Comments on: Larry King Chats Whale Wars With Sea Shepherd Crew

By: Elmirage

Elmirage — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:37:55 +0000

This guy is a zealot and a nutjob. I hope he goes down with his crew. Whaling is not a very pretty industry and in fact basically a useless waste of the whales but Watson’s way of doing things is so wrong. Shame on him !!!!!!!!!!

By: mouse

mouse — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:14:06 +0000

I have been watching whale wars this session. I truely believe that in this day and age no animal needs to be killed in order to do research. And I would love to see whaling stopped. At this point in time the Japanese aren’t breaking any laws (other the using the LRAD on an aircraft in flight) My main problem with the Japanese is they are whaling in a whale sanctury. To me that is one place that whales should be left alone.

By: Whoever...

Whoever... — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:02:45 +0000

Let’s get things straight – Japan’s scientific research is a load of crap:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227136.100-why-japans-whaling-activities-are-not-research.html

Secondly, all those (the evil defenders) who accuse Sea Shepherd and other real AR organizations of being eco-terrorists are nothing but a bunch of cowards. At least these people are fighting for what they believe in and in the case of SS they have never seriously hurt anyone.

It’s so easy to point fingers when you’re comfortably sitting at home and doing nothing to change this world for the better. At least these people are out there putting their asses on the line fighting for their ideals!

By: David

David — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:01:01 +0000

The Sea Shepherd is breaking the law, while the Japanese are not.

As Captain Josephson quoted:

International maritime law states that: Except in the event of an emergency, it is unlawful for any person to anchor or operate a vessel in a manner that will unreasonably interfere with the navigation of other vessels.

Harrassing the Japanese is a crime and they should be punished! Throwing anything at another ship is a form of battery and if it was in American waters, they all would be arrested.

I personally love whales, but they are taking it to the extreme and it make all animal lovers look like idoits.

By: GiGi

GiGi — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:10:34 +0000

If you want to be credible, then stop saying Whales are endangered. Yes, certain species are endangered. But not the ones the Japanese are authorized to harvest.

The Sea Shepherd crew is completely inept. Their “operations” are all ineffective because they are poorly trained and poorly led.

They hurt their campaign by engaging in their terrorist tactics. They clearly aren’t having any effect. They should document, plead their case to the IWC, and stop the open-seas piracy.

By: adhoc

adhoc — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:11:20 +0000

I am all for the cause but does anyone else think these guys are totally inept. I watch the show every week and it seems like one failure after the next- they cant launch the small boats, the radar doesnt work, the crew is fighting, they barely have enough fuel, they give their “present/new weapon” over to the whalers by accident, people on the small boats are constantly getting injured, etc. etc. It seems like the only guy who can actually do anything right is the guy who flys the helicopter. Im glad they are fighting but I wish they would actually achieve a minimal level of success.
I thought the funniest thing was when sea shep folks had to turn back b/c they could no longer effectively attack the whalers due to whaler’s new defenses. And just what were these new defenses?- they hung a net up on the outside of their whaling ship so the sea shep could no longer throw little vials of stinky stuff.

By: taylor

taylor — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:43:05 +0000

i’m joining the crew as soon as i get out of college

By: EcoEmo

EcoEmo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:38:08 +0000

I agree 100% with SS.
Norwegian and Japanese whalers do it for profit. There’s no real reason behind their whaling.
Iceland, on the other hand, do it because they need to. I’ve seen their need for the whaling industry first hand, and I understand that Iceland don’t do it for profit.

By: Lindus

Lindus — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:19:39 +0000

To all of you who criticize Mr. Watson; read this: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/editorial-090616-1.html
All I can personally say is that as we can all see at some point talk does not work. There’s been “talk” about ending whaling since before many of you were not even born. How many whales has been killed since then? 100’s of thousands is how many. IF you have a more intelligent way to end whaling and are able to get the Nipponese to the table let Mr. Watson continue his disruptive ways. If you absolutely think he is wrong and should be stopped, come up with something to charge him with that will actually stick and thusly incapacitate his organization. Until then, enjoy “Whale Wars” and send kisses to your Nipponese friends…

With hopes to see Whaling stopped NOW!
/Lindus

By: Captain Josephson

Captain Josephson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:27:45 +0000

Sea Shepherd are a bunch of terrorists!

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Whaling isn’t right and neither is ramming ships at sea.

International law states that Japan can take whales. If someone doesn’t like that, they should work toward getting the laws changed through due process.

International maritime law states that: Except in the event of an emergency, it is unlawful for any person to anchor or operate a vessel in a manner that will unreasonably interfere with the navigation of other vessels.

Sea Shepherd is the one that is in the wrong!