Greenpeace Whaling Action, Hamburg

Greenpeace activists protest against the transport of fin whale meat from Iceland to Japan via European ports.

In Iceland, whaler Kristján Loftsson plans to hunt up to 184 fin whales this summer. This operation is being carried out despite a ban on commercial whaling introduced by the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The fin whale is also listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of threatened species.

[neiljones]

I support Greenpeace, and I'm also sympathetic to Sea Shepherd's aims, but I'm glad that they are two separate organisations working in different ways. The political work is the only way to get long term protection for whales. And to be fair, Greenpeace also has many other areas of campaigning to focus on, which I believe are just as important.

[伊藤博文-dj]

It's not something Germany should judge. This material is completely legal in Japan and in Iceland. It is the due of the intermediate country to support the transportation. We are not trading the nuclear weapon or the drag. This is a sort of sanction to Japan. Are you going to declare the war? If you destroyed the content, we have the right to ask the compensation.

[ChinaLake]

Does Greenpeace honestly think that by launching small boats with signs that say stop whaling, that they are going to change the decision of the cargo ships' captains? I mean come on now, if I were to go and hold up a sign that says I want a new governor, do you think they would listen that easily and change the governor? I didn't think so. If Greenpeace even wants a chance of stopping the cargo ships from taking the whale meat to Japan, they need to be slightly more aggressive. They should think of it like jail. The whale meat ships are the prisoners, and Greenpeace is the officer. But no, Greenpeace wants to be all nice and have a giggly fun time, while there attempts are useless. Sea Shepherd is the one that makes the real since hear. They were lucky this time.

[Camus]

wow Greenpeace is doing a excellent job. Also I was very surprised that authorities reacted very fast. That's why today companies have a lot of power, but sometimes they can not win all the time.

[HiopX]

I want to emphasize that difference between what is legal and what is morally right.

[伊藤博文-dj]

Iceland has the right to catch whales. She didn't agreed to the article, so Iceland doesn't have to follow the rule for the first point. It is totally illegal that Germany sent back the whale meat which should be sent to Japan.

[伊藤博文-dj]

Do you understand what you mentioned doesn't make sense at all? There is no violation of the law here. Iceland has the right to get whales because it remained objection. Japan has the domestic law to import whale meat as long as it clears some government's rules. Germany is the anti whaling country and may have some domestic laws, however, it is the member of the IWC. It is restricted by the rule of IWC and the Washington treaty. Germany can't enforce to stop trade by her domestic law.

[aaronhunt]

What green piece do boarding ships is not legal if they

[HiopX]

Every cargo that is illegal in German territory, can be confiscated under German law. Also, Germany is Anti-Whaling.
The most logical thing would be confiscating the meat and destroying it.

[wairey]

Do u really need that many whales for the research

[伊藤博文-dj]

That's called as the moral crusade. It's based on the idea that you have the higher moral than us. Don't you think that it is pretty much arrogant? I have never thought that our moral is lower than that of yours at any time in history.

[aaronhunt]

Are seen by the police then they will be arrested