Sea Shepherd Is Hypocritical & We’re Not Surprised
“Negligence” is a word that often confuses people.
Did they mean to do it? Was it an accident?
But let’s take away negligence and use the words “reckless disregard” instead.
Figuring out an individual or group’s intentions is much easier when they acted in reckless disregard of the safety and wellbeing of another entity.
The so-called environmental group Sea Shepherd did, in fact, act with reckless disregard when they dumped 500 liters of diesel fuel into the Trinity Inlet in Cairns, Australia.
The climate website NoTricksZone initially reported the incident, which happened earlier this year, and more recently Bob Brown, the chairman of the Australian arm of Sea Shepherd, pled guilty in Cairns Magistrates Courts of a marine pollution offense.
According to the Cairns Post, Sea Shepherd Australia purchased the boat from the Japanese about a week before the oil spill. They were so hurried to get started that they did not get the Japanese instruction manual or signage translated.
The crew were made aware that the “low level” switch which needed to be activated during the fuel transfer was faulty, but had not repaired it before using the ship.
Oversight? No. Deliberate action.
Aside from faulty equipment, there were crew member mistakes. Gabor Nosty, a member of the ship’s crew, failed to manually set the switch which caused the diesel to spill into the bay during the transfer. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the crew didn’t even realize they were polluting the bay until a passer-by alerted them!
This is pretty simple, folks. Using a piece of equipment that you are not familiar with and without taking the time to read the instructions to prevent damage or injury is gross negligence.
It’s unforgivable laziness.
And it certainly shows how hypocritical an organization like Sea Shepherd truly is.
