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Action on the high seas, where Sea Shepherd pirates bent on whaler harassment were previously blocked by ice then, in a sudden turnaround, attacked Japanese vessels with “butter acid”. The latest plot twist is astonishing:
Japanese whalers are helping search for two Sea Shepherd activists and their Zodiac inflatable, who went missing in freezing waters in the Antarctic during an anti-whaling operation.
This is getting better by the minute.
UPDATE. Meet the Sea Shepherd crew.
UPDATE II. One of the missing idiots is Australian:
One of the men was an Australian from Perth and the other an American from New York, said Captain Paul Watson, aboard the Sea Shepherd vessel Farley Mowat.
“I am confident we should be able to find them. They are dressed for the conditions,” he said.
UPDATE III. Idiots found, hostilities resumed:
Two missing Sea Shepherd activists have been found safe in the Antarctic, and hostilities have resumed against the Japanese whaling fleet.
The whalers called a truce to help the hardline anti-whaling group in their search caused when the two aboard a Zodiac inflatable dinghy disappeared suddenly in fog in icy waters south-west of Australia …
Captain Watson said he had thanked the Japanese for their assistance, and then told them, “now it’s back to business.”
UPDATE IV. Prior to the two clowns becoming lost, Sea Shepherd goons had injured Japanese crewmen:
Sea Shepherd said on its website that it had “successfully delivered” six litres of butyric acid to the ship’s flensing deck, where whales are cut up, halting the crew’s work.
Two Japanese crewmen were injured, one when he was hit in the face by an empty container of acid and the other when acid was squirted into one of his eyes.
#1 - I’d be concerned, but all the climate data I’ve been reading from Greenpeace and the like tells me that the seas are a balmy 28c down that way, with nary an iceberg for decades.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 08 at 10:51 PM • permalinkThis could be the orca thing Habib was talking about in #72 of the other whale post.
Maybe the smell of butter acid drives whales wild…
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 08 at 10:51 PM • permalinkHopefully the Japs will pluck them from the ocean and serve them up some steak for breakfast
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 08 at 10:58 PM • permalinkFuck ‘em. Martyrs to the cause. (Hey, there’s 72 polar bears waiting for them in Paradise.)
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 02 08 at 11:00 PM • permalinkI wonder if they’re fully paid up on their carbon credit scheme. They might not get into Gaia heaven otherwise.
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2007 02 08 at 11:06 PM • permalinkIt’s the lesser of two evils.
I am definitely against feline fanciers who post photos of their prey on the net. That is real barbarity.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 08 at 11:16 PM • permalinkHello Mr Lefty,
Answering only for myself:1. I am against whaling. Whaling served its purpose when we needed whale oil for heating/industry and whale meat for food. This is not the case now.
2. I am against stupid environmental activists. They spew unnecessary carbon emissions into the pristine waters of Anarctica with their quite obviously dangerous antics which then causes other vessels to expend even more carbon emissions trying to rescue them.
I hope this clears things up for you.
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2007 02 08 at 11:19 PM • permalinkOur elders will often regale us with tales of the wonders of tripe and pigs’ heads, but “Great Depression food” is not very popular among younger AUstralians.
The same with young Japs. Whale hunting was an important source of food in Japan during the leans years after WWII. But young Japanese don’t like it much. “Whale research” will become less than viable soon enough. The demise of whaling will be another free-market triumph.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2007 02 08 at 11:25 PM • permalink#9-#10
Not only will they get 72 cuddly polar bears but they also get to meet up with one thinner-than-manufacturer’s-specification and martyr for the cause, Rachel Corrie.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 08 at 11:35 PM • permalinkTell me you can look into the eyes of one of these.
Now tell me you don’t care that he - and millions of his innocent brethren - should perish an unspeakable death in the gullet of one of those gross-belching Christina Aguilera-singing greedy lard-arses of the southern seas.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 08 at 11:36 PM • permalinkIf there is loss of life, hopefully these ‘tards will have trouble getting volunteers in future.
#17
Prolly the consensus here.#18
Laura Dakin (Australia)
(Chief Cook) ... Im armed with pots and pans (and hopefully some really good vegan cookbooks…!) and I will happily cook away, hoping very much the galley isn’t too flammable…!Hopefully, the Japs will find them and they’ll be OK, apart from a good solid Shinto arse kicking and a mild case of hypothermia.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 08 at 11:37 PM • permalink#20 Land rights for gay whales!
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2007 02 08 at 11:38 PM • permalink#22 - You have opened my eyes and my heart to the plight of the humble krill. My mammalian prejudices had blinded me.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 08 at 11:45 PM • permalinkDefine ‘dressed for the conditions’ in an open rubber boat in the freaking Antarctic.
Captain Paul Watson should be prosecuted for criminal negligence…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 02 08 at 11:46 PM • permalinkReading over the crew manifests, I’m struck by a few thoughts:
1. There are at least five videographers. There is no navigator.
2. A lot of people saying “if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.”
3. Nic need not worry, as the chief cook said she was bringing “vegan cookbooks.” She also said she would “happily cook away, hoping very much the galley isn’t too flammable…!”
They are dressed for the conditions,” he said.
Oh, sure! Wrapped in the “Rainbow of Hope”, clothed with the “Moonbeam of Peace” and holding a Four-Leafed Clover, I’ll bet.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2007 02 08 at 11:48 PM • permalinkMr. Lefty—- I do not favor whaling. On the other hand, how do we make ‘cultural exceptions’ for native Americans in the Pacific Northwest to whale, not to mention the Russian ethnic groups that hunt them with freaking AK-47’s, and refuse to make a ‘cultural exception’ for the Japanese, who have been eating whale for centuries?
And I certainly don’t favor the kind of stupidity, negligence and arrogance Sea Shepherds are showing… these people are not about loving the whales. They are about loathing humanity…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 02 08 at 11:50 PM • permalinkE. Nough… Wonder if they brought any fresh batteries for the GPS?
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 02 08 at 11:54 PM • permalinkO/T - Racing at the ‘taken out of context’ stronghold of Canterbury today and there are a couple I’ll be backing. Annjolino is race 5 looks like she gets a reasonably soft lead with Don’t Tell Ted on her outside. She’s a very consistent mare and will be a good horse to back on a 1x2 basis. In the next race there’s a horse that I reckon has a lot of talent in Crosswise. He obliterated them at Canberra first up last time in and his only defeat in the preparation was on a wet track. Both are Glen Boss mounts and both have gate 2.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 09 at 12:00 AM • permalinkI dunno, Mr. Lefty. Are you a vegan? Do you refuse to take medicine in gelatine capsules? Pray let us know where YOU draw the line.
Yeah, I’m for whaling.
Posted by Harry Eagar on 2007 02 09 at 12:01 AM • permalink#36 - Glad to have your tips, oracle! Most of the ones I receive seem to come from expired tins of asparagus.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 12:02 AM • permalinkWe have here a very powerful argument that krill should be protected from the scourge of whales right here.
Quote:
“So even if there is some room for doubt about the capacity of these animals (crustacea) to feel pain, the fact that they may be suffering a great deal, combined with the absence of any need to eat them ... makes the verdict plain: they should receive the benefit of the doubt.”
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 09 at 12:03 AM • permalinkOh, sure, cry for the ****ing whales! Save the ****ing whales! What about plankton, ***hole? Don’t they deserve to live instead of being eaten by one of those fat, grey, black, blue, grey KILLING MACHINES? DON’T THEY?? You people disgust me, even the krill have found more sympathy here than plankton. Gaia loves you no matter how small you are, b*****ds.
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 12:04 AM • permalink#36
Jack has good form here folks - pay close attention. Anyone gotta linky to this race?
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 09 at 12:06 AM • permalinkTwo missing Sea Shepherd activists have been found safe in the Antarctic, and hostilities have resumed against the Japanese whaling fleet.
That sounds suspiciously like a hudna.
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 12:07 AM • permalink#36 - Cracking field for the Orr Stakes tomorrow, too. Next thing, these humpback humpers will be banging on about the sport of kings.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 12:09 AM • permalinkGood Lord, could you imagine spending months at sea with that bunch of creeps
Posted by Rachel Corrie's Flatmate on 2007 02 09 at 12:11 AM • permalink#44,
I was thinking the same thing. They proudly fly the pirate flag and run foul of pretty much every maritime law ever written, so shouldn’t they be treated as pirates ?
Arguments for or against whaling aside, these idiots are endangering lives - and not just their own. Surely the RAN could use the target practice.Posted by Rachel Corrie's Flatmate on 2007 02 09 at 12:14 AM • permalinkA ship of fools laden with a confusion of causes and a litany of leftwing cultures and beliefs.
John Gravois (USA), deckhand:
‘Armed with only my best friend’s ipod ...’.
It would be so totally capitalist to buy your own, John. What’s your friend listening to while you cruise around the far South Seas?
’ ... and my trusty bicycle ...’
What’s the bike for? To make up, in that stupid irrational lefty manner, for being on a ship that is pointlessly burning tonnes of fossil fuel? Chuck it overboard and walk around the ship like a proper pirate, idiot.
‘I left my home in Claremont, California to pursue my two life goals; liberating the oceans from man’s tyranny, and becoming a buccaneer.’
Sounds like the Japanese have liberated you from the ocean’s tyranny, you poor confused west coast fruitcake. If you’re a buccaneer, I’m a parrot.
Just out of curiosity, are you guys actually in favour of whaling?
#14, are you in favour of cultural imperialism?
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2007 02 09 at 12:16 AM • permalink#33 these people are not about loving the whales. They are about loathing humanity
Precisely Richard. Just read this garbage, from the bio of one of the crew:
Yo! People are finally coming round to accepting that the world is slowly being turned into a dead planet through human action. As individuals, our inaction and apathy hasten our demise. The world will survive. We may not. I’m here to see to it that if we do wipe ourselves off the face of the globe there is still some life and environment left on this island Earth.
half-baked pseudo-educated apocalyptic ramblings of narcissistic me-generation fruitcake who thinks self-aggrandisement and pointless enviro-posturing equals doing good in the world. Poor sap wouldn’t have a bloody clue.
#45 - the Orr is a terrific race, one of the strongest fields for years. I won’t be having a bet but it won’t surprise me at all to see El Segundo and Miss Finland fight out the finish. Marasco is obviously a talent but he’s in the big league now and it’s always wise to let a horse have a run at Caulfield, as well.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 09 at 12:18 AM • permalinkTex! A little perspective, please.
the 5-inch crew needs the practice…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 02 09 at 12:25 AM • permalink“Captain Watson said he had thanked the Japanese for their assistance, and then told them, “now it’s back to business.”
Yeah, too bad the Japanese weren’t crewing the “Yamato”...
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2007 02 09 at 12:28 AM • permalink#55 Tex! A little perspective, please.
the 5-inch crew needs the practice…Does the 5-inch crew look for the little man on the boat, richard? Oh, you were discussing ordnance. Never mind.
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 12:37 AM • permalinkI hope the Farley Mowat has roll stabilisers or the tilty heads could cause a problem.
Prize for the best head tilt out of those crews goes to…....Benjamin Baldwin, well done mate, nearly made me weep with empathy.
As for the loathing of humanity, read crew person Jenifer Gibson’s comments “(the) damnable human race, a failed species.”
The quick way to find Jenifer is to look for the clinically depressed gothic Michael Jackson lookalike. No wonder she thinks she’s damnable.
Those crew didn’t go missing on that zodiac boat, they were trying to jump ship and get away from Jenifer.#14, I don’t see how it’s our business. Are we in favour of Mike Smith from downtown New York wearing 3 layers of jumpers with colours that don’t match? Hey, not my call.
But if I had to say, then Yeah I am in favour of whaling. Any fish of the sea should be up for grabs, and anything that creepeth on the earth.
Kind Regards
Posted by fankytomato on 2007 02 09 at 12:43 AM • permalink#14- Wally, here’s what I think* of your plankton-pillaging pals.
*WARNING- definitely not safe for work.
Just out of curiosity, are you guys actually in favour of whaling?
No. Jeremy. Whaling is no different than buffalo hunting; there are other sources of protein available. Although I don’t object to a limited harvest of some whale species, I am just not in favor of hunting them to extinction.
On the other hand, I do tolerate the beliefs and practices of the Japanese, all in the spirit of multiculturism. Some of them actually like whale flesh. I am also aware of other cultures that actively hunt whales (I believe richard mentioned them earlier), and not always for subsistence; they sell it.
On the gripping hand, this is a wonderful opportunity to rid the world of a few human hating humans. Not only would this planet be better off, the cretins on the Sea Shepard would get their wish by reducing the overall carbon footpring on Mother Gaia™. A win-win situation, as it were.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 02 09 at 01:01 AM • permalinkI left my home in Claremont, California to pursue my two life goals; liberating the oceans from man’s tyranny, and becoming a buccaneer.
Buccaneer, huh? That’s two bucks more than what’s between them is worth.
Yo! People are finally coming round to accepting…
Yo! Beginning a statement with “Yo!” brands you as an idiot. Word!
“(the) damnable human race, a failed species.”
So kill yourself.
Is the stern of the Nisshin Maru chocablock with Hello Kitty and other fluffy toys?
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 01:15 AM • permalinkOoooh, you great dirty beast, don’t point your harpoon at me!
Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 02 09 at 01:16 AM • permalink‘The whalers called a truce to help the hardline anti-whaling group in their search caused when the two aboard a Zodiac inflatable dinghy disappeared suddenly in fog in icy waters south-west of Australia … ‘
‘Captain Watson said he had thanked the Japanese for their assistance, and then told them, “now it’s back to business.”’
Never trust a lefty. They’ll take your help…and then around and shiv you five seconds later.
Posted by Dave Surls on 2007 02 09 at 01:20 AM • permalinkWe are to be congratulated for not once making jokes regarding:
Seaman Staines
Roger the Cabin Boy
Master BatesPosted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 01:26 AM • permalink” Captain Watson said he had thanked the Japanese for their assistance, and then told them, “now it’s back to business.” “
versus
“But Hideki Moronuki, whaling section chief of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, told theage.com.au: “Their dangerous activity caused this tragedy. I ask Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace to stop this kind of dangerous activity immediately.’’”
Damn. I’m not a huge fan of whaling, but the Japanese guys sound incredibly restrained and civilised when dealing with a bunch of ungrateful unwashed un-armpit-shaven turds trying to wreck their boat. Those clowns could just about make me dislike free trade if they supported it hard enough.
#71
We’re dead set chock-a-block with class and decorum here, mate.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 09 at 01:31 AM • permalinkThree things:
1. #65: I was wondering if I was the only one to think of that reference.
2. In the latest article:
Sea Shepherd president Paul Watson told theage.com.au the inflatable’s engine broke down, stranding Karl Nielsen, of Perth, Western Australia, and John Gravois of Los Angeles, USA.
[snip]
The identity of the rescued Australian is yet to be made public.
Wha?
3. Is it just me, or does referring to the whalers calling a truce imply that they are the instigators here?
Just out- the Sea Shepherds have just released a video montage which illustrates the objectives and likely outcome of their endevour.
Why or why couldn’t they have been eaten by the whales? That would have been delicious irony!
Posted by Shaky Barnes on 2007 02 09 at 01:53 AM • permalink#78 - Hilarious!
For most men life is all “wine, women and song”. A bit of time in the navy and it’s all “rum, bum and records.”
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 02:00 AM • permalink#79
Any song that rhymes plankton with “wanked on” deserves a listen, regardless
Sounds like something my grandmother used to say…
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 02 09 at 02:02 AM • permalink#41: “save the plankton” is not as absurd as it sounds.
From Wikipedia:
The total annual consumption of prey by Sperm Whales worldwide is estimated to be about 100 million tons — a figure greater than the total consumption of marine animals by humans each year.
Admittedly, the sperm whale isn’t the Japanese whalers’ main prey, but I can’t find feeding estimates for others.
Q. Where does Captain Watson keep his buccaneers?
A. On the sides of his buckin’ ‘ead!
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2007 02 09 at 02:08 AM • permalinkNow I have the “Friggin in the Riggin” song stuck in my head.
OT/ The England Australia cricket match is running neck and neck with cheddarvision in the competition for England’s national attention.
Any sport where one side sits and drinks tea at tables with linen table cloths for half the match is ok in my book.
Can’t see why anyone would want to eat whale blubber and the japanese lie that it is all for science is a blot on that nation.
But the pirates infuriate me. They boast of their plans to sink whalers despite the risk of killing someone. It is the same zealous logic that sent planes into the WTC - a belief that their cause is so pure that even murdering people is justified.
#52 - Jack Lacton, you magnificent bastard! Tonight I eat again.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 03:22 AM • permalinkO/T - Annjolino didn’t run anywhere near the race I expected but then Crosswise won easily at around $5 so the ol’ reputation is still intact.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 09 at 03:23 AM • permalink#93 - you’ll be able to buy some full tins of asparagus.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 09 at 03:29 AM • permalinkI usually dine on whale, but my delivery was delayed. Tonight I will dine on the spoils of the tote.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 02 09 at 03:44 AM • permalink#97 - Ahhhh, yes. There is no sweeter taste.
Posted by Jack Lacton on 2007 02 09 at 03:47 AM • permalinkThe Sea Shepherd would have made up the story about the lost inflatable, playing on Japanese honor that they would come to help. Now they have a radar lock on the Nips. What the Nips need to do now is copy that trick out of “Master and Commander” with a false radar return tuned to the Sea Shepherd’s frequency.
Very O/T - Some blokes in prison got beaten up. I have NO idea why.
Butter acid.
From Wikipedia
Butyric acid, (from Greek βουτυρος = butter) ... a carboxylic acid with structural formula CH3CH2CH2-COOH. It is notably found in rancid butter, parmesan cheese, and vomit
Butyrophenones are produced when armpit bacteria act on sweat. They are the main component of BO.
Perfectly appropriate weapon for the sort of people on Sea Shepherd I would think.
#103
Until now, the rapists and their apologists have been acting like it’s all one big joke. Perhaps the view will now change.
Posted by AlburyShifton on 2007 02 09 at 06:09 AM • permalinkYet this prick, who hapily defends animals like them is still held up us the overlord of the ROP!
Posted by Vincent Gerome on 2007 02 09 at 08:03 AM • permalinkOT but related to the article about the brothers ‘bashed in jail’. Why is the victim (who was a minor at the time) identified by name, but not the rapists? Is this common? In the US, rape victims, especially minors, don’t usually get their names published in papers.
Posted by Not My Problem on 2007 02 09 at 08:48 AM • permalink#112. Tegan Warner chose to waive her anonynmity. She is a most remarkable young woman.
Great news about the brothers. (I hope I don’t get smote for that thought)
linky.Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 02 09 at 09:15 AM • permalink#86 Aren’t they all sperm whales after the Sea Shepherd and/or Greenpeace folk get done with them?
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 10:08 AM • permalinkBTW, were the two missing crewmen blown ashore?
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 02 09 at 10:10 AM • permalinkSlightly OT, I was at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo last year and was surprised that beef was on sale. It wasn’t beef.
Posted by flying pigs over mecca on 2007 02 09 at 08:32 PM • permalink
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