Surprised nobody has mentioned the fishing going on in the Southern Ocean and the pirates attacking these poor fishermen.... :hihi
Sorry...just :stir
Seriously though, there are a few people who are at fault here:
1: The Australian Government
(And with that I mean Rudd AND Howard).
As we have seen in our northern waters, we are far too soft when it comes to illegal fishing in our waters.
For whatever reason (whether it is some sort of trade deal that we don't know about?) we are even more lenient when it comes to the Japanese fishing in our southern waters.
While I think the way we handle the illegal Indonesian fishermen in our waters is soft, we should at the very least, have our navy board and confiscate the Japanese whaling vessels. Crews to be deported back to Japan and the boat used as bombing practice for our RAAF pilots.
2: The Japanese Whalers
Harpooning whales for 'research purposes'?
Give me a break!
Stop the lies and garbage and be honest to begin with.
But they (and others) will continue to flaunt our territories while we keep playing a soft tune when dealing with such trespassing.
3: Greenpeace
I have no sympathy for the 2 people who are now imprisoned on the whaling vessel.
Even though they claim they only boarded to hand the captain a letter (which I think is a load of crap), the acts of vandalism, ramming boats, throwing acid, and illegally boarding the whaling vessel, amount close to a breach of maritine law regarding 'piracy'.
They knew what they were getting themselves into when going down south to confront the whalers and even more by boarding their vessel, and they are lucky to still be alive.
To now cry for the Government to intervene because they have been captured is a bit rich.
This whole whaling fiasco should have been sorted out well before now.
The Australian Government to give a warning before the ships left Japan:
Enter our waters illegally and you will be blown out of the water.
Sorry...just :stir
Seriously though, there are a few people who are at fault here:
1: The Australian Government
(And with that I mean Rudd AND Howard).
As we have seen in our northern waters, we are far too soft when it comes to illegal fishing in our waters.
For whatever reason (whether it is some sort of trade deal that we don't know about?) we are even more lenient when it comes to the Japanese fishing in our southern waters.
While I think the way we handle the illegal Indonesian fishermen in our waters is soft, we should at the very least, have our navy board and confiscate the Japanese whaling vessels. Crews to be deported back to Japan and the boat used as bombing practice for our RAAF pilots.
2: The Japanese Whalers
Harpooning whales for 'research purposes'?
Give me a break!
Stop the lies and garbage and be honest to begin with.
But they (and others) will continue to flaunt our territories while we keep playing a soft tune when dealing with such trespassing.
3: Greenpeace
I have no sympathy for the 2 people who are now imprisoned on the whaling vessel.
Even though they claim they only boarded to hand the captain a letter (which I think is a load of crap), the acts of vandalism, ramming boats, throwing acid, and illegally boarding the whaling vessel, amount close to a breach of maritine law regarding 'piracy'.
They knew what they were getting themselves into when going down south to confront the whalers and even more by boarding their vessel, and they are lucky to still be alive.
To now cry for the Government to intervene because they have been captured is a bit rich.
This whole whaling fiasco should have been sorted out well before now.
The Australian Government to give a warning before the ships left Japan:
Enter our waters illegally and you will be blown out of the water.
