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Originally Posted by WarChild
You have to understand that I am not pro whaling. I don't think they Japanese should be hunting them it's not like they need the meat to survive like perhaps Inuit people. So don't get me wrong, I don't support the Japanese effort.
Unfortunately the law is more or less on the Japanese side. They are allowed to take a quota of over 900 whales each year in the name of research. The same law mandates that no part of the whales used in research may be wasted. We can "know" all we like that the primary concern is not research, but just like user uploads under 2257 or any other law it comes down to what you can PROOVE. The Japanese are slipping by on a technicallity under the UN agreement. You'll note the UN isn't calling what the Japanese do illegal.
As for the protected sancutary area, I believe that is a declaration by the Australian goverment and not the UN. I don't think the Japanese or any other country are bound by law to respect it. Again I don't agree with it, but if we're going by the rule of law here then it is what it is.
It's not the IDEA of what Sea Shepherd does that I find laughable it's the execution. Even Greenpeace thinks they're reckless, and coming from an organization like Greenpeace that's saying something.
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I completely agree. Their execution needs much improvement if they plan on making a difference at all. But the Greenpeace stuff is stickier than that. Paul Watson was with Greenpeace in the 70's. He left and formed Sea Shepard because he (says) he thought they were too inept. All talk, no action. He wanted to take action. So there are possibly some underlying things going on there between Watson & Greenpeace.