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Protesters held on Japanese whaling ship

The judge is effective, if the following statement is true .
"Antarctica is a part of Australian territory"

Australian court neglected "Antarctic Treaty" - World consensus.
Additionally, here an australian is saying "Japan is very much famous for being a law to itself and not joining international treaties."

Sigh...boorish manners.
Watch yourself within a mirror, or go outside Australia to learn "common sense".
 
The Australian and Japanese governments have agreed it will not affect relations between the two countries and the JP government has told the JP crew to release the two protesters.

As it stands, the JP crew are refusing.

The two protesters tried to deliver a letter to the JP crew on the court ruling of the illegal whaling, I guess at the same time doing the whalers a favour before they broke the law.

I believe they should have asked the JP crew beforehand if they could board, although apparantly they tried and the JP crew did not respond.

I do however think that tieing the two protesters to the mask violets human right's, and was clearly extreme, after all, they were good people simply trying to protect the JP crew from illegal whaling and also protect the beautiful creatures.

Like I said, the whalers have been instructed to release the two protestors, although they are refusing.

It will once again be interesting to see if the whalers will be prosecuted under Japanese law upon their return for refusing government orders.
 
TripLover said:
Sigh...boorish manners.
Watch yourself within a mirror, or go outside Australia to learn "common sense".
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LOL.. We had a great day here with my son Kai and wife.

We spent the day on a small boat on the Daintree river seeing who could spot the first salwater crocodile..

My wife won!

Funny you mention a Mirror as we took one with us for the drive as little nine month old Kai loves them, and it is one of our tools to amuse him on long journeys
 
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Territorial claims
Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom

Reserved the right to make claims
Russia
United States

Antarctica
Antarctica - Wikipedia
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It was my ignorace that I did not know the 7 or 9 nations' claims...
 
日本人はこのkyoto Returneeにポストに反応しないのが一番。こいつのペースに乗るな、無視すべきと思う。
 

My wife just translated your post and we had a good laugh
 
Chi65 said:
You have to sign into this Greenpeace site first, it says
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Sorry, Chi - that link must be to my own page. Here's a link to a page where you can scroll to the bottom where it says "Sign the petition". They're actually calling for "marine reserves", not "sanctuaries", but I think they must be about the same.

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/oceans/marine-reserves-2

This is another update on the same story about the protestors. The Sea Shepherd has lost sight of the Japanese whaling ship, where the two protestors are still being held hostage:

Activists lose sight of whalers
 

It does not lead you further in the first link either, oh well, then I might have to sign in at given time (busy now)

I will also read the other link soon, anyhow, thanks for posting it!
 
Deaf

Is this a place to mouth off, with deaf ears?
-I guess- -I believe - and so on.
Yes, Laughing is a good way for a guy who never learn anything.
Again, The word `illegal` spoken here is used just as "illegal in Australia, End of the world".
Here is a forum to discuss with facts, not belief.
Antarctica belongs to no country, so International Law request as follows,
#1 Australian law is out of range about the whalers. -Not Austrarian territory
#2 Case in a Japanese ship should be ruled under Japanese law.
Most Australians would respect the fundamental principles and rules of international law, I believe.
Additionally, whalers are not public employee of Japan, so Japanese government can't force them to release pirates.
(Some Australians complain the recognition "pirates", but I have never heard "mail delivery" means delivering chemical liquid and ropes to tie ship-screws. )
If Japan were a Red-country like Australia / China (filtering all the internet communication -censorship-), Japanese government could control all the ships as you dream.
However, Sadly to say, Japan is a country of liberty and governed by law.
 
TripLover said:
Here is a forum to discuss with facts, not belief.
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I actually found the opposite.

All the posts I am reading point towards honest belief of the posters..

I know I believe in what I post.

The protesters are basically being held hostage against their own will as the Japanese crew is making demands and if the demands are not met, they will continue to hold them tied up..

Sarapva said:
Another update - the Japanese whalers are threatening to take the protestors to Japan:

Whalers threaten to take activists to Japan
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Oh my God!

Could only imagine what would happen then..

I belive they would however ultimately be released, hopefully score a nice break somewhere in Japan before returning home.

It would however create a diplomatic nigthmare between the countries of the nationals being held..
 
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Again, "I believe in" ...
Talk with Deaf is so difficult.

By the way, "being held hostage against their own will "
With Maritime Law, If Captain of a ship doesn't permit someone on boarding and recognize "mean mischief" like this case, uninvited guests could be treated as pirates.
In the past, in 1997, Sea Shepherd leader, Watson was convicted in absentia by Norway on charges of sinking a Norwegian whaling ship.
Like Sea Shepherd's flag, they are "pirates of pirates". The whalers should watch pirates of caribbean DVD to learn how to tie the pirates by ropes. After that, the can make the Sea Shepherd's ipse dixit come true.

Diplomatic nightmare? Nice joke with a threat. Japan doesn't care whether Australians cast back to it's ancestors with the pirates or not. Japan just complies with International Law.
 
So do I.

Luckily I found another article of AFP about the food they eat!!!

I am a bit pleased to know that the tonge of activists is not so xenophobic!!!
It is good to be an activist for free tempura or 3 o'clock snak (3 ji no oyatsu)!
 
Am I mistaken, or did the japanese government at first (not now)say, to let them go until Inwood came into the game??
(who is not even Japanese. . .)

And if they are on a japanese ship, which is the case, they are mainly under japanese law, as rightly said above, or not?

And since when are the whalers there not japanese workers, be it partly?? That sounds "unbelievable", sorry. . .whats more worth for a decision, the ship or the people's maybe split working dependance on that one?

Also I have my doubts, by seeing the videos, that the "invaders" really did more than delivering that note, in which case I find the word pirates completely blown up, if not ridiculous.

An oh sorry after delivering could have been enough in the end, maybe, however naive that sounds now. Making such a fuss out of it, is somewhat clearly calling for attention or worst, and fits this Mr. Inwood indeed. Looking back, the Japanese government was about to let them go and it would have been out of talk soon.

I hope, they make good friends there during their free tempura-sessions, hehe.
(I LOVE tempura, now my mouth waters. . .)

And do they have to stay through the whole whale hunt now, in case it happens??
So then it maybe explains, why keeping them, grants a kind of safety for the ship. . .

hmm. . .thats a possible real reason after all.
 
Thanks for updatings, and this time from BBC, Sarapva!

I am glad, the japanese government showed a little more sense and power than Inwood. . .right, with the two men on board, they would not have been well advised to go on with their whaling mission.

Now its a bit like before. . .

While this still stands up:

But other nations and environment groups say the research goals could be achieved using non-lethal methods and call the programme a front for commercial whaling
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Sarapva said:
Sorry - I realize my mistake now - I meant Kevin Rudd!
(Stephen Smith is foreign minister)
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I related to this part, but any way has the same temporary effect and outdates Inwood's kind of . . .habits and games, at least a bit:

"The Australian government accepted Japan's request to assist and remove the men from our research vessel to allow us to continue our work."
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(forgive me, I have a bad name memory, but will also try to remember others in this matter, open for learning)
 
>Thank goodness they're safe!

It is misleading. They are under Japanese Law in the Japanese ship.
This time, you should appreciate Japanese government's tolerance,
to let the pirates go without penalty.

Remember, Thanks giving Day should be the day
to thank Native Americans for Food and Knowledge, not for Christian God.

At least, Japan is not a country to kill pirates without judgement,
better than USA in Iraq. What do you care? Suicide as a protest?
 
Sarapva said:
The protestors have now been handed over to an Australian ship:

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Whaling pair 'leave Japan ship'

Thank goodness they're safe!
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EXCELLENT!

Glad the Japanese government talked the whalers into releasing them:122:

Sarapva said:
Sorry - I realize my mistake now - I meant Kevin Rudd!
(Stephen Smith is foreign minister)
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That's funny..

Kevin Rudd is the only one I know as we now have a totally new labour goverment.

I'm out of touch myself here..
 
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