 2:14:51 AM

its a little like fatty shark meat

8/8/2010 3:43:25 AM

It looks very red in the pics i've seen. Looks like beef of the sea. There are plenty of Minke whales to go around. Pull up a chair.

8/8/2010 4:07:06 AM

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"I'm just saying that the killing of whales in and of itself is no different than the killing of any other creature we eat for food"

most of the animals we eat are raised on farms for the purpose of being eaten, so yes, it is different

8/8/2010 8:32:26 AM

WHALE FARMS!

First brought toy you by T-Dub!

8/8/2010 9:53:09 AM

^^ don't a lot of animal rights activists complain about that, too?

8/8/2010 10:24:07 AM

^^^ I guess with the exception of most seafood you're right. I don't see why raising an animal on a farm makes it more ok to kill it and eat it though.

8/8/2010 12:37:01 PM

^because we aren't depleting their numbers

^^yeah many disagree with the idea of animals being in captivity. i've talked to some who believe it's acceptable to hunt animals in their natural habitat while keeping them in captivity is cruel. i can't say i completely agree though.

[Edited on August 8, 2010 at 12:43 PM. Reason : ]

8/8/2010 12:39:44 PM

So you just ignored the part where I said "if they can hunt them without negatively affecting their numbers"?

8/8/2010 1:03:01 PM

i didn't read that far back, sorry dude

8/8/2010 3:33:14 PM

You think that they would be whaling if anyone from any country that mattered was bothered by the Minke whale population? Perhaps the "powers that be" have decided that the Japanese are owed something. As all you blubber hugging would-be sea shepards may forget, a few years back they did get a couple of devastating atomic bombs dropped on them. Nuclear ass-kicking aside, the Japanese are doing what they have been doing for thousands of years, getting food from the sea. There isnt exactly room for a lot of beef ranches in a country that is only 145,000 square miles and the 10th highest population in the world. But maybe whale meat is good for you too, after all they live the longest and their infant mortality rate is half ours. And did you see that guy climb the wall to catch that long fly ball last week, forget eating your Wheaties! That boy was raised on, you guessed it, minke burgers with a side of noodles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxpAkOWNM0&feature=related

8/9/2010 2:47:20 AM

Blubber hugger, eh? Damn, that's a new one! Although if I diversified like that my trees might get jealous.

8/9/2010 4:51:25 AM

OH - I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING RESEARCH

8/9/2010 11:16:37 AM

this show is a bunch of bullshit

the target whales are not endangered and the whalers are not poaching

that and these hippies have no idea what theyre doin theyre gonna kill somebody

hell they cant even keep fuel in their boats, every episode they run out of fuckin fuel

there is nothing wrong with harvestng from nature responsibly, no matter how large the animal is. There is somethin wrong with a bunch of white hacks chasing hard working people around in a skiff damaging their equipment and literally attempting to render harvested whales totally useless by destroying the meat

and then hoopin and hollering around like a bunch of idiots celebrating when they do it


to me it is disgusting

[Edited on August 9, 2010 at 11:41 AM. Reason : f]

8/9/2010 11:38:04 AM

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"I'm not saying they should hunt them until they become endangered, I'm just saying that the killing of whales in and of itself is no different than the killing of any other creature we eat for food. "

i used to think the same, until i read about how the market for whales just isn't there. no one really wants it, its an artificial market.

and i laughed my ass off when the one guy nailed the throttled and destroyed the lower end of the engine on the rocks after the storm. those guys are jokes.

[Edited on August 9, 2010 at 12:30 PM. Reason : .]

8/9/2010 12:26:27 PM

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"Whales are just another food source, they just happen to be more cute and cuddly than tuna."

Of all the language I can think of to describe whales, "cute and cuddly" does not come to mind.




HUG MEEEEEEEE

8/9/2010 12:35:46 PM

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"As all you blubber hugging would-be sea shepards may forget, a few years back they did get a couple of devastating atomic bombs dropped on them. "

You're really going there? Aside from the whole trying-to-take-over-SE-Asia thing, you realize that they had the bomb, too, and would have dropped it if we did not, yes? But that is a discussion for another time.

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"But maybe whale meat is good for you too, after all they live the longest and their infant mortality rate is half ours. "

And the 4th highest suicide rate in the world. And a fertility rate lower than that of their death rate. Care to made any wild deductions from these statistics?

8/9/2010 12:42:57 PM

no but they are large and prevalent, as opposed to an obscure venus flytrap (heavily poached) or snail darter

whales travel the world and there is a big money industry based on viewing them. thats why they get the attention

8/9/2010 12:43:18 PM

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"And the 4th highest suicide rate in the world. And a fertility rate lower than that of their death rate. Care to made any wild deductions from these statistics?"

So twice as many Japanese fellas commit suicide every year as men in the USA. There is a LOT of weirdos in Japan, especially men, and most suicides are male. Let's face it, the guys who ARE normal and could stand a chance to further the normal development of their nation have a hell of a time finding a suitable woman to have their babies- THATS NOT DEPRESSING AT ALL. I mean, 30 some thousand people commit suicide a year in the United States. FUCK there's probably that many skilled, talented, intelligent people in Japan who cant live a happy life because their apartment is the size of a closet, the walls are made of paper, outside the front door is a vending machine selling the used underwear of pre-teen girls, and they have to take shits laying down! Wonder how many Japanese commited suicide last year? 30 some thousand!

8/10/2010 2:18:22 AM

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"you realize that they had the bomb, too, and would have dropped it if we did not, yes? But that is a discussion for another time."

Oh yeah? Did you hear Pierre Salinger claims to know who shot down TWA Flight 800 with a shoulder fired missile??

8/10/2010 2:24:16 AM

When the whales die at sea world, do they just let all that meat spoil?

8/19/2010 3:14:53 PM

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"i used to think the same, until i read about how the market for whales just isn't there. no one really wants it, its an artificial market."

So, do you really think that the Japanese would keep coming out each year and keep killing whales if there was not an enormous amount of money involved. They have added boats to their fleet, but they are just out there killing for fun since there is no market for them.

Use your brain people!!!

8/19/2010 4:46:44 PM

Exactly. Think about it, if whales are taboo, the place to look for whale meat is the black market.

I do wonder though, where do the bones go? How does a country as small as Japan produce SO MANY packs of oodles of noodles??

8/19/2010 11:17:21 PM

The whales are processed at sea and the bones are thrown overboard.

8/21/2010 6:06:22 AM

8/30/2010 8:26:07 PM

Have you seen him cleanshaven?? Put him in a big hat and white suit and he looks a lot like the original Boss Hogg.

[Edited on September 1, 2010 at 1:23 AM. Reason : fgfgdfgsdfgds]

9/1/2010 1:23:04 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11490958

Peter Bethune was captain of the hi-tech Ady Gil when its bow was shorn off in a collision with a Japanese whaler it was shadowing in January.

It sank two days later, but Mr Bethune now alleges he was ordered to scuttle it by Sea Shepherd head Paul Watson.

10/7/2010 8:57:33 AM

what else do you do with half of a boat that's taking on water when you're thousands of miles away from a port

10/7/2010 8:53:23 PM

bttt, another year of hippies chasing asians!

6/7/2011 7:50:52 AM

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"this show is a bunch of bullshit the target whales are not endangered and the whalers are not poaching"

Did you miss the news about how whaling is illegal by international law?

6/7/2011 9:32:52 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRD8e20fBo

"The Cove" goes a little into the Japanese whaling industry. Good watch if you want to learn more about the industry as a whole. They're nasty folks and I support what the Sea Shephard guys are doing. I just wish they were more effective at their mission.

6/7/2011 9:41:08 AM