Comments on: Reject ‘Steve Irwin’: Whalers Plea to Australian Government

By: paul

paul — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:40:16 +0000

I Just watched whale wars on Natgeo last night and the captain getting shot and bullet lodged in bullet prof vest was the biggest joke I have ever seen it is obvious that it was a set up.
Iam no fan of jap whalers or japs in general but after watching that show I am a less fan of the people that are on the steve irwin.

I think that show has done more harm to your cause guys than help.

By: Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:36:05 +0000

Whatever “violent” actions the Steve Irwin commits pale in comparison to the Japanese killing of whales.

Which is worse, property damage (the sea shepherds are opposed to harming humans) or the massace of hundreds of whales and future generations being deprived of ever seeing the beauty of whales because they are extinct.

The truth of the matter is that the Japanese are breaking the law by whaling in the Australian Antarctic Whale Sanctuary and the Australian government should be sending customs vessels out there to arrest or sink the Japanese fleet. But because of trade relations they wont. All the Sea Shepherds are doing is enforcing international law.

As far as Greenpeaces condemnation of the Sea Shephards goes, ofcourse they also want people to think the Steve Irwin is a pack of dangerous radicals. They are competing essentially for the same funding. If people realise that as far as stopping whale hunting goes the SS are far more effective than GP they will lose funding. Up until a year ago not a single whale had been killed when the sea shepherds were there, instead of the countless amount that had been killed infront of GP.

You could argue for or against their tactics forever, but the truth is what the sea shepherds do WORKS.

By: marco

marco — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:20:55 +0000

Whales are dying people, forget about watch the captain did. What is being done to protect whales from the so-called Japanese Researchers. Come ON! While you are there with your comment, dead whales are ending in the plates of Japanese. Japan is not suffering from a hunger crisis so lets stop this action by the hisshu pishu or whatever sishu it is. Killers are what they are!

By: G0m3r

G0m3r — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:10:46 +0000

People have to remember what is hapening here. Are the Japanese seeking out and attacking the Steve Irwin? No they are not. Is the Steve Irwin seeking out and attacking the Japanese fleet? Yes they are. That is all that is at issue here. All the other stuff only serves to distract from the root offense here. The Steve Irwin seeks to cause property damage and make working on the deck of the ships highly dangerous by throwing chemicals on them. They have also deliberately rammed the Japanese. At this point the Japanese would be fully withing their rights to use lethal force to defend themselves. The crew of the Steve Irwin is very lucky they have not chosen to do so. Paul shows very little regard for the safety of his crew of his ship. This I also find criminal. The kids that make up his crew are still incredibly naive and I can excuse them for their stupidity but not Mr. Watson. Even some of them care enough about their own safety to find some of his actions/decisions questionable. I’m all for protecting endangered species of all kinds but NOT at the cost of human lives. The safety of the people on that ship and those on the Japanese ships MUST come first. Let’s be honest here. If they tried to pull this crap on American ships the crew would have been sitting in American courts facing criminal charges. The world community has given the Sea Shepherds a pass for far too long. In order for our society to function laws must be enforced. The Sea Shepherds have done much to hurt the cause they are trying to champion.

By: Rudy

Rudy — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:58:19 +0000

My chief concern (aside from the obvious ones posted here, which I agree with bi-laterally) is for the safety of the starey-eyed young people who are recruited to volunteer for service on the MV Steve Ervin. I’ve watched several episodes this season and came to the opinion that it is a ship of fools in a seamship sense. Nothing seems to be rehersed, training is obviously absent and strategies and tactics are spontaneous and crude. The atmosphere on the bridge is a democracy of morons particularly during engagements when the captain often leaves the bridge to go sulk in his cabin leaving a helmsman to complete half baked, partially completed maneuvers without a clue for what to do next. Mission aside, even if I thought these people were possibly going to save all mankind, I’d bet against them on competence alone. Thirty days is long enough to at least have some ideas about how to get where you are going–35 years you should have been there.

By: Ian Mott

Ian Mott — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:55:55 +0000

Yep, it is high time the world saw some footage of long lines of hungry people waiting their turn for some vacpac whale meat. Nothing improves one’s outlook on life like an overdue dose of protein and what better use for an abundant, sustainably managed, natural resource.

It would also increase the total volumes back to the levels where economies of scale kick in. And the sight of all those NGO wankers squirming would be priceless.

By: lbd

lbd — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:19:58 +0000

Agreed pwc. I cant believe the idiocy on his site either but folk like you just keep it rolling along.

By: pwc

pwc — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:23:55 +0000

I can’t believe the idiocy on this site. Piracy has long been considered criminal and the sinking of a pirate ship considered a victory over evil. Sink the Sea Shepherd. Use the harpoonbs on the pirates.

By: Ian Mott

Ian Mott — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:01:31 +0000

I just want to see Watson in a Japanese jail surrounded by big, tattoo covered Yakuza types with a jar of lubricant each, and where the only meal served each day is whale meat. The more he holds off eating it the better he will look to the long-termers.

Still no sign of that Japanese owned whaling ship registered in Bangladesh? Or the one from Somalia? Or one from any number of nations with desperately poor communities? If it is OK for scum like Watson to use flags of convenience then why not the Japanese? What could be more noble than the gift of food aid to starving people? Especially if it involves the establishment of a new industry?

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:23:53 +0000

Oh dear Icefool, back to the housewives are we? You really are a pathetic misogynist. Nice to see the violence perpetuated here by the same old losers. Ooh, Sea Shepherd are engaging in violent tactics against a cause I support – let’s kill ‘em. Pffttt!!! Hey Motty’s trotting out the orcas and baby whales again. Nothing changes here does it??? Same old school with the same little stoopid bully boys. YAWN