Comments on: Whalers Release “Eco-Terrorist” Hostages http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/ Reporting on “Eco-Terrorism” Witch Hunts, Blacklists and the Green Scare Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Will Potter http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135603 Will Potter Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:45:33 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135603 @beforewisdom: Sea Shepherd says that the whalers didn't respond to radio calls (so I guess that would mean they didn't get permission) and Watson argues that there is legal precedent for boarding a ship to deliver a letter of intent (not sure if that's true or not, I don't know much about martime law). Best, Will @beforewisdom:

Sea Shepherd says that the whalers didn’t respond to radio calls (so I guess that would mean they didn’t get permission) and Watson argues that there is legal precedent for boarding a ship to deliver a letter of intent (not sure if that’s true or not, I don’t know much about martime law). Best, Will

]]> By: beforewisdom http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135594 beforewisdom Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:00:45 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135594 Does anyone know if the activists from the Sea Shepard asked for permission to board the Japanese whaling ship? Isn't that a maritime law or custom? I'm just wondering if not doing so could be mistaken for a hostile act similar to going into someone's house without asking them first. Does anyone know if the activists from the Sea Shepard asked for permission to board the Japanese whaling ship? Isn’t that a maritime law or custom? I’m just wondering if not doing so could be mistaken for a hostile act similar to going into someone’s house without asking them first.

]]> By: easyVegan.info » Blog Archive » Kinship Circle: ACT NOW To Free Captured Sea Shepherd Crew Members http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135342 easyVegan.info » Blog Archive » Kinship Circle: ACT NOW To Free Captured Sea Shepherd Crew Members Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:28:08 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2008/01/18/whalers-release-hostages/#comment-135342 [...] Here’s Will with the details: Two anti-whaling activists that have been held hostage by Japanese whalers were released today, after the Australian government intervened. […] [...] [...] Here’s Will with the details: Two anti-whaling activists that have been held hostage by Japanese whalers were released today, after the Australian government intervened. […] [...]

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