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Home Front: Culture Wars

Anti-whaling protesters on hook for millions following court ruling

2014-12-22

From the news source that must not be named:
Radical environmentalists who threw acid and smoke bombs at Japanese whalers were found in contempt of court for continuing their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the waters of Antarctica.

The ninth US circuit court of appeals
The 9th Circus ruling for sanity? Shocker!
on Friday ordered a commissioner to determine how much Paul Watson and members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society he founded owe Japanese whalers for lawyer fees, damage to their ships and for violating the court order to stop their dangerous protests.

The Japanese whalers are demanding $2m in addition to their attorney fees and damage and cost to their ships for warding off the protests.

The environmentalists’ exploits have been documented on the long-running Animal Planet reality TV series Whale Wars.
I love a heart-warming story. :-D

Posted by:Barbara

#7 "butyric acid . . . can also be used to make . . . margarine"

Another reason not to eat that crap.

Posted by: Barbara 2014-12-22 18:58

#6 The acid that was thrown was butyric acid which smells like human vomit. In concentrated form it's unbearable to breathe from the smell. The name of butyric acid comes from the Latin word for butter, butyrum (or buturum), the substance in which butyric acid was first found. It can also be used to make butyrate plastics and margerine.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-12-22 16:42

#5 Next time throw the acid back at the radicals...

Posted by: Steve White 2014-12-22 15:45

#4 Barbarians fighting barbarians. Sorta like the Syrian civil war, there ain't nobody to root for.

'cept for the whales.

Posted by: Anice Nim 2014-12-22 15:18

#3 It is the least those bloody pirates deserve.

Posted by: DarthVader 2014-12-22 15:10

#2 The Japanese whalers are demanding $2m in addition to their attorney fees and damage and cost to their ships for warding off the protests.

I'd recommend refurbished 5 inch deck guns and a unlimited supply of ammunition, a sort of preventative, payment in kind.

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-12-22 14:06

#1 Mods - feel free to add a graphic - hit "submit" instead of "preview" before I could.

Posted by: Barbara 2014-12-22 13:54

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