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Originally Posted by aklim
How would that be any different from me saying that because the law doesn't GAS about money you owe me, it is up to me to do something illegal to exert pressure on you to pay up.
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Were the whales not alive I can see your analogy. Were the actions of Sea Shepard and her crew being waged to reclaim property I would not agree with their action. How ever since their actions are in defense of living sentient beings I do not agree with your analogy.
This is a matter of protecting the innocent lives of animals on the planet. These are not animals that are bread and raised on a farm. They are a ward of the world. They are not personal property.
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Originally Posted by Billybob
Do you dispute that the law allows for the harvesting whales for scientific
purposes?
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I do and and so do a majority of the people. From everything I have read and seen, the Japanese are not doing any research. They are hunting for meat.
This is part of what Sea Shepard is fighting against.
http://earthtrust.org/dnaproj.html
This is an old article but there was a series of programs on recently where biologist went under cover to the meat sales in Japan and they still found illegal and endangered whale meat for sale.
The position of the Sea Shepard and her crew is that the Japanese are not doing any scientific research and are in violation of the treaty. They are defending the whales from the actions of an armed agressor who are in violation of the treaty.