Sea Shepherd gets Hosed

[DennisS]

It looks like the Sea Shepherd boarding party got too close to a whaler that tired of their shenanigans, throwing of chemicals etc. They turned the hoses on them, standard marine procedure to repel boarders.

We've seen the pirate movies where the command "prepare to repel boarders" is given. That's what's happening out there. Surely Sea Shepherd did not think they would be passive year after year while their ship was attacked. They are just escalating it, trying to get an incident that is a good photo op.

[mikemill]

God I hope they get a clue before they get someone killed.

[Andy077]

They also got hit with the LRAD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRAD) Serves them right, they are nothing more than spoiled trust fund babies playing pirate, and the Japanese should have shot them.

[DennisS]

They also got hit with the LRAD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRAD) Serves them right, they are nothing more than spoiled trust fund babies playing pirate, and the Japanese should have shot them.

They didn't like the LRADs and are telling the press they are military hardware and not allowed in the Antartic. The press being the lazy folks that they are just repeat Sea Shepherd claims. B.S., cruise ships have them to repel pirates

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