Steve Pope wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> >The only reason they do this is that Sea Shepard
> >needs to raise funds. They need to show that
> >they are doing something. Staging a collision
> >is the most effective way of doing that.
> >
> >It's sort of like the campaign against the
> >harvest of seals in Canada. A few decades ago,
> >an "environmentalist" group hired somebody to
> >skin a live baby harp seal on camera. This made
> >for massive propaganda against the seal harvest,
> >but more importantly was a major fundraiser for
> >the organization.
> >
> >Different animal, different country, same tactic,
> >same motivation. Same level of honesty.
>
> I actually don't think you know what you're talking
> about. Sea Shephard has never been remotely involved
> in anything like skinning a baby seal for publicity.

Staging a collision is the same level of dishonesty.

> Sure, they need to raise money just as any other
> nonprofit does, but everything I've seen suggests that their
> maritime interdictions are their main activity, not some
> sort of sideshow.

Skinning a live harp seal was not a sideshow for
the "environmentalist" group that hired it.
It was a mainline moneymaker for them, as planned.