Japan will detain anti-whaling protester.
Mr Bethune, who was skipper of the conservation boat the Ady Gil, which sank after colliding with a Japanese whaling ship in January, jumped onboard the Shonan Maru 2 and attempted to present its skipper with a $3-million damages bill.
Three million dollars? It only cost about $2M.
Whaleboat? What whaleboat...
Yesterday's report said that he could face piracy charges.
4 comments:
If Bethune is taken to Japan and charged with piracy on the high seas, he should plead insanity.
That would be fairly easy to prove.
I don't know bubkiss about Maritime Law, but anyone boarding a ship without permission is considered a threat, isn't he?
Hang 'em from the...whatever passes for the yardarm on modern ships!
Afternoon Kae, this is actually one of the lead articles in the Japan times.
I'll go back & add a link later, but comments come in from not just Japan & Aust but all over the world and they are not very flattering to kevvi.
And yes it's a paid subscription to leave comment. ;)
There we go;
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100220a2.html
I forgot to add, sending a letter to the editor is gratis
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