Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
Violence does not contribute to anything.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society recognizes that the deaths of four sealers is a tragedy, but Sea Shepherd also recognizes that the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seal pups is an even greater tragedy.
As long as there is a Southern Ocean whale sanctuary, Sea Shepherd crew will continue to patrol and defend it.
Cruelty is not a literary value.
War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.
Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.
But dogs, which have no ability to sin nor moral conscience, do not have an ability to reject Jesus.
I did not establish the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a protest organisation.