As I've said on other forums here, I totally agree with sea shepherd's aim (stopping whaling) but feel they risk more harm than good both in terms of alienating the Japanese people and damaging the environmental/conservation position in the eyes of ordinary people around the world if/when one of their stunts goes wrong or showing themselves to be a disorganised shambles on their tv show. The seas down there are not a good place to be playing games of chicken on.
I totally agree, the idea behind sea shepherd I agree with, but these guys seem too undertrained and extreme in their views. At least they're highlighting whaling though I guess which is good