Shhhh. Don’t talk about the Whaling.
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 
This is me! I saw the Sea Shepherd in Circular Quay. It looks totes like a Pirate Ship and the dudes that man it were KOOL!
In Japan, people rarely talk about Whaling. Especially not with an Aussie like me. It’s kinda a touchy subject, but I had a few comments from co-workers about it being bad, or asking if I think it is bad (I had to work my way around the point in answering that one!). I did catch a vox-pop on TV asking people what they thought of it. As far as I could tell it was split 50/50 between young people and hippies on one side, and traditionalist on the other.
So with the latest confrontation on the high seas between Japanese whaling ships and some stealth protest vessels, where are we in The War on Whaling?
Although these Greenpeace activists do not in any way represent Australia’s foreign policy on whaling, our current government does support them (to a limit, I am sure) and has condemned whaling in our ‘backyard’. Yesterday a big Japanese boat collided with one of the activist’s stealth ships and tore it in half. The Japanese say it was coming towards them, the activist’s say it was sitting still. It probably was coming towards them, head on. These are the guys that jumped onto a ship and were captured for days. They’re mad as pants, and that’s why I like them.
But also revealed today is that Japan has been sending SPY PLANES from our airports to SPY on the Sea Shepherd! SPIES? Really? Is it a matter of pride, or do you guys really eat that much whale?
Regardless, I like the passion that these people have when it comes to stopping whaling. I like that our government semi-supports them, and I like that they do crazy stuff for what they believe in (cos it’s it’s something I believe in). I don’t usually do this on lovegeek, but if you feel strongly about it as well, you can donate to the cause here. After all, they did lose a 2 million dollar ship!
xx
