http://www.ambitgambit.com/2006/01/14/marine-lawyer-speaks-for-himself-on-ramming/ Ambit Gambit Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ambitgambit.com/2006/01/14/marine-lawyer-speaks-for-himself-on-ramming/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Graham Young Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:07:46 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=1108#comment-1101 And whose fault is that maelorin? All Greenpeace's. If they hadn't said they'd been rammed when the reverse had occurred no-one would have been thinking about it too much. And whose fault is that maelorin? All Greenpeace’s. If they hadn’t said they’d been rammed when the reverse had occurred no-one would have been thinking about it too much.

]]> http://www.ambitgambit.com/2006/01/14/marine-lawyer-speaks-for-himself-on-ramming/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 maelorin Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:28:58 +0000 http://localhost/ambit/?p=1108#comment-1102 "3. That the issue of collision, while certinly serious in itself, in this particular instance, is quite subordinate to the overarching legality of the whaling and the jurisdictional aspects of the Anarctic[sic] Ocean." which, to me, is the real issue for discussion - not the week long arm waving about stupid hijinks played out in the media. regardless of which way one leans, the japanese have gained a lot of distraction points out of this. while everyone is talking about who did or didn't do what, no one's talking about why everyone is down there at all. “3. That the issue of collision, while certinly serious in itself, in this particular instance, is quite subordinate to the overarching legality of the whaling and the jurisdictional aspects of the Anarctic[sic] Ocean.”
which, to me, is the real issue for discussion – not the week long arm waving about stupid hijinks played out in the media.
regardless of which way one leans, the japanese have gained a lot of distraction points out of this. while everyone is talking about who did or didn’t do what, no one’s talking about why everyone is down there at all.

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