Sea Shepherd unveils its 4th vessel. An actual Japanese Research ship. - Polidicks

[img]http://i.imgur.com/LxxEW.jpg[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/ldq4E.jpg[/img] [quote][b]After months of speculation, anticipation and the announcement that Los Angeles-based philanthropist and co-creator of TV’s “The Simpsons,” Sam Simon, had donated funds for the purchase of a ship, Sea Shepherd's new Antarctic patrol ship, the SSS Sam Simon, was unveiled today in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, docked at Macquarie Wharf 1.[/b] Her 56-meter hull painted bright white with a classic Sea Shepherd Conservation Society logo on her sides, and displaying a large “S” on her tall black smokestack, the Sam Simon has clearly received several months of careful preparation prior to Sea Shepherd's most ambitious Antarctic campaign yet. Registered in Melbourne, Australia, the Sam Simon carries a crew of 24 international volunteers, ready to brave the Southern Ocean to seek out and shut down the illegal Japanese whaling fleet. [b]The vessel, retired from service by the Japanese Government in 2010, has since been laid up in Shimonoseki, Japan, alongside the very ships Sea Shepherd will confront this season.[/b] Originally built as Seifu Maru in 1993 by IHI shipyard in Tokyo, to a high standard with no expense spared by the Japanese Government, the ice-strengthened steel vessel was operated by the Maizuru Meteorogical Observatory, a department of the Japan Meteorological Agency, out of Kyoto Prefecture. While Sea Shepherd and most of the world agrees that the word “research” has no place in the Institute of Cetacean Research’s (ICR's) whaling program, [b]Seifu Maru was indeed responsible for a considerable amount of real ocean current data contributing to Japan's western North Pacific Whaling Program (JARPN).[/b] Captain of the Sam Simon, Locky Maclean, stated: “After months of secrecy, it is such a great feeling to finally be able to fly the Sea Shepherd flag from the main mast, and yes, Sea Shepherd now owns a real Japanese research ship!” With four vessels departing for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Sea Shepherd's Operation Zero Tolerance aims to find the Japanese whaling fleet and chase it out of the Antarctic Treaty Zone without a single whale killed. It is Sea Shepherd's most ambitious campaign, and the culmination of a decade's conservation work in the Antarctic, which has drastically reduced the amount of whales killed by Japan's ICR. Japan's ICR has set itself a quota of nearly one thousand minke and 50 fin whales to be culled during the 2012/2013 Australian summer in Antarctica. The Sam Simon will be open for public tours Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Hobart prior to departing for the Southern Ocean next week.[/quote] [url]http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/12/10/the-sss-sam-simon-is-unveiled-in-hobart-tasmania-1471[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2Thr0wBWY&feature=player_embedded[/media] Maybe this one won't break as easy. You know, with actually being designed to sail in the environment they put these ships in.

They should try not to ram a ship ten times their size this time.

Does this mean we can start attaching explosives to the hull or is there a secret compartment filled with angry japanese people who barge out at random times and beat the fuck out of the idiots that are onboard? Sorry OvB, If they have the right to annoy the fuck out of others in unregulated open ocean no matter who they are, we have the right to throw them overboard and scuttle their ship.

[QUOTE]Her 56-meter hull painted bright white with a classic Sea Shepherd Conservation Society logo on her sides[/QUOTE] Would that be their skull and cross-staffs? Those that could easily be misunderstood as the international sign of "we be pirates" ? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GzFPY.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=MIPS;38783539]Sorry OvB, If they have the right to annoy the fuck out of others in unregulated open ocean no matter who they are, we have the right to throw them overboard and scuttle their ship.[/QUOTE] Yes let's murder 120 vegans simply because they're annoying. Let's run a semi into a Westboro Baptist protest while were at it. Regardless of what they do, legal or not, it has to be handled in a civil manner. Paul Watson will probably be arrested on sight if he ever touches land ever since he skipped bail a few months ago and managed to make it out to his ship.

[QUOTE=OvB;38783635]Yes let's murder 120 vegans simply because they're annoying. Let's run a semi into a Westboro Baptist protest while were at it. Regardless of what they do, legal or not, it has to be handled in a civil manner. Paul Watson will probably be arrested on sight if he ever touches land ever since he skipped bail a few months ago and managed to make it out to his ship.[/QUOTE] Just like how they handle whaling ships right? You know, because trying to sink whaling vessels into the freezing ocean waters is totally the civil way to go about it...

[QUOTE=draugur;38783648]Just like how they handle whaling ships right? You know, because trying to sink whaling vessels into the freezing ocean waters is totally the civil way to go about it...[/QUOTE] Except they've never done that. The only ships they've [i]actually[/i] taken credit for sinking have been in ports, and they've never been held accountable for them because they have a fairly good legal team at their disposal. And at least one of them was actually an illegal ship, and the owners never showed up in court after Paul turned himself in for doing it. (allegedly) For the record, I don't condone most of their tactics. I wish they would lay off the acid bombs and intentional rammings. I just follow their activities because they're one of the largest, if not the largest ocean-based conservation groups out there. I like to keep track with all of ocean-conservation efforts controversial or not.

[QUOTE=OvB;38783635]Yes let's murder 120 vegans simply because they're annoying. Let's run a semi into a Westboro Baptist protest while were at it. [/QUOTE] I actually have no problem with the latter.

[QUOTE=OvB;38783635]Yes let's murder 120 vegans simply because they're annoying. Let's run a semi into a Westboro Baptist protest while were at it. Regardless of what they do, legal or not, it has to be handled in a civil manner. Paul Watson will probably be arrested on sight if he ever touches land ever since he skipped bail a few months ago and managed to make it out to his ship.[/QUOTE] Im cool with both of those scenarios you present.

sea shepherd is lol

[QUOTE=Ridge;38783690]I actually have no problem with the latter.[/QUOTE] mmmm yes killing people for their opinions is such a fantastic idea, I'm sure it's worked out for people who tried to do the same in the past, right?

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;38783891]mmmm yes killing people for their opinions is such a fantastic idea, I'm sure it's worked out for people who tried to do the same in the past, right?[/QUOTE] To be honest, I don't even know if the WBC is voicing their opinions or deliberately trying to insult people.

With any luck, this one won't end up under the keel of a larger ship.

[QUOTE=Samiam22;38785116]To be honest, I don't even know if the WBC is voicing their opinions or deliberately trying to insult people.[/QUOTE] I fail to see how that would justify murdering or trying to hurt them. Wishing death on someone because they said something mean is silly.

[QUOTE=Samiam22;38785116]To be honest, I don't even know if the WBC is voicing their opinions or deliberately trying to insult people.[/QUOTE] Isn't the WBC run by a law firm that uses it's followers to find people to sue?

I personally have always liked the idea of just cutting small holes in the hull of the ships in the middle of the night, just enough so that a few hours of it sitting there filling up would bring it far down enough for it to hook on the bottom of the bay and have a hard time looking for the wholes. No one dies and they are out a ship for awhile, or maybe even forever if the holes are big enough.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;38785371]I personally have always liked the idea of just cutting small holes in the hull of the ships in the middle of the night, just enough so that a few hours of it sitting there filling up would bring it far down enough for it to hook on the bottom of the bay and have a hard time looking for the wholes. No one dies and they are out a ship for awhile, or maybe even forever if the holes are big enough.[/QUOTE] Good luck trying to operate a massive welder off a dingy without attracting customs patrols or security to see why a fucking ship is shitting out sparks

[QUOTE=MIPS;38783539]Does this mean we can start attaching explosives to the hull or is there a secret compartment filled with angry japanese people who barge out at random times and beat the fuck out of the idiots that are onboard? Sorry OvB, If they have the right to annoy the fuck out of others in unregulated open ocean no matter who they are, we have the right to throw them overboard and scuttle their ship.[/QUOTE] what? if they have the right to annoy people then you have the right to scuttle their ships and assault them? lol. go eat more mustard on spam

[QUOTE=ewitwins;38785371]I personally have always liked the idea of just cutting small holes in the hull of the ships in the middle of the night, just enough so that a few hours of it sitting there filling up would bring it far down enough for it to hook on the bottom of the bay and have a hard time looking for the wholes. No one dies and they are out a ship for awhile, or maybe even forever if the holes are big enough.[/QUOTE] Telemark style

i wonder if the sea shepherds went after people that torture cats and dogs, would facepunch be more sympathetic towards them?

Accidently rams US Navy Destroyer

[QUOTE=Ridge;38783584]Would that be their skull and cross-staffs? Those that could easily be misunderstood as the international sign of "we be pirates" ? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GzFPY.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] wow this explains a lot about your awful political and social views.. your mind is stuck in like the 17th century

[QUOTE=_Kent_;38783517]They should try not to ram a ship ten times their size this time.[/QUOTE] That would be a sight to see, considering the fact that its 56 meters long.

One of these days one of the ships is just gonna light their ass up with guns. Then everyone will act surprised as if it never was going to happen.

[QUOTE=KG_1;38785721]One of these days one of the ships is just gonna light their ass up with guns. Then everyone will act surprised as if it never was going to happen.[/QUOTE] and then japan will have some very serious explaining to do

[QUOTE=KG_1;38785721]One of these days one of the ships is just gonna light their ass up with guns. Then everyone will act surprised as if it never was going to happen.[/QUOTE] yep environmental activists protesting the illegal slaughter of endangered species deserve to die fuckin hippies

[QUOTE=Kopimi;38785773]yep environmental activists protesting the illegal slaughter of endangered species deserve to die fuckin hippies[/QUOTE] Can you direct me to where I said they should die? Quit trying to instigate over an opinion.

[QUOTE=KG_1;38785799]Can you direct me to where I said they should die? Quit trying to instigate over an opinion.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=KG_1;38785721]One of these days one of the ships is just gonna light their ass up with guns. Then everyone will act surprised as if it never was going to happen.[/QUOTE]

we should shoot every member of the SPCA because i'm freaking sick and tired of people protecting animals from torture!!!

[QUOTE=Kopimi;38785805][/QUOTE] OOOHH ZIIIIIIIIINGGGG! Touchdown! I don't know what language you use, but did I say they [b]SHOULD[/b] die? I merely stated my opinion that someone is going to kill them with a little taste of sarcasm.