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Originally Posted by MMM
It's only ridiculous if you are unable to put the philosophy aside and look at what they are doing.
Both are non-state actors moved by an ideology fighting against the actions of a governments whose actions they despise.
I would put it like this: Both are rogue agents moved by an ideology but act using violence and terrorism against those that are not the instigators of the ideology they are fighting against. Both use violence and terrorism to change people's thinking, and history has shown that technique only begets more violence.
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The Sea shepherd is not a rogue agent. They have access to Australian and New Zealand ports among others and are not criminals in these nation-states. The only laws Sea shepherd have broken is International maritime law... but considering it is normal for countries (even "lawful" countries like the USA) to break International law I don't think this is the best way to describe them.
Also I don't think the violence Sea shepherd initiates (if it does so) is aimed at changing the way people (Japanese or otherwise) think directly. It's aimed at doing damage to the whaling fleet so that they lose money everytime they go on a hunt.
The more money Japan loses either repairing damaged ships or providing naval protection from a potential threat... the more the sea shepherd's mission has been accomplished.