Pete C. wrote:

>>> It's too bad that someone didn't just destroy the whaling ship,
>>> killing all of those on board.
>> Unbelievable thinking.
>>> I don't provide material support for eco terrorists, and I don't agree
>>> with most of their goals, but if I heard that they were bombing those
>>> Japanese *research* ships, I'd get a warm fuzzy.
>> There has to be a better way to reach the goal.
>
> There has to be a way for the anti whaling terrorists to join the
> civilized world and not try to force their views on others through
> terrorist attacks. Otherwise they should be rotting in prison or at the
> bottom of the ocean.

While their actions are extreme, their views on whaling are not a
minority view. There is an international moratorium on commercial
whaling. Japan claims to be doing it for scientific research, but whale
meat is finding its way to stores, so it looks more like commercial whaling.