Whale Wars

[Killswitch]

Anyone watch this ever?

I like the ideology but the crew of the ship are a bunch of never held a job hippies that need their heads kicked in.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Anyone watch this ever?

I like the ideology but the crew of the ship are a bunch of never held a job hippies that need their heads kicked in.

Besides the fact that they are in the worst seas in the world in a piece of shit boat that they can barely figure out how to navigate.

 

[Killswitch]

Besides the fact that they are in the worst seas in the world in a piece of shit boat that they can barely figure out how to navigate.

That boats no piece of shit, and they have two scorpion boats and a helicopter.

I wonder who funds these hippies.

 

[RudeNastyAssBitch]

Goodness Gracious!

~Smacks You~

 

[Killswitch]

Goodness Gracious!

~Smacks You~

 

[kinkycapitalcpl]

That boats no piece of shit, and they have two scorpion boats and a helicopter.

I wonder who funds these hippies.

actually it really is a POS that shouldn't be anywhere near the Antarctic IMO. Its not even rated for ice flow contact, meaning that if it hits any ice its FUBAR. Plus I think the ship is about 30 years old and shouldn't be in those seas.

IMO these guys have a great moral undertaking but are risking their lives in all kinds of bad ways.

 

[Killswitch]

Eh maybe it just looks better than it is because it's painted. I know shits always breaking down.

They just seem like arrogant lazy pricks and if they weren't doing this they would have to move back in with their parents.

 

[drinkmeup83]

I saw this show for the first time over at my mom's house the other day. I can get behind the cause but it seems a bit of a lopsided adventure with the lack of a quality boat and a crew that seems to have minimal knowledge of nautical terminology and technique (with the exception of a few of the crew.) Plus it was kind of annoying that every thirty seconds was yet another life threatening obstacle to conquer. I guess that is why I don't watch reality shows. However, I did like Man Vs. Wild. That show was interesting and I wouldn't mind one bit getting lost in the wild with Bear Grylls.

 

[KRCummings]

They're assholes. Good cause, dickhead people.
You can't fucking board another ship and then bitch about being arrested. It just don't work that way. That's fucking piracy you moronic fuckwits! The captain is a complete asshole who has no problem whatsoever sending other people on dangerous duties but doesn't seem to have to balls to do much himself.
He keeps telling them they have to be willing to die for the whales and you know what? Fuck the whales. If it's them or me then I can promise you I'm gonna be the one standing. What possible purpose could be served by getting killed? It's not gonna save anything. Nobody will care. He's a prick.

 

[coastal-boy]

some people are destined to become crab bait.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan said Thursday it was cancelling its annual Antarctic whaling hunt for the first time in more than a quarter of a century in line with a UN court ruling that the programme was a commercial activity disguised as science.


A "deeply disappointed" Tokyo earlier this week said it would honour Monday's judgement by the United Nations' Hague-based International Court of Justice but did not exclude the possibility of future whaling programmes.

On Thursday, officials said the next Antarctic hunt, which would have started in late 2014, had been scrapped, just weeks after the most recent one finished.

"We have decided to cancel research whaling (in the Antarctic) for the fiscal year starting in April because of the recent ruling," a fisheries agency official told AFP.

But he added that "we plan to go ahead with research whaling in other areas as scheduled", including the northern Pacific. Japan also has a coastal whaling programme that is not covered by a commercial whaling ban.

Australia, backed by New Zealand, hauled Japan before the ICJ in 2010 in a bid to end the annual Southern Ocean hunt.

Linky

No mention of Sea Shepard's in the article.

 

[Queersetti]

Anyone watch this ever?

I like the ideology but the crew of the ship are a bunch of never held a job hippies that need their heads kicked in.

Isn't their job working for Greenpeace? Or are they all volunteers?

 

[JohnnySavage]

Isn't their job working for Greenpeace? Or are they all volunteers?

The leader of the Sea Shepard's was kicked out of Greenpeace for being too radical. Strange as that sounds. He's a man without a country because there are several warrants out for his arrest and he has to stay wet.

 

[Queersetti]

The leader of the Sea Shepard's was kicked out of Greenpeace for being too radical. Strange as that sounds. He's a man without a country because there are several warrants out for his arrest and he has to stay wet.

Thanks. I never saw the show, and don't know much about it.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Thanks. I never saw the show, and don't know much about it.

I don't know if it's still on, but it was very entertaining. The last few shows I saw, they had a "fleet" of three rusty boats that were always breaking down. I supported their mission, but man what a bunch of dopes.

 

[phrodeau]

Those "never had a job hippies" were on an internationally-broadcast long-running TV series, and you run a lawn maintenance company.

 

[Skiddles2014]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-sy0F9JFGQ