tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post4764158306239360345..comments2024-03-17T02:21:05.856-07:00Comments on Shark Diver : Shark Diving : Swimming With Sharks: Whale Wars-Wagging the Conservation DogShark Diverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02083749153637945426noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post-80423555016017220562008-11-15T07:32:00.000-08:002008-11-15T07:32:00.000-08:00Well, after watching last nights episode, I can no...Well, after watching last nights episode, I can now see where you are coming from about Paul Watson. <BR/><BR/>Im glad they are taking action. In some ways I really feel jealous. However, last night, I felt like the Sea Shepard group might as well have been standing outside a Macys with cans of red paint shouting Fur is Murder. They really portrayed themselves as a radical group. I think they could go about it in a much better way. <BR/><BR/>I am torn, because like I mentioned before, at least SOMETHING is being done. Radical or not. <BR/><BR/>Thanks again for shedding some light to the ill-informed ( such as myself)Notmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299056593854640473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post-24298234005988541242008-11-14T08:21:00.000-08:002008-11-14T08:21:00.000-08:00Hi Stu Bob, We'll respond to this with a post from...Hi Stu Bob, <BR/><BR/>We'll respond to this with a post from someone else last week. You have to see a reality here beyond the fabrications of Sea Shepherd and what you see on television. Look into and talk with the other NGO's, read and become informed.<BR/><BR/>Whales need concerted and concise efforts on all fronts-they do not need fabricated reality television and slick editing:<BR/><BR/>Higs said...<BR/><BR/> You're completely right.<BR/><BR/> Watson's tiresome cannibalizing of the environmental movement for the sin of not being him is one of the worst disservices to whale conservation ever.<BR/><BR/> His chest-thumping has ALWAYS been fabricated. He claims to be a founder of Greenpeace. He's not.<BR/><BR/> He claims to have disabled entire whaling fleets by sinking them. But every single whaling ship he has "sunk" has been refloated and refitted for whaling, saving exactly zero whales: http://tinyurl.com/63zgw8<BR/><BR/> In one memorable episode, he described challenging the Oriental Bluebird "as it was bearing down on the helpless whales." The Oriental Bluebird is the refrigerator ship which transports whale meat -- it has no harpoons, and Watson was miles away from the actual hunt.<BR/><BR/> In the meantime, he trashes groups like WWF, IFAW, and Greenpeace who have done real work in the poltiical arenas and in Japan.<BR/><BR/> The man is a pathological liar and an egomaniac. There are dozens of people around the world who have sailed with him and sworn never to do so again.Horizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Divinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624362913061595393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370711998877298323.post-18688909780004662622008-11-14T07:30:00.000-08:002008-11-14T07:30:00.000-08:00"Sea Shepherd are not helping whales." Yeah, right..."Sea Shepherd are not helping whales." Yeah, right. In the 30 or so years since Sea Shepherd was set up, Paul Watson has not seen a single whale die. Why do you think that is? Because when Sea Shepherd turn up, the whalers run for it, that's why. If that's not helping whales, what is? If we leave it all up to diplomacy and talks, then thousands of whales will die in Antarctica before any change happens. A £10,000 donation to a group like Greenpeace will sit earning interest in their bank account; a £10,000 donation to Sea Shepherd will be used to actually do something useful to stop whaling. Talking things through in a "nice" way may make humans feel like they're doing something good for whales, but humans aren't the ones being threatened with death here. If Sea Shepherd are harming the "movement", it's because the movement is as interested in keeping the coffers full of donations as it is in making meaningful change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com