Japanese whalers throw bleeding chunks of blubber at animal rights activists?

I haven’t seen any photos or video of it, but an AP report contains a claim from Sea Shepherd:

A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber after their boat collided Friday with a Japanese whaling vessel in a dramatic Antarctic Ocean clash Japan condemned as “unforgivable.”

As neat as it might be to imagine Japanese whalers actually using such a twisted and bizarre method of defense, Sea Shepherd’s animal rights activists have been known to exaggerate or even lie.

Meanwhile, the Japanese are claiming that Sea Shepherd deliberately rammed one of its whaling ships. This video of the incident in question makes a strong case on their behalf:

Update: Sea Shepherd has ended this year’s attacks, but they claim they’ll be back next year with a better and faster ship.

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jc

I advocate and fully support a “kill on sight” policy versus Sea Shepherd activists. Acid grenades and naval collisions answered with Mossberg JICs and submarine torpedoes – there is no room for any negotiation with an organization that condones violence as its primary campaign tactic.

toko

Well said. I agree.
YES

And our country would probably sink those who did the sinking since this shit happens in our backyard

putang

they are appealing to people about preciousness of life with violence. funny.
Matt

Why is the white people of these Sea Shepherds also go ram the ships of Norway and the Nordic nations? They kill and eat the most whales in the world.
bob

Sea Shepherd got my donation this year…and will again next year. The whalers are nothing but a bunch puppets belonging to right wingers and yaks.

PTSnake

what the fuck mate?
they are criminals!

what you’re saing is basicly like bombing for peace or fucking for virginity..
http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

I love the feel good attitude that people get from giving money to people like these. I find it quite amusing indeed. You are truly saving the world, sir. Kudos.

http://inanetalk.com/smf/ NPC

Do I think Japan should be whaling? No.
Do I support these idiots that sink ships? No.

In some ways they deserve each other, but unfortunately both of them must be stopped in order to protect the environment.

Trufax

Seconded!

me

The Sea Shepherds are terrorists. No, really.
LB

“A group of radical anti-whaling activists said they were pelted with bloody chunks of whale meat and blubber”

Maybe the whalers caught and harvested Paul Watson, and were throwing chunks of him back?

madne0

lol

LB

By the way, the video doesn’t make a “strong” case for Japan’s claim, it is irrefutable proof of Japan’s claim. The ~~pirate~~ Sea Shepard ship turned into the Japanese ship. It was a deliberate ramming. The only folks who would believe otherwise or would even attempt to justofy it are eco-nazi terrorists who also believe Paul Watson’s claims of being shot (without noticing it at the time) by the Japanese. These people may not make a good case for anti-whaling, but they make a damn good case for birth control.
ダビ

Send in the 海上自衛隊! Let’s see them try to ram a Japanese destroyer.
Roger

Japan has more than 1 whaling vessel where as SS only has 1 ship so it does not really matter much even if SS rams into a Japanese whaling ship the other ships can hunt still hunt whales. It’s good entertainment.
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asd

sea shepherd -> why only whales? why not cows, chickens, pigs too?
bunch of hypocrites.

Shelly

It’s because of Star Trek 4, where whales save the Earth. They’re being proactive. Had Kirk and Spock gone back for chickens, they’d be ramming KFCs.

*is on par with their reasoning and level of knowledge*

helical

And Free Willy and Flipper too!
Come to think of it, I wonder why there wasn’t an uproar with pork when Babe was released…

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