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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:29 AM
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Anyone watch this show?

I just started watching it. Pretty interesting stuff.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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the one on disc?
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:35 AM
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i think i saw this the other night on tv ... read the description and kept looking

i assumed it was about the eco-terrorists when i saw "sea shepard"

and i hate those people

if its about just whales please enlighten me h:
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:35 AM
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whats it about?
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:47 AM
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Cliffs:

JDM people going around killing whales (against international laws as whales are endangered) but using the excuse of "scientific research" but really are killing them because all parts of the whale are worth $$$$$$. The Sea Sheppard is an environmental organization that's trying to stop them. Interesting stuff because some int'l laws state that they can't harm each other so they get creative.

Saw one episode last week and I think I'm going to Netflix the first season.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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yup thats what i thought it was about

eff that

sea shepards are a bunch of f@g semi eco-terrorists. throwing acid bombs and playing chicken with whaling ships that result in crashes. illegally boarding ships ... constantly harrasing the people on the ships who are just trying to make a living for their families

and then everytime something happens to them they dont like they bitch and moan.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JessTD
yup thats what i thought it was about

eff that

sea shepards are a bunch of f@g semi eco-terrorists. throwing acid bombs and playing chicken with whaling ships that result in crashes. illegally boarding ships ... constantly harrasing the people on the ships who are just trying to make a living for their families

and then everytime something happens to them they dont like they bitch and moan.
Sorry, but I agree with some points of them. The whale population is going DRASTICALLY down in large part to illegal fishing for profit. The whales of this world are an integral part of society and production of MANY aspects of the wild.

Sure the people are trying to make money...but there are PLENTY of other fish that are LEGAL to fish and some don't have limits on fishing them. Fish them. Not endangered whales...baby whales also nonetheless so then there won't even be a population to spawn new life.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by JessTD
yup thats what i thought it was about

eff that

sea shepards are a bunch of f@g semi eco-terrorists. throwing acid bombs and playing chicken with whaling ships that result in crashes. illegally boarding ships ... constantly harrasing the people on the ships who are just trying to make a living for their families

and then everytime something happens to them they dont like they bitch and moan.
people who who commit robbery are just trying to make a living for their families too, doesn't make it any less illegal.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by RB
people who who commit robbery are just trying to make a living for their families too, doesn't make it any less illegal.
Well put.
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Draconius
Sorry, but I agree with some points of them. The whale population is going DRASTICALLY down in large part to illegal fishing for profit. The whales of this world are an integral part of society and production of MANY aspects of the wild.

Sure the people are trying to make money...but there are PLENTY of other fish that are LEGAL to fish and some don't have limits on fishing them. Fish them. Not endangered whales...baby whales also nonetheless so then there won't even be a population to spawn new life.
whaling isnt illegal

and i can't find myself siding in any way with a organization that wants to directly flaunt the rules of the ocean and then claim to be a peaceful organzation

driving around the ocean in a boat that uses large amounts of fuel oil is totally helping to protect the environment

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people who who commit robbery are just trying to make a living for their families too, doesn't make it any less illegal.
talk about totally different scenarios. fact of the matter is the IWC was set up as a means to provide for sustainable whaling practices but over time more and more countries joined that were anti-whaling.

and the primary fact of the matter is there is NOTHING illegal about whaling, the IWC has no jurisdiction against any signatory to the group nor does any group have any legal obligation to follow rulings of the IWC. they can leave whenever they want and declare themselves not bound to the rules.

Japan specifically uses the scientific research clause and actually has some valid data to support the numbers they take. there is nothing illegal about what they are doing. granted they are scapegoating on a law of a organization they are a member of but there is nothing illegal about it as the permits are issued through their marine research organization and the laws of the IWC specifically state meat obtained in research culling CAN NOT go to waste.

other countries like norway have simply lodged official protests against rulings which "legally" allows them to be exempt from any quotas or stoppages of whaling.

fact of the matter is all these people who cry wolf and say its illegal are trying to blow smoke up everyones ass

sorry but i am going to always take a stand on a hunters side if he is within the laws of his nation.
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