Pete the Pirate Bethune takes the witness stand today. He and his lawyers stated before the trial that he was going to be "humble" throughout the Court process, as that would go in his favour with the judges.
We can't help but wonder how humble Pete Bethune is going to manage to be today when he is apparently going to tell the Court it cannot find him guilty because Japan was whaling illegally. It's a novel defence being run by the Sea Shepherd-appointed lawyers for Pete the Pirate; then again, they will be free to leave Japan at the end of the trial, whilst Bethune goes back to prison.
And for all his bravado about stopping whaling, ramming Japanese ships and keeping a tally of the vessels he has scuppered, we wonder why Sea Shepherd's main man Paul Watson hasn't shown up to support his man. Sure, Japan has issued an arrest warrant against Watson, but wouldn't that set up a REAL show trial if Watson and Sea Shepherd want to turn public opinion against the Japanese? We wonder whether Pete the Pirate Bethune wonders about that at night too.
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