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Whaling Protester Held in Custody

It’s inevitable that one of these idiot protesters is going to get someone killed.

An anti-whaling activist from New Zealand was being held in custody on a Japanese whaling vessel Tuesday after secretly boarding it the day before as part of a protest, the whalers said.

Diplomats in New Zealand and Tokyo have been meeting to discuss what to do with Peter Bethune, who jumped aboard the Shonan Maru 2 from a Jet Ski on Monday with the stated goal of making a citizen’s arrest of the ship’s captain and handing over a $3 million bill for the destruction of his protest ship last month.

Posted by Owen at 2236 hrs
Culture + Foreign Affairs + Law

1. Is the citizen of one country in any way, shape or form authorized to a citizen’s arrest in international waters? Or. is this cretin, along with trespassing and plain old poor judgment, possibly guilty of piracy for the attempted kidnapping of a maritime captain?

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 16, 2010 at 1006 hrs
   
   
   

2. Those nuts are certifiable. They are extremists.

   Posted by Billiam on February 16, 2010 at 1025 hrs
   
   
   

3. Since the whaling wars show - I think they have been even more active.

   Although I’m not crazy about the killing of whales, the Japanese are not doing anything illegal. These nuts need to go fight this in the courts, not on the open seas.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 16, 2010 at 1552 hrs
   
   
   

4. They will lose on the open seas.  It will go badly.

   Posted by Steve on February 16, 2010 at 1819 hrs
   
   
   

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