But sure ‘breaking into’ isn’t fair, at best they were illegally trespassing in that respect. Seino need to tighten their security up at any rate, if they hadn’t been so lax then probably GPJ would not be in the sorry situation that they find themselves in now. Their fault though.

The real scandal with the way this story is being reported is GP’s spin – they are claiming they were arrested for “exposing” the “scandal” that they convinced themselves they had uncovered (they are very eager to convince themselves). Of course, anyone with half a clue can see that they were arrested for their theft, not for being (wishful) whistle-blowers, but it’s still amazing that they continue to pump this crap out to their western media audience with a straight conscience.

It doesn’t end there though, I’ve seen reports that further charges are also being considered by various parties. If being stupid was a crime they’d sure as hell be prosecutable for that.

It’s not clear which meat he ate though. Maybe he ate it in a restaurant some place as part of his “investigation” in to the “embezzlement scandal”.

Thus if you obstruct traffic to highlight the illegal (in all probabilty) Iraq war then you can invoke this right.

Have a good ‘day.’

Yeah, but that’s not exactly “illegal”, while stealing is.

Also, don’t forget the Japan Times has been known as ‘Liberal and non-biased paper’.

Like you said, stealing is stealing. I can’t kill someone on the street just because they deserve it.

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/imgs/3/d/3dd949c8.jpg

Greenpeace member: Since we had to eat (the whale meat) for investigation, we ate it.
Q: Was it tasty?
Greenpeace member: Yes, it was tasty.

1. You can put ‘murder’ or any other crime in a headline without quotation marks, provided you don’t identify a non-convicted individual as the perpetrator. Generally speaking, when referring to a particular individual, news sources will either use the quotation mark approach, include a direct quotation from a government source, or use words like “alleged” or “accused.”

2. They don’t actually have to do this, of course. Like I said, it’s a CYA against libel. If the threat of a libel action doesn’t spook the proprietor of a news outlet, they’re free to print whatever they want–at least in the United States. I’m not familiar with Japanese defamation law.

And your source for this is Sea Shepherd? And you believe them unquestioningly, right? I bet you also support their acts of nautical terrorism. You support violence in the name of politics, right?

Anyway, the key here is the word illegal. Theft IS illegal in Japan and other countries. Having, buying, giving, selling and eating whale meat is NOT illegal in Japan.

I hope the only thing on the menu in the Japanese holding cell is whale meat.

And remember, the Japan Times provides news with their proud claim:
All the News Without Fear or Favor
or rather
All the News Without Fear or ‘Favor’

Has the IWC ruled that Japan’s current whaling activities are illegal?

I think they’ve been watching a little too much Detective Conan. Even if they had legal jurisdiction to conduct a criminal investigation, they were definitely not issued a warrant to seize property, which is theft, and breaking and entering on top of that.