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Poll: Are the Sea Shepards a Terrorist Organization?


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Yes
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No
66.7% (18)
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Beat Writer
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Animal Planets show "Whale Wars" isnt vary controversal in the US but usually make snews in Australia and Japan, the Sea Shepards follow annoy and throw items onto Japanese Whaling ships everyone has there opinion to this but what do you think?

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Uh from your description... No

Muckraker
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Until they actually kill or bomb someone with the hope that it will change the politics around Japanese whaling ships, then no. Nothing wrong with some pranks.

Gone Gonzo
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Well one could say that they were terrorising the whalers, but I wouldn't say just causing terror made some one a terrorist. Honestly thought, defining 'terrorist' in a conventional sense is kinda difficult.

Gone Gonzo
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Yeah they pretty much a band of pirates that mess with ships that actually do something.

Pulitzer Laureate
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I'm not entirely sure.
I haven't really given the organisation enough thought to rule on whether or not they are a terrorist group.
However, I do have a Sea Shepard jumper, which is really warm. So I am going to say no, if only because they've stopped me freezing in cold weather.

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I was watching this the other night and i thought "Are these people considered pirates"

I honestly dont think so. They throw these grenades that make it unbearable to work on the ship decks, making it impossible to continue whaling.

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They are more like protesters than Terriosts.

Press Junketeer
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What?

Gone Gonzo
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Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Gone Gonzo
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gimmesometea:
What?

I agree.
To actually say something, I will edit this post when I find out what the hell the OP was talking about.

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Isn't the definition of "terrorism" "inducing violence, fear and repression to accomplish ones goals"? That wouldn't make a hyperactive greenpeace-like organization terrorists, no.

Gone Gonzo
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Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

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Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

You think I'm kidding? According to this act, Jesus, Ghandi, The Suffragettes, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are all terrorists.

Gone Gonzo
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Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

You think I'm kidding? According to this act, Jesus, Ghandi, The Suffragettes, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are all terrorists.

This is all obviously in preparation for the upcoming totalitarian rule of Illuminati.

Gone Gonzo
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Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

You think I'm kidding? According to this act, Jesus, Ghandi, The Suffragettes, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are all terrorists.

This is all obviously in preparation for the upcoming totalitarian rule of Illuminati.

Meh, probably. The definition was edited to that in 2007 (I think) during Tony Blair's rule as prime minister.

Gone Gonzo
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Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

You think I'm kidding? According to this act, Jesus, Ghandi, The Suffragettes, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are all terrorists.

This is all obviously in preparation for the upcoming totalitarian rule of Illuminati.

Meh, probably. The definition was edited to that in 2007 (I think) during Tony Blair's rule as prime minister.

Oh, in the U.K. Then it's just setting the scene for V For Vendetta. Canada is still cool then, right?

Gone Gonzo
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I am without opinion and therefore of no help here. Though I dont like extremists, and these people seem like extremists.

Press Junketeer
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Sounds like they're "annoyists" not "terrorists." By definition terrorists use fear as a weapon, sounds like these guys are just being jerks. Until they threaten or cause property damage, injury, or death, they aren't terrorists.

Gone Gonzo
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Well, being an annoyance is different to causing fear... unless you have a fear of being annoyed. :D

EDIT: Ninja'd... kinda.

Gone Gonzo
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Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:

Glefistus:

Zombie_Fish:
Well, the definition of terrorism, as defined by the War On Terror act is something along the lines of either "A person who uses passive or active action to change a government opinion or the public's opinion" or "Someone who favours and glorifies a terrorist", so based on that, I would have to say yes.

If this thread is still around tomorrow I'll find the actual definition of it then, as I actually do have it somewhere.

Passive action? So if I protest, I'm a terrorist? Ha.

You think I'm kidding? According to this act, Jesus, Ghandi, The Suffragettes, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are all terrorists.

This is all obviously in preparation for the upcoming totalitarian rule of Illuminati.

Meh, probably. The definition was edited to that in 2007 (I think) during Tony Blair's rule as prime minister.

Oh, in the U.K. Then it's just setting the scene for V For Vendetta. Canada is still cool then, right?

Probably. As far as I know this definition only lies in UK and USA. Canada should be okay then.

 
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