Farley Mowat bails out crew and namesake ship after N.S. arrest

[Shoelace]

Source: The Canadian Press

SYDNEY, N.S. — Canadian writer Farley Mowat put up bail money Monday to free anti-sealing activists arrested on the waters off Cape Breton, saying the seizure of a ship named after him was a totalitarian act.

"A gross miscarriage of justice has been perpetrated by Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn and any Canadian with any conscience would try to rectify it," the animal rights activist said in an interview from his home in Port Hope, Ont.
Mowat called both Williams and Hearn "guttersnipes."
I have some conscience - not much - and a little money - not much - so I'm putting both to use and I'm doing my best to rectify a wrong."


"They're big mouths," he said. "They'll call anybody anything but if someone turns around and calls them what they are, Lord Jesus me son, then the shit hits the fan."





Read more: http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5juQAVgGvCN37dt4cLCGXsEfdcoCA

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law or no law, right or wrong,the Sea Shepherd did their best to bring international attention to the most detestable, barbaric hunt of marine mammals on earth.

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Good!

I didn't realize Farley Mowat the writer was still alive. I read "Never Cry Wolf" decades ago. Nice to hear he's still active. All of these arrests and seizures and twisted legal maneuverings are only generating more publicity - and that can only be a good thing!

[Shoelace]

3. he's one of Canada's most widely read authors

I read that book years ago too, saw the movie, but didn't know that he has written so many other books. What a colorful, wonderful man. I just read his story in Wikipedia and will now pursue reading more about the man.
Fun stuff to read about him here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farley_Mowat

Oh and another fun factoid: In 1985, he was denied entry into the US, though it was never clear why. Remember, Reagan was president then and Mowat probably scared the hell out of Ronny!

[IntravenousDemilo]

5. We read "Lost in the Barrens" in Grade 6. I love that book so much.

The reason Mowat was denied entry by Reagan was that he had been protesting the Canadian government's decision to allow US cruise missile testing in Canadian territory. There was such a furore that Ronny had to give in. I remember it well, because I was another one of the protesters.

[murielm99]

4. I didn't know he was still alive, either.

Thanks for refreshing my memory about this wonderful man. Years ago, I gave his children's books to my kids to read. They enjoyed them immensely.

I need to go back and read a few of his books that I have missed.

Leave it to Reagan to consider him a threat. Republicans!

[starroute]

12. My sons adored Owls in the Family

It was one of our favorite bedtime reading books when they were little -- never ceased being laugh-out-loud funny.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. GOOD FOR YOU FARLEY

THEY ALSO MADE NEVER CRY WOLF INTO AN EXCELLENT MOVIE

[nwliberalkiwi]

6. Good on You Farley

Farley is a great writer and a great person!!! The republicans are not great people---there will be a special spot in Hell for the 'Pukes.

[SteinbachMB]

7. Guttersnips?

...hey Farley, sober up.

[SteinbachMB]

8. Guttersnips?

...hey Farley, sober up.

[xchrom]

9. guttersnipes. -- nt

[Barrett808]

13. Guttersnipe: "A person of the lowest class."

...hey Steinbach, get a dictionary.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/guttersnipe

[Shoelace]

14. the term fits Hearn to a T, also Watson paid bail with "toonies" or coins

which I thought was quit fitting. Here's what he said in that article:

Half of the bond was in 2,500 toonies, which Watson described as "doubloons."

Watson said he wanted to pay the bond in coins because he considers Canada's seizure of the Farley Mowat an act of piracy - and that's how pirates like to be paid.

"It's a pirate's ransom," said Watson, who has cultivated an image as a pirate himself, painting his 54-metre vessel flat-black and flying the Jolly Roger.

Watson said the coins had to be counted twice after Cape Breton court officials lost track the first time and had to start over.


There's a video at the link, an 11 minute interview with Loony Hearn and Paul Watson that is a good one to listen to. You can fast forward to the Watson part of the interview if you don't want to hear Hearn's lies. It's the "Michael Duffy Live" video. In it Watson says that the Dutch government is backing his claims. I hope that is true.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080413/farley_protest_080414/20080414?hub=CTVNewsAt11

[xchrom]

10. farley you rock!!!

:yourock:

[never cry wolf]

11. WTG Farley!!! (Author of my moniker)

Love your books and your causes!

[Canuckistanian]

15. I heard Watson paid the bail with a bag of "Toonies" (Two-dollar coins)

And Loyola Hearn, our honorable Fisheries Minister, called Watson "a terrorist".

Believe me, this isn't going down well with the Canadian public.