On one hand, this could really be a film of a real class on how to sink whaling ships, and this guy could really be someone who has sunk whaling and drift net ships. On the other hand, this guy could be a mad Cuban poet & performance artist I met at a Rendezvous, using a script handed to me by a disgruntled former Eco-warrior of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society–a video mock-up to spur interest in the development of a feature film around a serial sinker. I can tell you that all of the information about the International Whaling Commission and what nations are whaling using which excuses, is fourteen years out of date. But all of the technical whaling information is completely accurate. You can find a video elsewhere in my myspace video archive that I shot of this guy reciting his poetry at this same event, the 1994 Earth First! Round River Rendezvous in the Katuah Bioregion of Appalachian Tennessee and North Carolina. And yes, of course I advocate that people sink illegal whaling and driftnetting ships. At least until the world's governments take over that responsibility. All of the world's oceans and fisheries are on the brink of collapse RIGHT NOW and have been in rapid decline for forty freakin' years! So all hands on deck! But get off before the ship goes down! This is a perfect example of a precious tape deteriorating after almost fifteen years. I urgently want to professionally preserve this and hundreds of hours of other master tapes of 1980s and 1990s Earth First! culture. No one else anywhere on Earth has videos like this. If you can help me with a contribution of money and/or technical expertise, you can contact me via this myspace site or send mail to me at Andy Caffrey P.O. Box 324 Redway, CA 95560 If you choose to post this video at your web site, I would sure love a link to it. That way I can let you know when I replace this with a better version. And be sure to check out "Whale Wars," the Animal Planet TV series documenting the Sea Shepherd Society today. After watching the first year of the mini-series, you can see how screwing up when doing these deadly serious activities can easily blow everything one is trying to achieve and kill people. If you plan to do anything like this, please maintain personal discipline and focus, and work always with your most astute wits and a profound sense of responsibility and loyalty to your cohorts and their security and well being. I know people who have died because others were simply lame, too laid back, too drunk or stoned and/or completely unprepared for the consequences of their actions. As we say in the Boy Scouts, Be Prepared! This isn't a game, it's a life commitment. The Cuban Sinker's T-shirt says (I think) Live Long Live Well Then Die I've tagged onto both ends of this class two anecdotal ocean biospheric defense poetry videos, including a performance of this course as a poem. Video c and p 1993 and 1994 Andy Caffrey. All Rights Reserved.