If Bethune behaves like a pirate then let him be prosecuted as one. It's interesting to see that the protester activists proudly display the pirate skull and crossbones on their ships, so clearly they think its ok to behave like pirates and they are about the law. I hope the Japanese legal system will teach them otherwise - I don't know where Bethune comes from but it seems that currently he is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot.
And likely he will very soon be an inmate in a Japanese prison. Bill, maybe you can send him some cigarettes that he can share with Bubba-san his cellmate.
Captain Bethune may be maligned by some in his own country, but he is a hero to many of us around the world. Good going, Captain Bethune! Bill (Canada)