He's saying we are making so much noise in the ocean that it's hard for them to go about their business - which is absolutely true. Military sonar might even be partly to blame for whale strandings.

That of course would be a much better comment.

Please refrain from knee-jerk reactions to short comments containing "bad words".

The comment is actually substantive if you think about it for a second. Heuristics are right most of the time until they aren't.

Also see pg essay "Succinctness is Power": http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html

It has to do with comment quality, not bad words.