Whale Wars

[MakoMike]

Yes the Minke whales are not endangered, and yes Paul Watson is an ass.

[FishermanTim]

It looks like the captain is loading his crew with a lot of "red-shirt" personnel (see Star Trek).
I applaud the merit of their cause, but their methodology is whack.

If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?
If a inexperienced eco-terrorist gets killed in the middle of the Antartic Ocean, and no one sees or hears about it, does it really matter?

As for the Japanese "research" vessels, if no other country in the world goes through the trouble to circumnavigate the whaling laws of the world, why keep up the false pretense of kiiling 1000 whales every year? They must be the stupidest researchers in the world if they haven't learned all there is to learn after harvesting 1000's of whales already. (Just following their reasoning for killing the whales.)

The show will probably get axed when someone buys it.

[Bronko]

The Captain is a passive aggressive freak show. The crew is dangerously inept. They are a greater danger to themselves than the Japanese are to the whales.

I watch just to see how badly they botch their "missions."

[redcrbbr]

Originally Posted by Bronko

The Captain is a passive aggressive freak show. The crew is dangerously inept. They are a greater danger to themselves than the Japanese are to the whales.

I watch just to see how badly they botch their "missions."

yep

[afterhours]

their cause is just imo. their methods are insane- totally untrained crew is going get someone seriously hurt. love the hot chick on board, the one with the dweeb boyfriend. capt. is a tool- ya think he was really shot??

[Back Beach]

Keep in mind this is a made for TV show too and needs much drama to capture an audience. For all we know they could be in the gulf of Mexico for much of the filming...

[MakoMike]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

As for the Japanese "research" vessels, if no other country in the world goes through the trouble to circumnavigate the whaling laws of the world, why keep up the false pretense of kiiling 1000 whales every year? They must be the stupidest researchers in the world if they haven't learned all there is to learn after harvesting 1000's of whales already. (Just following their reasoning for killing the whales.)

There are several other countries doing the same thing. Iceland is one but I forget the other. BTW the U.S. and many other countries allow whales hunts for their "indigenous peoples."

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by MakoMike

There are several other countries doing the same thing. Iceland is one but I forget the other. BTW the U.S. and many other countries allow whales hunts for their "indigenous peoples."

I stand corrected regarding other countries, but the one major difference between other countries and our own indigenous people is that the countries aren't deploying man-powered boats to hunt down 1 whale but, instead deploy fleet of ships, or floating factories.
I believe the Japanese slap a "research" tag on their whaling excursions to lessen the uproar from those apalled by whaling.
(IE"Well, it's being done in the name of research.")

Anywho, there's destined to be some kind of "incident" aboard that ship of fools.