Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> Japanese whaling ship hits Sea Shepard speedboat,
> causing major damage.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...rticle-1237983
>
> Predictably, Sea Shepard is claiming they were delibrately rammed.
> But this boat of theirs was capable of 50 knots. It's way
> faster than a ship. It's so fast that they can put themselves
> in a position for a collision, take a still picture, and a ship
> has too much momentum to prevent it. The Japanese say the
> video exonerates them of delibrately ramming the speedboat.

I just saw the video, and it looks to me
that the Japanese are correct. The speedboat
moves quickly into the path of the ship, then
comes to a complete stop just before the
collision. It looks totally staged by the
people on the speedboat.