On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:30:52 -0500, Dave Smith >
wrote:

>Stu wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
>Take a look at the other video taken by the whale whackos. The whaler
>certainly looks like it turned toward them, and from the way it turned
>back to port after the collision it could obviously manouvre quite
>easily. I think the whaler hit them on purpose.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbuq0YEIPNU
>
>
>I think these guys are hell bent on killing themselves or each other.
>While trying to find this video again I cam across another one of them
>ramming a whaler with a larger ship, the Farley Mowat.

This shows both camera angles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vVRc... 6&feature=iv