Greenpece says they are non-violent and so do not support Sea Shepherds tactics. So let me ask you this. If someone were going to stab you in the back with a knife and kill you would you defend yourself against the attacker to stop the attack or allow them to stab and kill you? If someone was going to kill one of your loved one’s, perhaps a family member, would you allow this to happen? I think not.

The japanese whalers are harpooning the whales in the back and killing them because they are easy targets and have no way of defending themselves. They whales are sentient, aware, and a highly evolved species. They have been on our planet for 20 million years- much longer than humans. So it is up to conscious compassionate humans to intervene on the whales behalf.

Sea Shepherd does not want to intentionally cause harm to the japanese. They want them to stop killing the whales. Sea Shepherds actions are non-violent because being non- violent means living with loving kindness, having respect for all species, and  not intentionally causing harm to another. It does not mean passively allowing someone else to hurt you. We all have the right to defend ourselves against an attack and that is what Sea Shepherd is doing- defending the helpless whales against the lethal japanese harpoons.

If you go to www.Seashepherd.org you will see that the Dalai Lama,who preaches  non violence, endorses Sea Shepherds actions of defending our precious ocean species. He has written a beautiful eloquent letter to that effect.