While Australian tax payers lost this round it is clear who won.
Japan did by TKO refusing to fuel further the stupid act they pretended it never took place.
Had they held the nongs, took them back in time to Japan, Greenpeace's wanted out come, headlines would be world wide.
Well done Japan, but stop the Whaling
Stop lying about why you do it.
Just stop.

Well done to the brave Green Peace protesters. There was no way Japan wanted this dragged through the courts because it would have shown up just how hollow was the notion that 'scientific whaling' was going on.

Both Gillard and Abbott will bang on about the costs yet both were happily entertaining the idea of a Coast Guard presence to protect the sanctuary. Compare the costs of picking these guys up to keeping a vessel on station during the entire whaling season.

If these blokes have managed to see off these lawbreaking whalers then they may well have saved the taxpayers millions. If that turns out to be the case they should be carried shoulder high.

A safe non-violent protest that has got results, job well done one would have thought!

;)

Good stuff csteele, liked it, bought back memory's of my lost youth.
Plotting to show the Comrades we could take over the Capitalists , armed with nothing but feathers.
Turning defeat in to victory.
Claiming mass support, well some of us weighed a bit more than average.
Took me a long time to under stand, we sold only our selves the fabricated story's.
In fact some, who should have shared our views, walked away from us, forever!
Police took one of these HERO'S ha ha ha, away ,he owed other fines, Greenpeace may have paid them.
After all they should
he was used as fodder by them.
Stop the killing , best first move?
Bring the sea Shepard home park it and picket but not silly stuff.

The cost of fetching these cowboys should be deducted from all future welfare benefits these fools claim.

while channle surfing..i came accross the circle..[joke]
the hostess..began here intro..with words to this affect

''each tax payer..pays one dollar''
to bring these guys home

now i wonderd are there only 800,000 tax payers
cause previously i have heard..the cost to be 800,ooo
[an allready insane number...[what is that at holiday rates..or private contracter?]

the boat had to be specially built
anyhow its as insane as 1$..per tax payer
[im assuming more tax payers than 800,000...but why use that tag

so many will say our population...all pays hidden taxes

so tax payers number over 23 million
so this resque..cost 23 million [perhaps..lol]

sems someone has an adgenda
that is a media destraction..to other things
like populisim...for the pm...following the fucuss groups

then payed mouth pieces
to perpetuate bias..[and the most biased are haters]
hating any greenies..as well as all unions

but i repeat
if yuk yachties..can be resqued for free
why are these aussies burdened with 23 million...cost

in setting your redirection adgenda's
you reveal the spinning wheels..of the lap dog..[alp god]
that first sold out members..then the unions..next their bloggers

OUG I am haveing difficulty comparing your views with the reality of this action.
A protest, in my view has a few targets and wanted out comes.
In this case to stop the Whaling, I agree with that.
Also to bring attention to the Whaling and the protest.
That ends my support.
I want good attention, good publicity not bad.
And see no reason every protest can not at least, try to be legal.
How many new supporters come via this action.
How many via acid bombs thrown on deck.
What, come now be honest, our views be if a Japanese ship boarded one of ours and threw those bombs on it too.
If Greenpeace, the Steve Erwin continues to get in the way, but not throw bombs, if it sends real time kills I support it.
Protests driven by confrontations get less support blacken good reasons to protest.