Now they are suing...... Does the picture say something else? Just how does the stern of a ship ram the bow of another ship?
The Whale Wars ship has the cutesy blue color scheme. These Whale Wars people should be locked up for international piracy (or at least their ship(s) sunk...
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in Antarctic waters, a lawyer said Thursday.
Lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld filed a criminal complaint with Dutch environmental prosecutors accusing the crew of the Nisshin Maru whaling ship of deliberately ramming Sea Shepherd's ships in February.
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Nisshin Maru, Japan's Whaling Vessel, Accused By Sea Shepherd Of Intentionally Ramming Ships
What happened when these wacko's tried to sue in an American court:
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SAN FRANCISCO — Their supporters call them heroes. The Japanese government calls them terrorists.
Late Monday, the United States' largest federal court labeled them pirates.
In doing so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals castigated Paul Watson and members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society he founded for the tactics used in their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the dangerous waters of Antarctica.
"You don't need a peg leg or an eye patch," Chief Judge Alex Kozinski wrote for the unanimous three-judge panel. "When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be."
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/court-...pirates/nWZ8m/
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