Anyone Else Watching "Whale Wars"?

[drozmight]

I think it's entertaining.  In the first episode a woman on the ship was on the phone with Greenpeace and got all frustrated saying, "WE DON'T NEED YOU. THE WHALES NEED YOU... TO PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASSSSS!!!!"

Oh ho ho ho ho!  Plus this cock tease at the beginning got me really interested:

[MrAngryFace]

I might watch it, on in a few here

[drozmight]

Pretty much.

Japan should send one of those WWII super battleships to escort their whaling fleet... that'd make for good television.

[drozmight]

Soooo can the Japanese pretty much just shoot them since they're in international waters or what?

I'm not sure.  Maybe.

We need us a maritime lawyer.

[BlueTsunami]

I love the promo, the dude boards a Japanese ship and their all like "OH SHIT THEIR GOING TO THROW HIM OFF". We're at War people... Whale Wars...

[drozmight]

Maybe when he boards he'll be taken into the belly of the ship, hoisted up with some chains and used as a punching bag by some burly japanese whalers.

[brawndolicious]

Soooo can the Japanese pretty much just shoot them since they're in international waters or what?

well according to maritime law, it's illegal to carry a gun aboard a merchant ship.  Some cruise lines hire mercenaries to sail alongside the boat and those mercenaries could of course carry and use firearms.

[castle007]

Yes, there is so much drama to be exploited in this show. 

Think about the whales!!!

[MrAngryFace]

Haha, its a fun enough show

[BlackMage]

keep killin' them whales, japan. I want my blubber

[MrAngryFace]

and japan wants its MONEYS

[Positive Touch]

why I don't understand is, why don't they try to physically destroy the boats?  I mean, it would more effective to just shoot an RPG and sink the fuckers instead of throw butter at them, and then hey - that's one less boat out there killing whales.  These dudes just need to be more hardcore

[Tauntaun]

This just makes me want a really good naval RTS. 

[MrAngryFace]

why I don't understand is, why don't they try to physically destroy the boats?  I mean, it would more effective to just shoot an RPG and sink the fuckers instead of throw butter at them, and then hey - that's one less boat out there killing whales.  These dudes just need to be more hardcore

That would make them raiders/pirates and thats illegal

[Brehvolution]

I can't wait for the Narwhal uprising.

[Robo]

Scuttling (physically sinking) ships has been a tactic used in the past, but the consequences for getting caught are extreme and detrimental to the cause.

[MrAngryFace]

They wouldnt get on TV, for one

[Positive Touch]

They wouldnt get on TV, for one

I sure as hell would watch that.

[drozmight]

Narwhals would be jumping the ships and impaling whalers one by one while the other whale species do their best to puncture the hull.  Then the dolphins would show up like the Rohirrim to aid their cousins and puncture boats with large chunks of ice.

The whale war saga continues...