Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Is Bob Barker a Sponsor of Terror?

Apparently the Sea Shepherd organization has had one of their vessels rammed by a Japanese whaling ship. This is not too surprising as the Sea Shepherds routinely harass the whalers and try their level best to cause damage to their opponents. What is really a surprise is that no one has been killed yet in this well documented "war" on the high seas. Now one has to respect the Sea Shepherds goals. The Japanese have no business conducting such barbarous action as hunting and killing these beautiful creatures. As an environmentalist (a real one, not a nut case environmental religionist type) whaling is an affront to my sensibilities. As a friend of mine said "fuck a Japanese, they don't need to eat a whale." I could not agree more.

Bob Barker, of American game show fame, has supposedly donated 5 millions of dollars to the Sea Shepherd organization and has a vessel named in his honor. The Japanese believe that the Shepherds are pirates and a terrorist organization to boot. They may be standing on firm legal ground on this issue. If they are correct (the Japanese) in that assessment, does that make Bob Barker a "sponsor of terror?"

That is a funny question to ask, but in court of law you can bet that concept would be explored in detail.

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