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Sea Shepherd Activist Pete Bethune returns home - Press Conference Video

Auckland : New Zealand | Aug 28, 2010 at 3:07 AM PDT

By faliciasmith

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After four long months of trauma, Pete Bethune has finally returned to his home in Auckland. The New Zealander, Pete Bethune was taken back to Japan after confronting with the Japanese whaling vessel called Shonan Maru #2. Although, Pete Bethune knew that the act will cost him, he didn't care at all.

After spending four crucial months in prison in Japan and spending half a million dollars in legal fees, Pete Bethune was greeted by his wife, Sharyn, and their two daughters, Danielle, 15, and Alycia, 13, in New Zealand. When he saw his family at airport, Pete Bethune eyes were filled with tears.

Initially, Pete Bethune was sentenced for 2 years in Japanese prison for the involvement in direct clashes with Japanese whalers. However, the sentence was suspended after four months. The attempt of Pete Bethune was to invoke the realization in the government that whaling should be stopped.

In his press conference, Pete Bethune clearly stated that he doesn't feel regretted at all for what he did in the Antarctic waters.

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Pete Bethune press conference.

faliciasmith is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

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VoiceForTheVoiceless | over 1 year ago

Thank you Pete!!
Now start brainstorming for this year's campaign.
Sea Shepherd has a bit of a problem with thinking too small.
They need the kind of ideas that will end whaling on day one.
They need your ideas.

Also, if you start to get the feeling that they're consciously or subconsciously prolonging things just so that they can produce another season of Whale Wars, make sure you call them on it.
You could also remind them that they can always go after the Norwegians if they need another season.

Posted By

budda | over 1 year ago

Thank You PETE!!!!!!!
I am someone who is disabled in america and i think it will take hero's like you to get these killings stopped. I think it is crazy that our goverments are letting them get away with the whaling. I think you are a hero and wish you a safe and blessed time at home. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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murphree | over 1 year ago

Pete: I count you as a hero. Your courage and determination in the face of an unrelenting onslaught of evil is an inspiration to my son and I. We cheer you. We laud your bravery, and your dedication to the sacred spirits that are the giants of the ocean. These sentient, marvelous being could have no greater archangel to protect them. God bless you and your family. God bless the Shepherds of the Sea

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VoiceForTheVoiceless | over 1 year ago

FYI:
God is the one who's been sitting on his ass watching the whales being brutally murdered and butchered for hundreds of years, even though he has the power to stop it in an instant.

What does this mean?

It means that either God doesn't exist, or he does exist and he's one of the most sadistic, heartless beings imaginable.
So please think twice next time you're about to wish God's blessing upon someone.

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robo1972 | over 1 year ago

I could not disagree with you more!!! obviously you dont have any idea as to why we are even on this earth to begin with. God created this world so that we have the choice between good or evil, no in betweens! And it appears that Pete has chosen the good side. Some people in this world are just terrorist and the whale killers are terrorist against nature. I think if our government was more concerned about saving the planet, other then how much oil they can get from other countries then we could put a stop to the terroristic killings of the whails and other animails on the planet "THAT GOD CREATED FOR US TO TAKE CARE OF"!!!!
Thank you..... Robert .... robertdpeterson@yahoo.com...lol... O and I will pray for you too.....

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VoiceForTheVoiceless | over 1 year ago

God is all powerful.
He sees everything and has the power to do anything.

For several days, a priest violently rapes a little boy in Naples then crushes his skull with a bedpan and buries him.
God sits on his ass watching the whole thing from start to finish and does nothing to help the boy.

A 6-year-old girl in Africa is bitten by a common fly and develops a rare cerebral infection that causes excruciating, debilitating pain for nearly three years.
After a two-hour long seizure, she dies in her mother's arms, one week before her ninth birthday.
God watches the whole thing, for three years, from start to finish and does nothing to help the girl.

If these two examples don't get my point across, I can give you many, many more and I can be much more graphic.
I can also give you many examples of unbelievable animal suffering that occur every second of every day, even in areas where humans don't exist.

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