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IWC Unanimously Condemns Sea Shepherd

Video: Sea Shepherd Propaganda Song

LONDON–The International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued a unanimous statement here Saturday condemning the U.S. anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

It referred to the group hurling bottles at a Japanese research-whaling vessel in Antarctic waters last week, injuring three people.

Another whaling news story today mentions some of the bizarre research Japan has been conducting through its whaling program, including attempts to cross-bread cows and whales.

21 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - March 10, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Categories: Anti-Japan, Japanese Food Tags: japan, news, sea shepherd, whales, whaling

Dakk

If only he wasn’t wearing that vest, the world would be a much better place.

Klauscore

wow, so you are in favor of killing people? You must be a nice person.

Dakk

I’m in favor of self defense, throwing acid of FISHERMEN warrants an equal reaction.

Dakk

Self-Defense != Terrorizing fishermen doing their job.
foobar

Dakk, you logic is confusing and poorly employed. So are we to understand that if someone interferes with another persons “job” they should be killed?

charles

grandma watson and those greenpieceofshits sure got a frickin lame theme song. Sounds like some gay rap crap. lol
Mayuna

I’m sick of SS terrorizing the Dutch news. Their violence is unnecessary and it will probably not stop the Japanese from whaling anyway. By the way, what do you get when you cross-bread whales with cows…whows or cales? xD
404error

what a horrible music with the video xD
Dimentagon

I posted this video on youtube. I am an Australian anti whaling protester from Coffs Harbour in Australia. The whales humpback whales cruise past my house migrating to the sanctuary each year. I just want people here to know that we in Australia do not hate Japanese, in fact I have posted another video stating the fact that we really like Japanese in Australia and you are all welcome. Your government is spreading racist propaganda and calling us racist because Australia is opposed to whaling. We do not appreciate you whaling in our territorial waters especially the whale sanctuary as you would not like us fishing in your waters. Japan has a long history of illegal long line fishing in Australian waters and as you would appreciate we are not happy about it as our own fisherman have their strongly enforced licences and quota’s. Please do not believe the racist propaganda being spread by your government we are a very ethnically diverse nation who welcomes world cultures. We just see through the Japanese government lie of Scientific whaling. Sea Shepard is enforcing our laws and throwing rancid butter at the whaling crew in the sanctuary, not acid. Your coastguard was sent to attempt to murder Paul Watson inside Australian territorial waters in the whale sanctuary using Japanese taxpayers money. I am sorry if you disagree with me but facts are facts.

Dimentagon

Ps despite what you think of it, I wrote and recorded the song as a tribute and no one from sea Shepard asked me to , it was done by my me independent from the organisation.
nobu

The Japanese government is not spreading any racist propaganda. If you come to Japan you will know it.

If you are a civilized person, you wouldn’t through anything at somebody’s face. A civilized person would sit down and talk. The guy from SS is not.
David

For the last time, Australia can’t just unilaterally declare a peace of international waters as “whale sanctuary”! That’s exactly what it is to almost every other nation, international waters.

By the way the Japanese government definitely does not engage in any racist propaganda. In fact I haven’t seen anything remotely racist or even unbalanced in Japanese media. But I have seen Australian newscasters using emotive phrases like “slaughter in Australian waters” (not even mentioning that the claim is recognised only by very few countries) and the government (!) claiming that a picture of two killed whales were mother and child without any basis whatsoever. Even if they were mother and child it would be totally irrelevant, it’s just another emotive argument like “whales are beautiful!”

Of course you’ll find lots of racist loonies in Japanese forums like 2Chan, but same goes for anonymous online forums in any country.
schmitts

Dimentagon if you vehemently deny the imputation of racism, you should condemn Paul Watson.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LbRoCFlNfkQ
What have you got to say for yourself? Antarctic whaling is just an emotional or territorial issue, but racism is a HUMAN-RIGHTS issue.

http://tofusando.blogspot.com Akoua Doffou

OBVIOUSLY the ICW would condemn SS!
mortonsalt

unless the japanese coast had a WORLD-CLASS marksman firing a handgun ( which is the size of the bullet shown in the video), then the whole controversy about the captain being shot at in the open ocean is completely and blatantly fabricated. any person who has ever been on the open ocean knows just how violent the boat can rock,this would make it quite difficult to deliver A PINPOINT SHOT TO THE HEART as shown in the video. furthermore any bullet that is fired from a gun accurate enough to even begin to do that, would penetrate that light civilian style vest like wet paper. this is why i believe they simply just shot at a vest a filmed him digging it out of the vest after the fact.
Isa

Dimentagon
“白豪主義オーストラリアと反捕鯨 Racist Australia and Japanese whaling” video was created by a Japanese citizen whom you can find on 2ch.
But SS is propagating the video was made by the J government.
They think ordinary Japanese(are morons) have no ability to make such a video.
How racists are they?
Japan should sink SS ship then SS will stop attacking.
SS do not attack China for killing Yanzee dolphines with the pollution because they know China won’t have mercy to SS.

By the way, “SS” sounds like nazi.
otsuka

Glad I wasn’t quoted. Way to attack your trusty readers Mr. James. All things read on the internet should be taken with a salt shaker. Ne?

http://www.japanprobe.com James

Otsuka:

Way to attack your trusty readers Mr. James.

I didn’t write the post with the comment quotes. I allow Claytonian to post about any topic he chooses, as long as he’s willing to put up with criticism from readers.

I don’t see any problem with quoting readers’ comments. Once you type something in and hit the “Add comment” button, you have made your views public. If you don’t want other people to read what you’ve written, write it on a private forum somewhere.

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http://tepido.org/ LB

Whaling is legal. People protesting the whalers need to look it up and stop spreading their ignorance.

IWC Unanimously Condemns Sea Shepherd

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