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It's a cursed ship, like the Charlie Morgan is now cursed.

Joe

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Greenpeace says the death of a Japanese sailor during the hunt for
whales has brought the controversial season to a premature end.

Earlier this afternoon the body of 27-year-old sailor Kazutaka Makita
was found after going missing on Thursday in a fire that has stranded
the boat.

Greenpeace protest vessel Esperanza arrived today to offer assistance
to the Nishin Maru, with a number of other ships including a heavy re-
supply ship that is tethered to the stricken vessel.

Greenpeace Esperanza expedition leader Karly Thomas says they are
upset at the tragedy, despite the tense relationship they have with
the whaling fleet.



Check it out... whatever you might say about their politics, they've got
guts.

Indeed. Greenpeace has a reputation of placing members in large Zodiacs
between whales and harpoon guns. I've seen whalers shoot right over the top
of the Greenpeacers, which could have decapitated one or more of them had
they not dropped to the floor of the Zodiac.

This is like Mooron and his infant harp seals--a war between those who make
a living at slaughtering animals on the verge of extinction and those who
put themselves in harm's way to protect the animals.

Max