RE: Sea Shepherd

I like whales. I think they are intelligent, and I really don't like the idea that people who have no survival imperative to do so kill them for market. That's what cows and chickens are for, vegetarians and PETA be damned.

I think that it's lame when the media distorts something with the full intent to make a party more odious or pleasant than it is.

However.

You think these people are "justified" in endangering the lives of whalers or directly attacking with lethal force? For most of those guys, this is a *job*, not something they do to make a statement to anyone. Now, if the whales themselves destroy a ship, that's life. You try to kill something, and yes, it may kill you first. But claiming that what the SS people do is *self-defense* is stretching it a bit. It's not. I might love a whale, but I'm not going to be able to say much in court to defend myself if I shoot someone to prevent harm to befall it. What next, you're going to kill wild orcas that prey on young whales?

Now, if they're chasing them into protected waters and they're caught in the act, they deserve to be treated like any poacher to the fullest extent of the law.

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