Bob Barker sliced open by Japanese Whaler

Monday, February 08, 2010

Bob Barker, the ship that was named after former The Price is Right host, was involved in a collision with a Japanese Whaling vessel. It's an AP article so read it yourself.

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The Sea Shepherd group, which any of you who have watched Whale Wars, if familiar with blames it on the Japanese. Then again anyone who has watched Whale Wars should know Sea Shepherd claims should always be viewed with skepticism.

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2010-02-08 03:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

It was the ship named after him?
Drat! If they'd gone after him-he'd have ripped the bow of their ship off-and sunk 'em right there!

#2 | Posted by frankf55 at 2010-02-08 03:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Nisshin Maru, Come on down!

#3 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-08 04:05 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The anti-whaling craft had been actively blocking the slipway of the Nisshin Maru, the Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship, when the collision occurred."

Eh, it's really hard to feel bad for them when they're engaged in stupid stuff like this.

#4 | Posted by bartimus at 2010-02-08 05:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Eh, it's really hard to feel bad for them when they're engaged in stupid stuff like this.

I agree. I'm not a big fan of whaling, but if are stupid enough to engage a ship bigger than your boat and you sink, fuck you. Darwin wins again.

#5 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-08 08:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Darwin wins again."

Yep. Reminds me of a bunch of anti-nuke protestors that managed to get around the Coast Guard line in Vancouver (Expo '86?) to try to block a US cruiser from entering port.

They pulled up in front, dropped sails, and while they were unrolling their banner got run over by said cruiser. Duh.

Now THAT was funny! USS Horne, I think it was.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2010-02-09 03:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

The SS Bob Barker got spayed and neutered?

Meh, hard to tell who to cheer for in these stories.

The Sea Shepherd guys are dangerous, albeit well-intentioned, fools and the Japanese Whalers are simply a bunch of immoral asswipes.

Be Well.

#7 | Posted by dethspud at 2010-02-09 04:36 AM | Reply | Flag:

Meh, hard to tell who to cheer for in these stories.

As an ex-Sailor and a worker on GoM, it's not very easy to cheer for soneome who deliberately and illegally creates a hazard on the high seas. Mother Ocean is very unforgiving.

#8 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-09 07:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Mother Ocean is very unforgiving."

The whales have seen worse.

#9 | Posted by Dave at 2010-02-09 09:05 AM | Reply | Flag:

The whales have seen worse.

Probably so

#10 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-09 10:01 AM | Reply | Flag:

Damn marine terrorists! Maybe this'll teach 'em a lesson!

#11 | Posted by mitch at 2010-02-09 01:17 PM | Reply | Flag: