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Japan Issues Arrest Warrant for Paul Watson

An arrest warrant has apparently been issued for Paul Watson, the pro-violence leader of the animal rights group Sea Shepherd:

Tokyo will seek Interpol’s help to arrest Canadian Paul Watson for ordering his crew to harass whaling ships in clashes in which Japanese crew were allegedly injured by rancid butter projectiles, broadcaster N-H-K reported.

Watson, speaking in New York, said “the arrest warrant is just totally political, it’s nothing. I’m not concerned, and Interpol is not going to extradite me on a politically motivated charge.”

“We save whales and we are going to continue to go down to the Southern Ocean,” the 59-year-old environmental campaigner and captain of the group’s Steve Irwin vessel told reporters in comments broadcast in Japan.

The reported arrest warrant and Interpol request, which the Japan Coast Guard declined to confirm, are the latest move in a long-running battle between Japan and the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Watson has spent years engaging in violent and illegal acts against Japanese whaling ships, and it seems that Japanese authorities may have finally had enough of his antics.

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42 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - May 3, 2010 at 7:29 am

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Kono

I’m glad, this guy probably thought nothing would happen to him, and probably thought the world was backing him up 100%…once this guy gets arrested and put away, I’m going to watch the South Park episode “Whale Whores” in celebration.

pixel_bomber

I really do hope something comes of this but I think he is far too much of a coward to ever put himself in a position to get caught. If Interpol decides to help then maybe there is some small hope for justice but I doubt that will happen unfortunately.

Pellucid

I just saw Paul Friday night in New York City, he didn’t seem too concerned.
Nakiko

Just shot his ass in open waters when he attacks again. Have the Japanese defense force actually defend something for once. He is nothing but a terrorist. So what they are hunting whales for food, look at cows, deer, elks, etc. It is nothing like it was a hundred years ago when they were hunting them for oil and perfume. I don’t see him going after the native people near the north pole who hunt whale also. He just does it for the money, look how much money he brings in and he gets paid. He is nothing but all lies.
Hamachiman

A year? Geez, I thought we’d never see the day Japanese officials did SOMETHING.

Soon enough though we’ll see the “Free Paul Watson” facebook pages, boycott of Japanese goods, protest at Japanese embassies, etc. etc., the whole nine yards.

The Japan haters are drooling at the “activist” prospects.

Dumbo

Good. Lets hope we see the “Boycott Japanese products” movement – we’ll see the world economy collapse, starting within the US. It’ll probably save the US, once we figure out a way to really cut ourself off from paying off our National Debt by going to war and erasing it.
pixel_bomber

“The Japan haters are drooling at the “activist” prospects.”
________________

Honestly I don’t think these guys are motivated by hating Japan. They have made a business out of harassing whalers. I really think the biggest motivation for Sea Sheppard is to keep the money rolling in, they don’t care who they have to step on.

Vonskippy

Geeesh, what a bunch of hypocrites. Watson is just a poor Whaler researcher. Leave the man alone and let him do his research. You don’t have to like his research, and just because Japanese Whalers are somewhat intelligent (although that really hasn’t been proved) and cute doesn’t mean people like Watson shouldn’t be able to research them. I for one look forward to seeing what papers he publishes on the selfish thought processes (assuming they actually do think) of Japanese whalers. Should be some really really really interesting science happening there.

nagoriyuki

Then he should come to Japan and watch the whalers more closer.
He just got an invitation card. Congratulations.

Dumbo

Haha. Awesome, nagoriyuki

kateebot

You are absolutely awesome. I, too, look forward to Watson’s contribution to the scientific community when it comes to the mating rituals of Minke whales. I hear it’s sure to shake the entire foundation upon which we know the Minke whales today!
pixel_bomber

Haha so many down votes.
I don’t think sarcasm goes over very well on this web site.
TJ

Are you an idiot? Those Sea Shepard people are not researchers….they are eco-terrorists. They value creatures lives above human lives. I am not saying it isn’t right to feel like that but when Green Peace won’t even associate with you, you know they are no good. If they want to protest something useful have them go to Iraq and ram their SUV into a terrorist bomber. I really hate to say this but I truly hate people how do not value human life. I hope they all get caught and thrown in a Japanese prison for a few years at the least.

Mark Richards

Stand by the jail cell. He most certainly deserves it.
hl

Do they throw glass bottles? Because that’s what it looks like on the TV show. That seems pretty crazy to me.
Marcus

“Watson has spent years engaging in violent and illegal acts against Japanese whaling ships, and it seems that Japanese authorities may have finally had enough of his antics.”

The reason why Japanese authorities haven’t ever done anything is because the whaling they’re doing is illegal. Yes Paul Watson is sometimes an arrogant tool, but in it for the money??? Putting their life on the line in fear of arrest or death for money? Are you kidding? Then what is Japan doing it for? If not (massive) amounts of money, then are they killing whales illegally for kicks? Research?
Judging by the ridiculous posts that are on here, mine will probably be “moderated” and i might as well be speaking to myself right now…

helical

Can someone come up with a well thought-out standardized response, along the lines of “Please back up your claim, specifically by stating the name of the law, and if possible, the applicable clause(s) within the law that Japanese whalers are in violation of”? Maybe throw in something about the unilateral nature and legal status of the “Whale Sanctuary” as well.
I imagine it would be useful in the comment sections of these whaling-related articles.

J.P.

When in a pinch just whip out “Cool story, bro.”

Dumbo

Marcus oh you little typical whiney sod of the modern emotional liberal “save the planet” crowd,

Listen to helical. He knows what he’s saying, whereas you don’t.
The Japanese are NOT whaling illegally. That has been established a zillion times, which is why the Japanese have finally resorted to this move. Otherwise, what ground do they have to stand on, you poopoo? If they went to Interpol requesting that they issue an arrest warrant KNOWING THEY WERE WHALING ILLEGALLY – would YOU? That would be an ADMISSION of GUILT, pretty much, taking that sort of risk by asking the Interpol to intervene. Use your head, idiot.

Are you kidding?
pixel_bomber

Honestly I’d wager the fishermen do not make massive amounts of money. I don’t really have access to any financial records but I’d bet that Watson’s organization rakes in more money than the fishermen do. They have made it their job to try and bully someone else into following their beliefs. Kind of amazing that they can keep those ships in operation just based on that idea.

Marcus

Ok I thought I might get a way with some easy sentences that were contrary to the general thought pattern of the previous comments. but, if you have time to indulge me:

International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946

Classification of Stocks
10. (e) Notwithstanding the other provisions of paragraph 10, catch limits for the killing for commercial purposes of whales from all stocks for the 1986 coastal and the 1985/86 pelagic seasons and thereafter shall be zero.

If you really need proof of the fact that Japan is whaling for commercial purposes and not scientist purposes, they can’t really hide the fact, just their huge quotas should be evidence of that. I am aware of the ICRW article allows for scientific purposes, but the evidence of commercial benefit is there for anyone to see. Does that not make it illegal? I don’t think article 10(e) is open for interpretation the way that article 3 apparently is, Commercial purposes > the limit is zero.
But here are some articles to illustrate my point anyway. Maybe if there were any quality investigative journalists around with access to Japan’s whaling program there might be more? One even suggests an interesting cultural motivation and is a good read:

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/illegal-whale-meat-traded-from-japan-to-us-s-korea-study

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1971807,00.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/us/21sushi.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8275732.stm

http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/04/15/study-illegal-whale-meat-surfacing-at-sushi-bars.html

(These are just recent ones and I resisted the more full-on stuff from NGO’s media files)

So i would argue that yes, they are whaling illegally, just under the safe guise of an article in the ICRW that allows for scientific purposes. For years they have tried to lift the moratorium on commercial whaling (yes there is many records of this on the IWC website, and no i wont post links up here because its past my bedtime) and why would they want to do that if they werent looking to profit from whaling?…oh wait i forgot, its only the hippies and the modern liberal “save the planet crowd” that profiteer off the natural world around them in an unsustainable way. Well im broke, so Japan’s government must have a clear conscience and an empty bank balance then. That makes two of us then!

pixel_bomber

Even if the whaling were done illegally that would not excuse the crimes of Sea Sheppard.
helical

Whether Japan is in violation of the rules spelled out by the IWC is up to interpretation, although I wouldn’t find it unreasonable that there may be other additional motives for continuing the hunt than purely for research purposes. But it can’t be argued that it *isn’t* science, as annual reports on the findings have been submitted and accepted by the IWC. It’s not exactly the first hit on google and it may take some Japanese language skills to find the actual reports, which is why there’s probably a lot of yelling that it’s all just a charade. I’ve posted link to them in a previous comment here on Japan Probe, but I’m too lazy to go back and find it again right now.
The way I see it, as there’s rules like requiring the meat of whales caught in scientific hunts be put to good use, there’s no clear-cut distinction between scientific and commercial whaling. In a hypothetical nonsense situation, the whalers could be doing exactly the same thing but calling it a commercial hunt, and people could reasonably complain that it was a actually a scientific hunt as they are taking measurements and data from their catch.

Then there is the ironic story (which I’ve yet to find any sources to verify it) of how the methods of measuring the population progressed into lethal means only after non-lethal research results were repeatedly shot down by environomentalists that it was too unreliable. My guess is that they were fearing at the time that any progress made towards finding accurate numbers would prompt commercial whaling to set a resumption date rather than twiddling their thumbs in the face of a lack of data. (If someone has links to back up this story, it would be much appreciated!)
There isn’t any question from the beginning that the research whaling being conducted by Japan is to get an accurate population count to determine if and when commercial whaling can resume. Pretending that’s a dirty secret Japan is trying to hide is rather ridiculous.

Also, I would argue that the word “illegal” may be misleading when describing violation of the IWC rules. Participation in the IWC is voluntary, and the IWC itself has no legal authority over its members, and so breaking its rules does not violate any actual real laws — at least international laws which Japan would be obligated to abide by.
The implication of the word “illegal” with respect to the IWC “laws” stated above are closer to double-dribbling or breaking the dress code in a fancy restaurant than exceeding the speed limit or stealing a VCR, for example.

Marcus

“Then there is the ironic story (which I’ve yet to find any sources to verify it) of how the methods of measuring the population progressed into lethal means only after non-lethal research results were repeatedly shot down by environomentalists that it was too unreliable. My guess is that they were fearing at the time that any progress made towards finding accurate numbers would prompt commercial whaling to set a resumption date rather than twiddling their thumbs in the face of a lack of data.”
-This would be a very sad state of affairs if it’s true. Wouldnt be suprising though, environmentalists often cannot see past their narrow convictions to see the bigger picture. They just see one more dead whale on the horizon and freak out.

But i agree with your comments on the use of “illegal”, especially in reference to basketball. But acting outside the IWC schedule to me is like acting outside the UN to attack another country. The Australian government has already said it will take Japan to the international court if it doesnt end its whaling practices in southern ocean “sanctuaries” or whatever. This shows some level of seriousness with the issue. It will be interesting to see what grounds they will try to convict with…maybe none ? Hope they’ve done their research anyway.

Dumbo

OK, Marcus, you have done some good research, I’ll give you that. But –

“oh wait i forgot, its only the hippies and the modern liberal “save the planet crowd” that profiteer off the natural world around them in an unsustainable way.”

You’re missing the point here, again! Sorry. Sustainable? So you’re saying that they can hunt as much as they want as long as it is deemed SUSTAINABLE? Isn’t that the same thing as saying “save the planet” in the most, emotional, liberal way? Lets ask the Tasmanians how they feel about their people being sustained. Lets see how the Dodos feel about their extinction. Lets see the 2000 species of all living things that go literally extinct EVERY DAY, how they’re doing. Really, it’s a fact that over 2000 species of living things go extinct, every day. They have yet to figure out how many NEW species spring to life every day, these new species that are identified as a wholly new type of species that is different from the last (although with similarities, of course, as that is called evolution), but scientifically, for our human benefit for classification purposes labeled as “New.” Would you know how many?

“Even if the whaling were done illegally that would not excuse the crimes of Sea Sheppard.”

THAT is the point.

And, look, man, ever been to the Marshall Islands? Ever heard of Bikini Atoll? Lets see what sort of damage we actually did and are still doing to the oceans when we, the US, did all that Nuclear testing. Just look it up.

And also, see this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8639769.stm

Why don’t you help with this clean up first before you go crying about LEGAL whale hunting. I think the TERRORISM by Sea Shepherd needs to stop, their PIRACY is getting to be rather medieval.

Telling me sustainability is the issue. Please don’t make me laugh with that. Really.

Do you also know how many Nuclear Subs and Standard Subs there are in the Pacific Ocean at any one time disrupting the whales natural swimming patterns on a daily basis? I didn’t think so – yes, that’s right – it’s top secret.

But really, I digress.

Klausi

I can understand why a Japanese person who has been brainwashed into believing this during all of his education is pro-whaling. But why would an expat living in Japan take the side of environmental destruction? And write such a biased post? Particularly ridiculous is the “scientific whaling” excuse brought forward by the Japanese, which nobody in the scientific community believes (take that from me as an academic biologist). I, and many other people, are glad that someone stands up against that.

This issue is also representative of the larger issue of overfishing, to which the Japanese greatly contribute. “Our nationalist feelings make us kill whales in international waters. We don’t care what anyone else thinks.” is not a good attitude in times when the planet’s ecological resources are undoubtfully dwindling.

Of course this is a political arrest warrant, and hopefully nothing will come of it other than more bad PR for J whaling.

Very telling in this discussion on this webpage that the pro-whaling folks feel the need to insult their opponents (“use your head, idiot”). Usually that’s a good admission of a lack of arguments.

pixel_bomber

I do think that the scientific research whaling is a crock of $hit. It’s simply using legal loopholes to accomplish something they should have the right to do anyway. I personally don’t believe that controlled fishing is environmental destruction. As long as a species is not over fished I don’t see why humans shouldn’t eat anything they like from the sea. In fact there are things far more harmful done to oceans and marine life everyday that these guys don’t seem concerned about. Now if Watson and his ilk wanted to somehow get laws in place to make killing whales illegal I would be willing to accept that. But sailing around being a loud annoying douche bag and harassing innocent fishermen is just disgusting in my opinion. I may not agree with anything he represents but it’s his methods that I despise. If he operated through legal channels I probably wouldn’t care at all about this whole issue. As it is he just calls negative attention to himself and his cause in my opinion. Maybe if someone believes whales are too cool to be food he is endearing, but Sea Sheppard just annoys the hell out of me.

Anyway that’s why this expat is pro whaling.
pixel_bomber

Also accusing Japanese people of being brainwashed is kind of offensive.
Dumbo

Klausi…..

Why don’t you ask the LANLOCKED countries why they have to import seafood, then. Wait – nevermind countries, lets just look at all the places in the world that are landlocked. Why not put a move on the GLOBAL MARKETPLACE and restrict who is allowed to seafood – and why not put it into law, whereby if you are more than 500 miles in any direction AWAY from the ocean, you are not allowed to eat seafood. Yeah that’s right – put a RESTRICTION on people of the FREE WORLD and see how they react.

Overfishing? Ask the Chinese how they love their sushi. How about the Russians? Oh yes – their populations are literally consuming everything EN MASSE, my friend, it’s not just Japan. The Russian sushi addiction is quite famous – the Mob over in Moscow is literally spending millions buying up some of the best sushi around the world and they are eating it all. It is a well known fact in Japan currently that the best sushi is all leaving for China and Russia. Oh yes. And China’s not even democratic. Sheesh.

You don’t have much of an argument either, labeling only the Japanese as overfishers. Why not do some real research and find out where most of the seafood actually goes?

Dumbo

Sorry I mean to type LANDLOCKED hahahaha

StJohn

Hopefully Watson will fall over the side on his next publicity voyage.
TJ

It’s actually kind of sad when you think about it. What if everyone thought cows and buffalo were to cute to kill? The human race would not have survived this long on plant protein alone. The people who think this is wrong are just bored because they found out the “hole in the ozone” healed itself so they need something new to waste time ranting about. There is a reason we are on the top of the food chain….we are smarter. Eventually people will say that fishing in general should be illegal. It’s never ending bull crap from people with too much time on their hands. And maybe the scientific study part is partially bull but who cares? It’s their country and they aren’t hurting anything yet so leave them be.
If I had the money I would buy a boat just so I could go ram them and fling just straight up acid at them and see how they like it. If you have no regard for human lives then I have no reason to care what happens to you. I hope they catch his eco-terrorist butt and throw him in a Japanese cell for a few years.
Vilson

The Japanese people know that their fishing fleets murders every year thousands of whales’ on banned site for scientific research? where is the result of these investigations?

Killing whales is prohibited in local crime, who should go to jail are these killers whales!

The cultures and traditions have evolved over time, today the oceans are in danger and animals are becoming toxic, this type of criminal activity is unsustainable for the day.

Shame on Japan!

pixel_bomber

Murder by definition can refer only to killing humans, it’s impossible to “murder” a whale. Even if you were to assume whales could be murder there would need to be some malicious intent on the part of the fishermen. Killing an animal to eat it is not considered malicious or unusual generally.

Vilson

can understand why a Japanese person who has been brainwashed into
believing this during all of his education is pro-whaling. But why would
an expat living in Japan take the side of environmental destruction? And
write such a biased post? Particularly ridiculous is the “scientific
whaling” excuse brought forward by the Japanese, which nobody in the
scientific community believes (take that from me as an academic
biologist). I, and many other people, are glad that someone stands up
against that.

This issue is also representative of the larger issue of overfishing, to
which the Japanese greatly contribute. “Our nationalist feelings make us
kill whales in international waters. We don’t care what anyone else
thinks.” is not a good attitude in times when the planet’s ecological
resources are undoubtfully dwindling.

Of course this is a political arrest warrant, and hopefully nothing will
come of it other than more bad PR for J whaling.

Very telling in this discussion on this webpage that the pro-whaling
folks feel the need to insult their opponents (“use your head, idiot”).
Usually that’s a good admission of a lack of arguments.

Dumbo

Geez did you just copy and paste, or are you spoofing yourself?

Marcus

Ha ha looks like he did copy and paste.

But while you’re here Dumbo, you said:
“Do you also know how many Nuclear Subs and Standard Subs there are in the Pacific Ocean at any one time disrupting the whales natural swimming patterns on a daily basis? I didn’t think so – yes, that’s right – it’s top secret.”

What does this have to do with anything? And im not positive, but fairly sure that disrupting swiming patterns of whales has less negative tangible effect then say…harpooning a whole school of endangered Fin or Humpback whales ? Catch quota’s are usually up around 50 of each of these species a trip, and that only Japan. Needless to say they increasingly struggle to find them.

This opinion article about the Sea Shepherd group explains my point about their motives for agressive action:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10639668

And what is wrong with the world sustainable? I live on the South Coast of Australia and happen to like seeing the occasional school of Humback Whales jump around off the coast. It doesnt happen very often but should we just write off every species to the idea natural selection? Or is it just human greed and the apparent desire to consume what we don’t really need? There is so many articles on the lack of nutrition that whales actually provide, and just as many articles about how whales contribute to the ecosystem. I am well aware of the impact of nuclear testing and excessive polution but according to you, its natural for them to be fished into extinction so whats the point adressing that anyway? Yes i think that has massive impacts too, just like how deforrestation has more imapct on the climate then the ” climate change” buzzword would have you belive. But that doesnt mean overfishing of endangered species isnt something that needs to stop. Polution so far hasnt completely crippled the sea’s ecosystem or the recent/current whale populations. Whaling and Shark finning and long lining practices are the immediate threat right now.

http://www.japanprobe.com James

This opinion article about the Sea Shepherd group explains my point about their motives for agressive action:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/environment/news/article.cfm?c_id=39&objectid=10639668

You should probably pick another article if you want to help convince people to support your point of view.

-The author of that article claims that minke whales are a “protected” species – they aren’t. There are hundreds of thousands of minke whales and I’ve seen no credible data arguing that Japan’s killing of up to 1,000 a year has any serious effect on the overall population.

-He also claims that Sea Shepherd successfully prevented Japan from killing 50 humpback whales. I don’t know where he got that information from. A couple years ago there had been talk of the humpback being hunted by Japan, but the last I heard was that the plan was abandoned. Wikipedia states that the humpback whaling quota has not been implemented. News reports from the time seemed to indicate that it was polite negotiation and diplomacy that got this result, not violent activism from Sea Shepherd. Recent articles I’ve seen claim that Japan is threatening to add the humpback to its hunting list.

Maybe the author of the article was confused, or maybe he was just following some advice from the founder of the organization he so strongly supports:

“If you don’t know an answer, a fact, a statistic, then … make it up on the spot.”
— Paul Watson, in Earthforce: An Earth Warrior’s Guide to Strategy
Dumbo

Sorry Marcus, I really am,

but you Autralians have no leg to stand on when it comes to arguing about animal extinction:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extinct_animals_of_Australia

All you Whiteys should leave the whole continent and go back to Europe. Leave the Aboriginals, give the land back to them. You certainly cannot re-introduce what have become extinct, but you can certainly stop more of that from happening if you left. It’d be best for the land and its people.

Marcus

Ok these ones are probably better to illustrate the point of effectiveness:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10638176
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/80843.php
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/japan/2010/04/13/252339/Japan-whalers.htm

And as for humpbacks, following the link you provided to Wikipedia, contained:

Pelagic Whaling

Japan’s pelagic whaling fleet, which annually hunts large whales in the Southern Ocean, consists of a number of ships for hunting and processing whale catch as well as securing the hunt against protests. During the 2009-10 season, the Japanese fleet included a factory ship, four harpoon ships and two security patrol vessels. The Japanese quota includes 935 minke, 50 fin and 50 humpback whales per season.[67]

Because i don’t trust Wikipedia however, i went straight to the IWC website on permits. You can see it here under- Antarctic (2) – JARPA II (which is just one of the few programs they have a permit for)
http://iwcoffice.org/conservation/permits.htm

here is the relevant permit record anyway, cut straight from that page with its contextual purety intact (so make sure you read the whole article-past the feasibility part):

JARPA II will focus on Antarctic minke, humpback and fin whales and possibly other species in the Antarctic ecosystem that are major predators of Antarctic krill. During the 2-year feasibility study a maximum of 850±10% Antarctic minke whales and ten fin whales were killed and sampled in each season. Annual sample sizes for the proposed full-scale research (lethal sampling) are 850 (with 10% allowance) Antarctic minke whales (Eastern Indian Ocean and Western South Pacific stocks), 50 humpback whales (D and E stocks) and 50 fin whales (Indian Ocean and the Western South Pacific stocks). Humpback whales were not taken during the feasibility study. The research methods for cetaceans for JARPA II are similar to those for JARPA. The programme also includes non-lethal research techniques to be used such as sighting surveys, biopsy sampling, acoustic surveys for prey species and the collection of oceanographic data.

At the 2007 Annual meeting there was considerable disagreement over the value of this research both within the Scientific Committee and the Commission. As in previous years, there was severe disagreement within the Committee regarding advice that should be provided on a number of issues, including: the relevance of the proposed research to management, appropriate sample sizes and applicability of alternate (non-lethal) research methods.

In 2005 a Resolution was passed (30 votes to 27 votes with 1 abstention) that strongly urged the Government of Japan to withdraw its JARPA II proposal or to revise it so that any information needed to meet the stated objectives of the proposal is obtained using non-lethal means. Japan withdrew a proposed resolution in favour of the research programmes.

In 2007 the Commission passed a Resolution asking Japan to refrain from issuing a permit for JARPA II by 40 votes in favour, 2 votes against and 1 abstention; 27 countries decided not to participate in the vote as they believed that the submission of the proposal was not conducive to building bridges within the Commission.

Present status

The 2-year feasibility study has now been completed and Japan has issued permits for 2007/08 and 2008/09.

(note the year: 2008 / 2009 -Marcus)
Phoenix Lake

Captain Watson is on the Right side of Law. The Japanese government is on the Wrong side of Law. You know right from wrong so what is so hard to understand? Look at a bloody harpooned whale and look at Capt Watson and then look in the mirror decide for yourself.
BooBoo

Paul Watson will go down in history books next to people like Dr. King, M.K.Gandhi, and so on. The world stands by him, if it were not for people like him countries like Japan would kill everything everything that moves. Shame on the Japanese government they are a corrupt, selfish and merciless entity. I truly hope they do not represent what the Japanese people stand for. I have lots of respect for the Japanese culture but would be disappointed and disgusted by it to know they stand for killing whales and dolphins.

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