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27th March 2013, 10:47 PM | #1082 |
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27th March 2013, 11:42 PM | #1085 |
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28th March 2013, 03:52 AM | #1087 |
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28th March 2013, 12:07 PM | #1089 |
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Why not? The blog you cited notes approvingly that Sea Shepherd has demonstrated the capability of waging war against a major naval power.
You yourself have said that this is a fantasy. It doesn't seem to me there's a lot of options besides the blogger being biased in favor of SS, or the blogger being ignorant of Sea Shepherd/major naval powers/naval warfare. So why did you cite the blog, anyway? What was it, in your citation, that you thought was notable or interesting? How did it inform your views of Sea Shepherd and their conflict? In what way did you hope it would inform the views of the other participants of the thread? You must have thought there was something interesting or important about the blogger's analysis, otherwise you wouldn't have shared it with us. But all I can see is a blogger who is both ignorant and biased in favor of SS. What am I missing? What do you see in that analysis that the rest of us don't? |
28th March 2013, 06:44 PM | #1090 |
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Much as I support Sea Shepherd for what they are doing in trying to protect whales from the slaughter, even I recognise that it would be a "no contest" if it came to a "real" war.
The Japanese navy could simply torpedo their ships and put them on the bottom of the Southern Ocean, and that would be that. |
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1st April 2013, 05:28 PM | #1091 |
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The idea of viewing the Sea Shepherd versus whalers saga as a case study of irregular warfare seems a novel concept and something I thought those who've watched Whale Wars might engage with. Also the idea of a "maritime shadow zone" (introduced by another blogger on the site) where maritime security authorities lack the capacity, authority or will to directly intervene is not something I had encountered in discussions about the whaling dispute. It might be useful in thinking about over-fishing on the high seas or poaching in the EEZs of countries that lack the means of enforcement. So, I found the posts interesting and thought others might too.
Re bias, Rawley is clearly sympathetic to the anti-whaling cause but also aware of Sea Shepherd's shortcomings. As for being ignorant of the topic he is addressing, this brief bio would suggest otherwise:
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1st April 2013, 06:09 PM | #1092 |
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If he's got a SWO pin then he should know that the SS haven't met up with a major naval force. He is exaggerating in order to make SS appear better or more effective than what it is. This is a tactic straight out of the SS playbook. Every engagement is a victory for them no matter the reality. The whalers finish their season and go home, it's because of the SS actions and nothing else. The whalers don't reach their artificially high quotas. it's because of the SS actions and not because they have a full hold. And so on and so on.
Just recently in the news there was an article about how the Oregon Fish and Game Dept. brands Sea Lions to identify troublemakers. The SS claimed that they saw a Sea Lion just after branding die and sink. They even cited the brand ID#. Within a few days that same Sea Lion was spotted basking on a pier, with the same ID#. The SS didn't change their tune, instead they tried to claim that the OF&WD branded another Sea Lion with the same number to deflect their criticisms instead of realizing that Sea Lions can dive for 10 minutes and swim hundreds of yards in that time period. |
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1st April 2013, 06:46 PM | #1093 |
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1st April 2013, 08:41 PM | #1094 |
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It is rather absurd to speculate or make claims about Sea Shepherd's ability to engage in "warfare" with a "major naval power" that everyone knows won't be employing any actual naval weapons against them.
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