Paul Watson
Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watsonis a marine wildlife conservation and an environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation. He is a citizen of Canada and the United States...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth2 December 1950
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
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I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how terrible and awesomely devastating a force of nature can be.
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I've won some awards. 'Time' magazine designated me as one of the environmental heroes of the 20th century. Oh, and I've got some honorary citizenships, like from the Conch Republic of the Florida Keys. But the one thing I am proud of is I didn't get the Chevron environmental award. Never did get that one.
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Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that.
greenpeace
Greenpeace has a fast ship that could stop the whalers cold.
save war
It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.
ships
Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.
front putting
Putting Zodiacs in front of whaling vessels doesn't do it anymore. Done that, been there, seen that.
dutch
Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
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Here's the thing: Nobody gets extradited for a crime where nobody's been hurt, where no property's been damaged.
horrible
I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody.
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The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
people
The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales.
opposed
There are quite a few disgruntled Greenpeacers who are opposed to its policy of non-cooperation.
environmental mainstream
Usually, environmental programs are not designed for a mainstream audience.