Only half Japanese whale quota met

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Rank Hypocrite , If the policeman rings yr tel No. repeatedly and you deliberately don't answer , normally protocol is to knock on the door. That's exactly what Sea Shepherd did. No one answered the radio on board the Yushin Maru II so a letter outlining breaches of the recently granted High Court of Au order issued to the whaling Co. was prepared , written and delivered...by boarding their ship...ie door knocking as no one was supposedly home on board the Yushin Maru II. This is a policeman at work upholding the law. Boarding a ship (Farley Mowat) in international waters by the Canadian Coast Guard without due diligence regarding International Laws of the Sea is infact piracy. No media release or statement of charges have been laid by the Canadian Gov't ...they simply have'nt got evidence of law breaking by the one and only policeman of Conservation laws of the Ocean ...Sea Shepherd. There is no place for hypocricitical discussion , fact is what is the difference of walking past a person beating a dog or a seal pup to death with a piece of wood over its skull ? This is the real issue.

Posted by: T Horwood of Belgrave 9:09pm today

Austraila is 20 times larger than Japan but has a population only 1/6 of that of Japan. Japanese have to find foods from all available sources. Whilst we are enjoying sashimi and sushi in Australia and have not problem with fishing, why whaling has to become a problem. If Australians are willing to swap land with Japanese, Japanese will stop whaling immediately. With plenty of kangaroos, who wants to hunt whales?

Posted by: crap-a-lot of Sydney 8:57pm today

They would of killed a lot less whales if Australia stopped them from refueling their fleet of ships in Tasmania!!! Surely by allowing the Japanese to refuel we are supporting what they are doing. They should be made to go back to Japan to refuel, this would take a 3 month round trip and would of saved lots of whales.

Posted by: Simon Todd of Elwood 8:48pm today

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