tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post5279472116835051703..comments2024-03-25T12:38:37.998+12:00Comments on The Best Shark Dive in the World!: Sea Shepherd in the South Pacific?Andrew Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675497080700112390noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-82947419260731641862012-07-11T17:04:18.539+12:002012-07-11T17:04:18.539+12:00Hunting down shark finning boats was never part of...<i>Hunting down shark finning boats was never part of the plan, and neither was the media involvement</i>, <a href="http://fijisharkdiving.blogspot.com/2012/07/shark-shepherds-diplomacy-huh.html" rel="nofollow">huh</a>...DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-44157825457316360842012-07-11T00:46:50.471+12:002012-07-11T00:46:50.471+12:00Since being Anonymous (#3) is your lame attempt
...Since being Anonymous (#3) is your lame attempt <br />at showing you don't want attention, let me see how it works for me.<br /><br />Bimbette...No one cares if you have been insanely offended.<br />That is the way you treat others so get used to it.<br />I will speak for everyone when I say that we all know your statement of " I care nothing about fanfare or self promotion, I saw the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-20454061898336114972012-07-09T22:54:44.846+12:002012-07-09T22:54:44.846+12:00:)
But tell 'ya what.
Insults & provocati...:)<br /><br />But tell 'ya what.<br />Insults & provocation sometimes do work!<br /><br /><a href="http://fijisharkdiving.blogspot.com/search?q=oxygen" rel="nofollow">Case in point</a>: after that concerted onslaught, only a total masochist would dare to ever spout that nonsense again - and yet for a while, it had become one of the preferred Sharkitarian memes!DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-31562630066113024212012-07-09T22:26:54.238+12:002012-07-09T22:26:54.238+12:00Haha, sorry couldn't help myself.Haha, sorry couldn't help myself.Megalobombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667817888766990483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-10062159101740738902012-07-09T22:10:29.762+12:002012-07-09T22:10:29.762+12:00A blog huh! :)
This blog tries to talk about cons...A <b>blog</b> huh! :)<br /><br />This blog tries to talk about conservation, research, "issues" we find important, plus some interspersed fluff - and yes, about Beqa Adventure Divers, a non-business where the shareholders have never paid themselves a dividend but preferred to invest 100% of any surplus into staff bonuses, voluntary village payments and conservation initiatives.<br /><DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-50029555067228203882012-07-09T21:44:02.127+12:002012-07-09T21:44:02.127+12:00But that's just the problem in itself. The ma...But that's just the problem in itself. The majority of people on this earth are facebook petition signing, Animal Planet/Discovery Channel watching fools (if everyone was well read and of medium intelligence, we wouldn't have half the conservation issues we have now). So to dismiss that sector of people as not worthy is actually doing more to shoot yourself in the foot. <br /><br />I&#Megalobombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667817888766990483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-89287250197145996302012-07-09T20:25:01.524+12:002012-07-09T20:25:01.524+12:00Do I know you?
a) please (caps lock) DO NOT besmi...Do I know you?<br /><br />a) please (caps lock) DO NOT besmirch the pizza box thingy, truly the Rosa Parks moment of Sharktivism!<br /><br />b) there was ZERO talk of bikinis!<br />It's Winter and the water is freezing cold. Anybody frolicking around in a bikini would be literally putting her life on the line...<br /><br />But seriously, in view of this unmitigated messaging disaster I'm DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-52519270570353106752012-07-09T11:49:26.396+12:002012-07-09T11:49:26.396+12:00Buxom bimbettes?
Well said. If your entire contri...Buxom bimbettes?<br /><br />Well said. If your entire contribution to the global shark conservation effort is seen as riding the fins of sharks backed up by a slick PSA video or two one might call you a Buxom bimbette.<br /><br />The pizza box w lipstick "Save the Sharks" in South Africa was another amazing achievement for sharks and saved at least none of them. <br /><br />But being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-16226670873119034272012-07-09T10:57:51.316+12:002012-07-09T10:57:51.316+12:00Well, there's obviously some confusion here.
...Well, there's obviously some confusion here.<br /><br />No media huh.<br />You may want to go talk to your planners as the evidence sure points to the opposite.<br />There were press releases announcing the arrival of two vessels to go hunting for illegal finners, and there's the campaign's video announcement I've posted.<br />Must I understand that nobody was gonna be putting DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-17434846913867224362012-07-09T02:28:49.137+12:002012-07-09T02:28:49.137+12:00Who were*
Gotta love a phone fail typo when defen...Who were*<br /><br />Gotta love a phone fail typo when defending my intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-75335606495808870802012-07-09T02:27:03.238+12:002012-07-09T02:27:03.238+12:00I'm sorry, boxom bimbettes? As one of the wom...I'm sorry, boxom bimbettes? As one of the women who was going to be a part of this campaign, I find that insanely offensive. I care nothing about fanfare or self promotion, I saw the film crew as something I'd have to tolerate. I was however thrilled at the idea of doing hands on, COLLABORATIVE work. Hunting down shark finning boats was never part of the plan, and neither was the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-13941451260987227882012-07-08T09:59:50.458+12:002012-07-08T09:59:50.458+12:00Rest assured that the poster is not driven by hurt...Rest assured that the poster is not driven by hurt ego! :)<br /><br />The SSCS would indeed be a welcome force in Shark conservation.<br />But this bombastic announcement is very evidently geared towards a reality show for Animal Planet and not towards finding real solutions to a complicated problem in a real and complicated world.<br /><br />Other organizations like Pew or say, Shark Savers or DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-72575742057381988042012-07-07T17:08:01.264+12:002012-07-07T17:08:01.264+12:00I certaoinly do not know enough of the persinality...I certaoinly do not know enough of the persinality clashes that led to this posting or for that matter to the apparent outburst by SS HK that led to it in the first time. What I DO know is that tne world would be much worse off if Paul Watson and his supporters, like them or not, were not around. The same could be said of many of us shark heads I guess. But with respect I think this post apoears JTrudahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522491289824853408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-60580736301701077192012-07-06T02:33:59.338+12:002012-07-06T02:33:59.338+12:00Indeed, it's nothing more than hiding behind y...Indeed, it's nothing more than hiding behind your mate shouting "hold me back, hold me back" when it kicks off down the pub...OfficetoOceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05994215418331139925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-32697631853668452322012-07-06T01:41:00.020+12:002012-07-06T01:41:00.020+12:00I think it is stupid for them to announce that the...I think it is stupid for them to announce that they are going before they go. A legitimate organization -- business or conservation -- would never do such a thing in advance of actually engaging with people in the country. Can you imagine if someone from another country just announced that they were coming to your country to patrol your waters, build a casino, or do anything for that matter? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-24021957129426797502012-07-06T00:59:03.029+12:002012-07-06T00:59:03.029+12:00Effective media machines?
Effective at what? Gene...Effective media machines?<br /><br />Effective at what? Generating awareness? Donations? Spreading half truths and conservation imagineering?<br /><br />Do they actually change any paradigms? Have they stopped whaling? Sealing? Tuna?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-4611437175433220472012-07-05T23:55:37.543+12:002012-07-05T23:55:37.543+12:00"hard, quiet and persistent work on the groun..."hard, quiet and persistent work on the ground" which is the core of real conservation work does not make for good TV (which, in providing entertainment, is loud sporadic and inconsistent). That is why, to date, TV shows that claim to be about 'conservation' rarely are. They are, however, effective media machines, for good or ill, depending who you are.Tropical Selkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418161372091039003noreply@blogger.com