This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect on tens of thousands of whales that will be killed by the Japanese and Norwegians.

Atlantic puffins starve to death so that Danish chickens can feast on their fish.

Social change comes through people.

That fact is that we live in an extremely violent culture, and we all justify violence if it's for what we believe in .

It is true that many of the Sea Shepherd crewmembers are inexperienced, but the fact is that these volunteers bring a passion to the project that cannot be found in a hired crew.

This is the contradiction we have in the media. We love vigilantes: Batman, Tarzan, Green Arrow - the comic books and the TV shows are filled with vigilantes. We love to promote it. Jesus Christ was a vigilante. We admire these people, but we don't want to be associated with them.

A vegan riding a hummer contributes less to greenhouse gas emissions than a meat eater riding a bicycle.