It was Wednesday evening before Australian television started showing video of the ramming by Greenpeace's boat the Arctic Sunrise of Japanese mothership the Nisshan Maru in Antarctic water the previous Sunday morning.
In contrast, online news 'Crikey' ran a link to my blogsite in their Monday email and then again on Tuesday with a piece by Christian Kerr titled a 'whale of a story going ignored', click here.
Today there was more in Crikey,
Greenpeace arguments lost at sea?
Christian Kerr writes:
Get ready to hear more and more about Dr Eric Wilson from Monash University.
Japan has accused Greenpeace of ramming a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean and then selectively editing video coverage of the collision for the world's media
Greenpeace are promoting terror. Jeez Rog where do you get this stuff.
I reckon whaling is about "Free Willies"
Some Japanese men reputedly with smaller endowments need to feel more powerful.
So what could be a bigger sign of your envisioned virility than shooting a bloody big grenade tipped harpoon and then explode it violently into a large ovum shaped object i.e. whale who is trying to avoid your attempt. I mean it would turn a lot of Aussie deviates on too.
So the solution is for genetic engineering (detribe) to solve the Japanese problem and they'd wouldn't have to kill the whales.
It's so simple.
No Phil Done, you seem to exist in your own world, apparently different from ours.
Actually if it is the Martin Ferguson I am familiar with, his diction might get in the way of comprehension; but his heart is in the right place.
He needs to be supported.
What Eric Wilson actually said is NOT the same as how it was reported see,
http://ambit-gambit.nationalforum.com.au/archives/001108.html .
No, don't join the National Party. Martin Ferguson is making more sense than anyone else and he is a member of the Labor party.
But I probably have a few more posts yet on this issue.
I had this awful dream where I was trapped on the same thread day after day until I repented, joined the National Party and started supporting Rog on Tim Blair - is this what is happening?
Greenpeace have produced more videos, this time relating to a 9/11 attack on a nuclear power plant.
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article338473.ece
In my opinion Greenpeace are now promoting terorr.
The subject has already been addressed, no doubt the debate will continue.
http://www.ecolo.org/documents/documents_in_english/terrorist_attack_on_nuclea.htm
http://www.nci.org/01nci/09/npp-planecrash-quotes.htm
Roger,
Have you looked at the videos? There are links at my earlier posts to videos taken from both ships.
The little Greenpeace boat (the Arctic Sunrise) could have avoided the large Japanese ship.
It sounds to me like The Age is making excuses for both the Japanese and Greenpeace?
...and the Greenpeace Captain is on record saying he had right-of-way so he maintained direction and speed.
A thrid party to the 'ramming' by greenpeace Arctic Sunrise?
It know transpires that The Age has corrected its story and is now claiming that the reason for the manouver by the Japanese whaler to put it in the way of the Artic Sunrise was in direct response to the action by crew of the Sea Shepherd which was at the time trying to foul the propeller of the Japanese whaler.
This act by one ''activist'' group thus triggered the Japanese whaler to take evasive action and to make the manouver that caused injury to the other activist group.
If this is what transpired I think the Greenpeace skipper owes the Japanese whaler an apology and that Greenpeace should keep close watch of their backs to see what the self confessed modern day pirates aka Sea Shepherd are up to.
Of course one activist group tripping up another thus not make for a good story to be communicated to the world media and thus it has been kept out of the headlines until today. Thanks to The Age which is upholding the independece of the media and not only reporting one side of the story.
I see the problem as two issues.
1. The Japanese actions have the taint of cover up and lieing for commercial practice (harvesting) for cultural dietary reasons. As such this is a government matter, a government who have been elected to act in the matter, thorugh diplomacy perhaps.
Whether sustainable harvesting is possible is a scientific question.
2. Green Peace are not an elected organisation but claim some kind of extra political powers they do not have. The act was terrorist and their ship should be seized and their Captain and his senior crew should face a trial of some sort. They have appeared insane at times and can not sort out the realities of their own actions.and hsould have a competency evalution before trial.
Personally I don't support whaling and to my mind if Salmon and tuna can be farmed then the Japanese would be better placed on cultural grounds farming minkes. Green Peace do not speak or act for my opinion on whaling and it is wrong for them to claim representation on my behalf or anyone else that has not selected them.