On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:28:11 -0600, "Pete C." > 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.
>
>Too bad none of the criminals in the offending speadboat were killed.

The video shot from the whaler clearly shows the speedboat revved up it's
engines and move into the path of the whaler causing the collision
intentionally. They did not attempt to back up to avoid the collision as their
propaganda officer states but is clearly refuted by the video.