On 8/28/2010 4:02 PM, *e#c wrote:

And, what are a nations naval forces for but to protect their merchant
vessels on the high seas?

If you believe those Jap boats are " Research Vessels "...you're
dumber than you seem.





I have mixed emotions whenever I watch that show. I'm sympathetic to
the whales but I watch these guys do all kinds of things to the
Japanese, then get indignant when the Japanese fight back. Well, gee.

Who could have predicted that the Japanese would defend their
livelihood? Or that they might become offended at the antics of the Sea
Shepherds?

After all, the Sea Shepherds can do whatever they want without
consequence. Of course in the real world, it doesn't work that way.

I say all this fully recognizing that the Japanese claim to be doing
cetacean research is just so much crap. If they're researching
anything, it's how does this whale taste compared to that whale?



Jay