Mark Thorson wrote:
> 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.

I saw it on the news this morning. I noticed that the small boat is on
the right tack - On the open seas the starboard tack boat is supposed to
have the right of way. In reality the boat with ten times the
manueverability is the one that does the hitting no matter what side
they are on.

It's clear the Sea Shepard speedboat worked to carefully stage the
collision.

So what's the recipe for whale meat marinated in prite blood? A lot of
times I am sympathetic to the folks trying to get whalers to stop
whaling. This video shows me that now is not one of those times.