ENVIRONMENTALISTS THREATEN TO ATTACK JAPANESE WHALERS

These guys are sounding more and more like terrorists:

A hardline environmental group has promised not to attack Japan's whaling fleet if Australia takes the Japanese to court to try to stop the annual slaughter.

Sea Shepherd, which has promised to "shut down" the whaling ship Nisshin Maru, today said it would give Australia and New Zealand two days to announce a legal challenge against Japan.

Sea Shepherd wants to legitimize its efforts by getting Australia or New Zealand involved. The PM isn't likely to go for it.

Update: Greenpeace activists try to disrupt whaling by placing themselves between the whales and Japanese harpooners. This is, of course, risky. An activist has now been struck and knocked into the water by a harpoon rope. It is probably inevitable that a Greenpeacer will eventually be harpooned. That'll be when the blubber really hits the fan.