tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post2640588308959930608..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: Sea Shepherd leader arrested - attempted murderMark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-55098751060408444592012-05-15T09:27:54.524-04:002012-05-15T09:27:54.524-04:00Don't letters of marque demand, well, a letter...Don't letters of marque demand, well, a letter? I don't see how some unnamed "official" could authorize a civilian vessel, with no legal standing for arrest or seizure, to engage another civilian vessel. Even the Navy requires Coast Guard LEO detachments to engage in such arrest actions under most circumstances. That they took off to avoid a Guatamalan gun boat, after being "ordered" to engage by a nebulous Guatamaln official argues that either the authority exceeded their own authority, or never existed in the first place.<br /><br />Like the commercial says: people have to risk their lives to stroke Paul Watson's ego....Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388843890140644376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-49499583748902562022012-05-14T11:53:45.738-04:002012-05-14T11:53:45.738-04:00The delayed arrest unmasks a nuanced contrast, one...The delayed arrest unmasks a nuanced contrast, one could say, in attitude toward homicidal pirates based far away and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operating as a non-profit headquartered in the United States.Vigilishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05051789616490005367noreply@blogger.com