If someone is offended by the documentary and appalled at how the killer whales are treated, then they shouldn't go to Sea World anymore. That simple. Why feel the need to ruin it for everyone else? The object of knowledge distribution and informative documentaries is to educate people on an issue and then let them decide what to do with it. Unfortunately, this is not what those who sympathize with the makers of the video do. They want to ban all killer whales in captivity and ruin everyone's fun.
If the documentary is as powerful as you claim it to be then it by itself will cause the demand for killer whales to plummet and Sea Worlds to close. Then the owners may have to decide to release the killer whales back into the wild. Or maybe they'd just kill them.
I'm sure that many "experts" claim that killer whales could easily transition from captivity to the wild but I'm not so sure it'll be that easy. They may die anyway. Maybe if Sea World goes under, they'll kill the whale.
The point of any art, which is what the video is, is to release a catharsis or an emotion. Real art should stand on its own and need no interpretation. That is what Ayn Rand said in Atlas Shrugged.
Some people who saw the video were encouraged to go to Sea World because they believe they have a chance to see a trainer get killed by a whale. I know that's not what the video makers intended but that's art, it changes based on who's looking/reading/watching it. Like all things, I let the invisible hand decide. Here's the video, nobody is forcing you to go to Sea World so don't force us to not go. Let's just see if this documentary is powerful enough to convince people not to go. Something tells me, it isn't.
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