Sea Shepherds have great ideals and do good things but they're so fucking dumb and they're a bunch of fucking assholes.
I lived in Hobart, where they would make port and they'd cause so much trouble in town, bullying ppl, getting in fights etc. They think they're badass but they're idiots.
Sacrificing their million dollar stealth speedboat the My Ady Gil by parking it in the way of a whaling ship and hoping to take them to court for damages, they forgot the first rule of maritime law; the least maneuverable ship has the right of way. They lost that case.
They tried stopping a legal seal cull in Canada and got their boat, the MV Farley Mowat impounded. They never claimed it back and now face a law suit for abandoning a derelict vessel that's leaking oil everywhere.
They took a video trying to show a Japanese whaling ship ramming them, yet it's clear that the SS ship, The Steve Irwin, is the ones changing course to purposely collide with the whaling ship.
They board other ships in international waters (piracy) and whine and cry when they get detained in a brig and brought back to face a court.
They have wasted soooo much money donated to them by benefactors.
Seriously, it's as though they're all kids playing with boats in a bathtub. Idiots.
Pretty much. Even this pic is doctored to fit their agenda. 80% of plastics in the ocean are from land, yet they stood on a pile of fishing net and made a claim that fits their goals.
Well either you were blind af, because countless people share my opinion of their attitude all around the world. So much that South Park even had an episode about their doucheiness. Or, well, you're just one of them and you're just equally douchey but can't introspect. Time for some self reflection, mate.
I introspect plenty. Before I went to do my first brief stint welding on the Steve Irwin I was concerned that the people might be as you described. It wasn’t very hard to imagine that being the case. But I was very impressed with most of the crew. Intelligent people from many demographics and countries with honest concerns about the environment. Most people never mentioned (or hated) the TV show. Paul Watson’s name didn’t really come up that often either. I liked that because I was really worried about a cult of personality scene.
I fully imagined from the outset that the people is Sea Shepherd might be as you describe (some probably are), but my personal experiences over five years were quite the opposite. Just because countless people share an opinion does not make it valid. By the way most of us still enjoyed the South Park episode as well.
In the end it really is not that important. I am more concerned with the health of the ocean and the planet. Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace both do things to create publicity for these issues to make people aware of them. Both have done some dumb things on occasion. Things are not black and white.
Hmmm Vaquita was listed as endangered then as critically endangered in the 90's.
sea shepherd didn't do squat about them until they lost the whale wars with Japan and needed another cause they could beg money for. There is a term for what they are doing for the Vaquita: Too little, too late.
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u/some_canadian_dude Aug 12 '21 edited Aug 12 '21
Sea Shepherds have great ideals and do good things but they're so fucking dumb and they're a bunch of fucking assholes.
I lived in Hobart, where they would make port and they'd cause so much trouble in town, bullying ppl, getting in fights etc. They think they're badass but they're idiots.
Sacrificing their million dollar stealth speedboat the My Ady Gil by parking it in the way of a whaling ship and hoping to take them to court for damages, they forgot the first rule of maritime law; the least maneuverable ship has the right of way. They lost that case.
They tried stopping a legal seal cull in Canada and got their boat, the MV Farley Mowat impounded. They never claimed it back and now face a law suit for abandoning a derelict vessel that's leaking oil everywhere.
They took a video trying to show a Japanese whaling ship ramming them, yet it's clear that the SS ship, The Steve Irwin, is the ones changing course to purposely collide with the whaling ship.
They board other ships in international waters (piracy) and whine and cry when they get detained in a brig and brought back to face a court.
They have wasted soooo much money donated to them by benefactors.
Seriously, it's as though they're all kids playing with boats in a bathtub. Idiots.
EDIT:typo EDIT 2: another typo lol