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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-15-08 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #48
49. The govt hasn't wanted to get involved
due to potential financial problems from Japan.
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  -Two Activists Taken Hostage Aboard Japanese Whaling Ship tekisui  Jan-15-08 07:38 AM   #0 
  - Holy Crap! How is this not all over the news??  2beToby   Jan-15-08 07:44 AM   #1 
  - The Sea Shepherd just caught the Japanese fleet.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 07:50 AM   #3 
     - I heard about Greenpeace chasing them via DU too  2beToby   Jan-15-08 07:55 AM   #5 
        - Surely MSNBC will cover it!!  roody   Jan-15-08 08:02 AM   #7 
           - Yeah right after Britney's "Fuck-up of the day".. n/t  walldude   Jan-15-08 12:51 PM   #38 
  - WTF!  lonestarnot   Jan-15-08 07:50 AM   #2 
  - The Japanese are denying they tied the guys up but  2beToby   Jan-15-08 07:53 AM   #4 
     - The Steve Irwin crew, of Sea Shepherd don't shun violence.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 07:58 AM   #6 
     - Errr, ships don't have basements, they have cargo holds...  LibInTexas   Jan-15-08 08:06 AM   #8 
     - This is a dem place; we're used to basements.  lonestarnot   Jan-15-08 08:08 AM   #9 
     - Thanks, I didn't think they did, but I didn't know what they called it.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 08:11 AM   #11 
        - Harrrr ye landlubber...  LibInTexas   Jan-15-08 08:21 AM   #15 
     - Wow, this should be a total train wreck  2beToby   Jan-15-08 08:17 AM   #13 
     - Here are some pictures of the activists on the Whaling ship  tekisui   Jan-15-08 08:10 AM   #10 
        - Thanks for this, very helpful  2beToby   Jan-15-08 08:15 AM   #12 
  - Big news  Annces   Jan-15-08 08:20 AM   #14 
  - It's called self-defense.  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 08:27 AM   #16 
  - Wrong. They do not fly a pirate flag, so you don't know what you're talking about here.  The Stranger   Jan-15-08 08:32 AM   #17 
  - Ooops. That took a whole 2 seconds to find.  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 08:37 AM   #18 
     - That's cute, but it seems to be taken from a funny angle, doesn't it?  The Stranger   Jan-15-08 08:59 AM   #24 
        - Oh, sorry. How about this?  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 09:02 AM   #26 
        - THAT IS NOT A "PIRATE FLAG," it is one of the flags of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.  The Stranger   Jan-15-08 09:08 AM   #27 
           - Read this and learn.  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 09:15 AM   #28 
              - You really want to do this?  The Stranger   Jan-15-08 09:26 AM   #29 
                 - Man, are you for real?  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 09:33 AM   #30 
                    - Man, I am for real.  The Stranger   Jan-15-08 12:46 PM   #36 
                       - sure. nt  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 12:52 PM   #39 
        - now THAT is a flag of convenience  northzax   Jan-15-08 09:58 AM   #31 
  - I wish death on no one.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 08:37 AM   #19 
  - When you equate whaling with "over fishing" you lose all credibility  Toots   Jan-15-08 08:43 AM   #20 
  - What does it have to do with then?  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 08:43 AM   #21 
     - Whales are endangered, sentient beings--mammels not fish.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 08:48 AM   #22 
        - Good answer.  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 08:49 AM   #23 
        - I appreciate what you said.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 08:59 AM   #25 
           - Totally agree. Everyone has he right to choose their cause.  go west young man   Jan-15-08 11:45 AM   #35 
        - overwhaling then.  Bornaginhooligan   Jan-15-08 12:49 PM   #37 
           - I respectfully disagree. No whales should be killed.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 01:44 PM   #41 
              - They're also slow breeders.  LeftyMom   Jan-15-08 01:56 PM   #42 
              - I disagree.  Bornaginhooligan   Jan-15-08 01:58 PM   #43 
  - Try tying up your mailman, and see how far that "self defense" argument gets you.  dicksteele   Jan-15-08 02:06 PM   #45 
  - Actually, you have the analogy wrong.  Xithras   Jan-15-08 03:41 PM   #54 
     - OK, that makes sense.  dicksteele   Jan-15-08 03:46 PM   #55 
  - shouldn't you be out clubbing baby seals?  Algorem   Jan-15-08 05:00 PM   #56 
     - ...  Lilith Velkor   Jan-15-08 05:33 PM   #57 
        - those chicks like em short and cute  Algorem   Jan-16-08 12:15 AM   #61 
  - And now we have a potentail international incident...  JonathanChance   Jan-15-08 10:17 AM   #32 
  - The majority of the International Community warned Japan to cease the hunts.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 02:14 PM   #47 
  - Good.  flvegan   Jan-15-08 10:39 AM   #33 
  - In addition, an Australian judge has banned whaling in the sanctuary.  flvegan   Jan-15-08 11:28 AM   #34 
  - and the australian judge  northzax   Jan-15-08 01:26 PM   #40 
     - You mean the Australian Whale Sanctuary?  flvegan   Jan-15-08 02:00 PM   #44 
        - no, the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary.  northzax   Jan-15-08 02:23 PM   #48 
           - The govt hasn't wanted to get involved  flvegan   Jan-15-08 02:25 PM   #49 
              - i guarantee you  northzax   Jan-15-08 02:39 PM   #51 
  - Text of letter activists delivered:  tekisui   Jan-15-08 02:10 PM   #46 
  - So "Captain Watson" ordered these kids to commit piracy. He musta known what would happen.  Bonobo   Jan-15-08 03:05 PM   #52 
  - Boarding a ship without permission is illegal.  Xithras   Jan-15-08 02:38 PM   #50 
  - K&R  Orwellian_Ghost   Jan-15-08 03:36 PM   #53 
  - Updates on this LBN thread:  Barrett808   Jan-15-08 06:06 PM   #58 
  - Thanks.  tekisui   Jan-15-08 06:23 PM   #59 
  - Update: Japan Agrees to Free Two Anti-Whaling Activists  tekisui   Jan-15-08 06:52 PM   #60 
  - The way things are going, if the Japanese are going to continue whaling...  JonathanChance   Jan-16-08 01:44 AM   #62 
 

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