"2:34 I'm not an eco-terrorist; I don't work for BP." Excellent point! When I hear "eco-terrorist" I think of those who terrorize the ecosystem, not those who defend it.

Thank you Paul, and Sea Shepherds!

ONE man who walks the walk. THANK YOU PAUL WATSON!!

I have a good friend in Australia who is a Sea Shepherd, and I'm so proud to know her and for everything they have done. I'm proud to wear my Sea Shepherd shirt, I don't care how many people argue with me. I stand for what I know in my heart is right. "You have not yet lived until you found something worth dying for."

If anything is left alive in thirty years, they should thank Paul Watson for at least trying to get the word out.

@paulf1772

10 жыл бұрын

Watson is a fake and a fraud. he is going about it the wrong way he creates more problems then he solves and he will be punished for his actions in the court of law.

@skierdude95

10 жыл бұрын

I agree with Paul Watson's cause, however he's a major scumbag for his racism against Japanese. He singles out the Japanese and says bad things about them even though Norwegians, Danes, and Icelanders kill just as many if not more than Japan.

@asbjrnpoulsen9205

9 жыл бұрын

hee are noth doing anny thing fore its noth the waling ots the poison ther are running in the sea in the bigg countrys with bigg industri openskies11 court of Appeals has confirmed what many mariners have been saying for years: that Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are nothing but a bunch of pirates. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th District in Washington upheld an injunction barring the controversial anti-whaling group from targeting and attacking the whaling research ships of Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research in the Southern Ocean. “You don’t need a peg leg or an eye patch. When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be,” said Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. Chief Judge Kozinski added: The United States, Japan and many other nations are signatories to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling… which authorizes whale hunting when conducted in compliance with a research permit issued by a signatory. Cetacean has such a permit from Japan. Nonetheless, it has been hounded on the high seas for years by a group calling itself Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its eccentric founder, Paul Watson. In December the court of appeals ruled that Sea Shepherd is prohibited from physically attacking, or approaching within 500 yards of any Institute of Cetacean Research vessel, overturning an earlier ruling that denied the Institute’s initial request for an injunction on the grounds that it would not succeed in trial. Of course, the injunction has had little impact as far as Sea Shepherd’s most recent campaign goes, called Operation Zero Tolerance, due to questions over jurisdiction. Both sides have so far clashed, not to mention collided, several times over the last few weeks. gCaptain’s full coverage of the antics can be found HERE. Here are a few more excerpts from the court documents from Monday: The UNCLOS defines “piracy” as “illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship . . . and directed . . . on the high seas, against another ship . . . or against persons or property on board such ship. It continues: Ramming ships, fouling propellers and hurling fiery and acid-filled projectiles easily qualify as violent activities, even if they could somehow be directed only at inanimate objects. Regardless, Sea Shepherd’s acts fit even the district court’s constricted definition. The projectiles directly endanger Cetacean’s crew, as the district court itself recognized. And damaging Cetacean’s ships could cause them to sink or become stranded in glacier-filled, Antarctic waters, jeopardizing the safety of the crew. The activities that Cetacean alleges Sea Shepherd has engaged in are clear instances of violent acts for private ends, the very embodiment of piracy. The district court erred in dismissing Cetacean’s piracy claims. In his dissent, Circuit Judge M. Smith commented: Even if one believes it is barbaric to harvest whales for any purpose at the beginning of the 21st century, as practiced by Cetacean, it is clearly permitted under international law. …The Sea Shepherds are pirates. Period. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has previously said that they would take the case to the Supreme Court, but Monday’s ruling pretty much guarantees that it won’t get far. Read: Institute of Cetacean Research v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

@armpitfuzz

9 жыл бұрын

Ryan f So what are you doing to change things ???

@paulf1772

9 жыл бұрын

i try to educate people with facts. I dont lie and make up stories.

We have fought peacefully. I will continue to do so. However, peaceful means do not seem to be working that well. This man has made a difference.

Paul Watson, telling it like it is - THIS IS THE TRUTHS - THE REALITY. Never too late for change, to save this precious planet of ours for ALL who live on her !

Lots of good points😊

"Man loots Nature, but Nature always ends up taking revenge." Gao Xingjian / Soul Mountain - Nobel Literature Prize 2000

The Australian government took Japan to court and stopped whaling in the Southern Ocean. Watson made that job harder by inserting himself. In this interview he takes credit for our work. No mention of the Australian government efforts despite a long conversation about the results of our efforts.

2 of my heroes 2gethor

@paulf1772

10 жыл бұрын

you have some crappy heros then.

@skierdude95

10 жыл бұрын

Ryan f I do like Bill Maher. Watson however is a hypocrite and a racist.

Captain Paul Watson is great Visionary on the Conservation and Preservation of the Ecosystems. He is the worthy successor of Commander Cousteau who already complained of "...lack of Moral Education, Greediness" on some humans who are destroying oceans, whales and dolphins!

Hero!

@paulf1772

10 жыл бұрын

he is not a hero he is a wanted criminal and a despicable person.

@Cous-teau

10 жыл бұрын

Hero!

And ramming Japanese fisherman's ships kamikaze style and maybe almost killing them is kind of a dick move.

@vegananarchist518

10 жыл бұрын

But spearing innocent beings with families is ok? Wake up.

@mistressrainstorm63

10 жыл бұрын

Vegan Anarchist I know right? he should have written his comment in Japanese , we might have been able to understand him.

@OerAMV

10 жыл бұрын

They are not ramming them "Kamikaze style" And the Japanese fishermen rammed them harder. Pinned a Sea Shepherd ship between 2 of their much larger ships, and almost tipped them over.

@arcticviper252

10 жыл бұрын

OerAMV C an you please remind me how two japanese ships in the process of refuelling are to blame for idiots sailing between them in the middle of the ocean?

@OerAMV

10 жыл бұрын

Arcticviper They chose to ram into them and then continue by almost tipping them over. They knew what they were doing and were even radioed that the Sea Shepherds would not move. Beside from the fact that this is life threatening, I was just explaining to billy that the Japanese do worse. The whalers even became more aggressive in the 2014 campaign. They trailed long steel cable across the Sea Shepherd's ship 33 times. And they threw ice at the Sea Shepherds in the small boats. The ICJ just ruled that the Japanese are not conducting "Scientific research" and that makes them poachers.

Great Man!

@abellaseksa8513

10 жыл бұрын

Great comedian. Loved his appearance in South Parks Whale Whores. Also love his floating media circus. Funny as shit. Will cheer for him all the way to the Razzie awards

@asbjrnpoulsen9205

9 жыл бұрын

court of Appeals has confirmed what many mariners have been saying for years: that Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society are nothing but a bunch of pirates. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th District in Washington upheld an injunction barring the controversial anti-whaling group from targeting and attacking the whaling research ships of Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research in the Southern Ocean. “You don’t need a peg leg or an eye patch. When you ram ships; hurl glass containers of acid; drag metal-reinforced ropes in the water to damage propellers and rudders; launch smoke bombs and flares with hooks; and point high-powered lasers at other ships, you are, without a doubt, a pirate, no matter how high-minded you believe your purpose to be,” said Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. Chief Judge Kozinski added: The United States, Japan and many other nations are signatories to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling… which authorizes whale hunting when conducted in compliance with a research permit issued by a signatory. Cetacean has such a permit from Japan. Nonetheless, it has been hounded on the high seas for years by a group calling itself Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its eccentric founder, Paul Watson. In December the court of appeals ruled that Sea Shepherd is prohibited from physically attacking, or approaching within 500 yards of any Institute of Cetacean Research vessel, overturning an earlier ruling that denied the Institute’s initial request for an injunction on the grounds that it would not succeed in trial. Of course, the injunction has had little impact as far as Sea Shepherd’s most recent campaign goes, called Operation Zero Tolerance, due to questions over jurisdiction. Both sides have so far clashed, not to mention collided, several times over the last few weeks. gCaptain’s full coverage of the antics can be found HERE. Here are a few more excerpts from the court documents from Monday: The UNCLOS defines “piracy” as “illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship . . . and directed . . . on the high seas, against another ship . . . or against persons or property on board such ship. It continues: Ramming ships, fouling propellers and hurling fiery and acid-filled projectiles easily qualify as violent activities, even if they could somehow be directed only at inanimate objects. Regardless, Sea Shepherd’s acts fit even the district court’s constricted definition. The projectiles directly endanger Cetacean’s crew, as the district court itself recognized. And damaging Cetacean’s ships could cause them to sink or become stranded in glacier-filled, Antarctic waters, jeopardizing the safety of the crew. The activities that Cetacean alleges Sea Shepherd has engaged in are clear instances of violent acts for private ends, the very embodiment of piracy. The district court erred in dismissing Cetacean’s piracy claims. In his dissent, Circuit Judge M. Smith commented: Even if one believes it is barbaric to harvest whales for any purpose at the beginning of the 21st century, as practiced by Cetacean, it is clearly permitted under international law. …The Sea Shepherds are pirates. Period. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has previously said that they would take the case to the Supreme Court, but Monday’s ruling pretty much guarantees that it won’t get far. Read: Institute of Cetacean Research v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and wanted true interpool a greath man hiding in france the head office of intherpool are ther shamefull fore france

@fredmaier3863

9 жыл бұрын

asbjørn poulsen Courts make bad decisions as well as good decisions. Thanks for pointing out one of the bad decisions.

@canucktunes

8 жыл бұрын

+Fred Maier The only reason you think this is a "bad decision" is because as a fan you've had the facts withheld from you by Sea Shepherd. COLREGs were created to prevent collisions at sea, to protect not only vessels and their occupants but the environment from the pollution from damaged or sunken vessels. The disabling or attempted disabling of vessels in the high seas was made illegal during the SUA Convention because it endangers the lives of sailors, other vessels (that could collide with the disabled vessel) and the environment (that the disabled vessel could collide with). There are no exemptions for NGO's that claim to "mean well" and Sea Shepherd so blatantly violated COLREGs that their lawyers didn't bother offering much of a defence against it. The claim that they "save whales" also did not change the wording of the SUA Convention article, which made the attempt to disable vessels illegal, so the only real dispute was whether this all qualifies as acts of piracy under article 101 of the UNCLOS. The violations were performed in the high seas. Check. The violations were illegal. Check. The violations were performed by private vessels. Check. The violations were for private ends. Disputed but in the end the courts found that the public's interests were not represented by Sea Shepherd. NGOs are free to claim they represent public interest but whether they truly do or do not legally is up to the courts, not the NGOs. And in this case they had no authority to disregard the risks involved in violating COLREGs and SUA Convention articles, nor did they have the authority to impose IWC policies and their interpretation of the CITES. Japan were planning on taking an average of 400-500 whales per year, the majority of which were not listed as threatened, vulnerable or endangered according to the IUCN so the American public, the people represented by the courts in this case, were not truly the recipients of Sea Shepherd's actions, nor were the residents of the countries that had joined the United States in condemning Sea Shepherd's actions in several joint press releases (This includes the government of Australia and New Zealand). Sea Shepherd may have convinced some of their false dichotomies but Australia has repetitively condemned Sea Shepherd's actions, in accordance to their agreement with the COLREGs, SUA Convention and UNCLOS. And having refused the NGO charity status they have no choice to accept that Sea Shepherd's acts are for private ends legally. In the end "but they save whales" has very little weight, legally. And this is why the recent contempt charge in regards to the Supreme Court upheld injunction was settled by Sea Shepherd for several million dollars. They have no real choice in the matter.

@abellaseksa8513

8 жыл бұрын

Fred Maier Paul Watsons is now for the second time wanted for the attempt of putting peoples lives at a risk. First time was in the 80s where he nearly killed a danish police officer with melthing hot fire rockets. He was wanted by the International Police for the next some 20-25 years. That warranty has since expired and PW managed to escape trial.

If only Sea SHepherd was not so much full of bullishit lies

@careyfinding2648

10 жыл бұрын

Evidence?

@TheLeikaleika

10 жыл бұрын

Carey Finding yeah that word does not exist in Pauls personal dictionary

@TheLeikaleika

10 жыл бұрын

Steven Bee is widely know that all the "uh I am shot by a Japanese sniper" incident was fake and staged by Paul Watson. And his bullshit lies about natives killing whales just for fun or as part of them proving manhood and other pathetic attempts to demonize natives with bullshit lies is just yet more proof to the pile of Bullshit lies Paul Watson makes money of spilling out to the many hungry gullible ignorants to eat all his BS raw. No wonder that even one of Sea Shepherds biggest supporters, Ady Gil, is suing Paul Watson in a private lawsuit in a court in California for millions for Paul Watson many lies. Paul Watson has NO credibility left in the mind of the well informed.

@TheLeikaleika

10 жыл бұрын

Regarding the "uh, I am shot by a Japanese sniper" incident, its a well know fact it was staged by Paul Watson. Numerous American Military and Gun specialists have been in the media and explained about how the deformed bullet shows it was not shot by a rifle from far away but by a small gun bullet from close distance, judge by the obvious pictures that are show on Animal Planet and accessible on You Tube. The 100% proof is not to be found, but given the long record of Paul Watson being caught misleading and often direct lying, makes him a really uncredible person. Even Sea Shepherds biggest financial Supporters doing the past many years, Ady Gill has sued Paul Watson for his many lies. And while Ady Gil still is a fanatic Vegan and is against the pilot whaling made by natives in North Atlantic, he has been there and is on their side. Not that he approves the killing, no he dislikes it very much, but he now has realized that Paul Watsons decades of propaganda trying to demonize those natives was made up by BS fact manipulation by Paul Watson and that has autraged Ady Gill that still is much against killing of animals in any form, but now is even more angry at the lying Paul Watson. No matter if one is for or against whaling, any well informed person with interests in the subject knows Paul Watson is caught lying way to many times and has no credibility.

@MrFartyjoe

10 жыл бұрын

b leika As soon as you use the term "well known fact" you lose credibility as that is what is said by those that have no facts!

I would never laugh about something this grave. Makes me really sad to hear about the whale choking to death because of plastic debris. All of this is horrific and we have to do something about it, each person can absolutely do something even if its just writing letters to legislators letting them know that you are not unaware about this matter and that you demand better Earth friendly politics like clean energy incentives.

Paul Watson is starting to look old, I do hope the Japanese are shut down before he retires.

I wish Sea Shepard would stop recruiting vegan wussies and recruit former navy seals or Blackwater/Academi mercenaries, and just scuttle the damned Nisshin Maru with a well placed satchel charge. Problem solved, end of story.

@paulf1772

10 жыл бұрын

the reason you wont find seals or blackwater with the sea shepard idiots is because most of them don't agree with them. Sea Shepard is a lairs group lead by a wanted criminal.

@seagk1343

8 жыл бұрын

That is called starting a war as a terrorist group, which I'm sure nobody can sweet talk out of.

> Take Paul's word for it - I don't have to. I figured as much, (many) years ago. Always "nice" though to have an expert confirm ones opinion. (And, with mathematical precision,) " If the ocean dies, we die. " -- Cpt. P.W. " [2010:] phytoplankton..has declined more than 40 percent since 1950 AND the rate of decline is increasing... " - there's now umpteen times more plastic in poor Eaaarth's ocean than phytoplankton ...

@paulf1772

10 жыл бұрын

you shouldn't take Watson's word at any thing he is a know lair.

Same old manipulative nonsense. In this video he claims that his group was accused of piracy and eco-terrorism because they oppose Japanese whaling in the sanctuary. Australia opposed it at the ICJ yet weren't labeled pirates or eco-terrorists so he's omitting the fact that his group violated COLREGs and SUA Convention articles according to Case ID 12-35266. They didn't even contest those charges ! The ICJ also did not rule that Japan were "outlaws". Outlaws break the law and the ICJ did not claim Japan broke a law. They ruled that Japan's JARPA II didn't qualify for certain IWC exemptions. And IWC rules only apply to members so what "law" did they break ? He also claims he will be there if Japan decided to continue in the sanctuary. Well, he doesn't want to mention the fact that Japan can legally return to the sanctuary and perform activities that comply with the ICJ ruling. He also doesn't mention that he and the members of Sea Shepherd's Friday Harbor offices cannot participate directly or indirectly because of an injunction. So much for the posturing. Australia's success at the ICJ only proves that Sea Shepherd's costly and dangerous behaviour is unnecessary. Australia managed to end JARPA II in four years without provoking collisions and sinking vessels in a fragile environment. Sea Shepherd spent 30 million over 9 years and had nothing but a post hoc for their gullible fans to swallow. BTW, the vessel sinking i'm talking about it the Ady Gil, which was not rammed and sunk by the Japanese according to the November 2010 collision report issued by Maritime New Zealand. Pete Bethune confirmed this in a statement and Paul Watson is now subject to a RICO complaint in Los Angeles (filed Aug 8, 2014).

@seagk1343

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

I'm all against Japanese whale hunters even sending them to the bottom of the sea is ok with me but my opinion on Captain Watson is that he lacks attitude, he stays in his cabin too much time and he must be there at the helm ordering this do that but he acts like his motivation is out the window, nevertheless I applaud his trying with all this faults. On the other hand they need more money a faster and newer vessel and shoot to kill too! (I mean the damn Japanese whale hunters) Thank you. (on the other hand I might need more info, who knows : ) Gus ☼

@magmam5477

8 жыл бұрын

Being against hunting of endangered species is something most people would absolutely agree on. The problem for Paul Watson and his personal cult is that their whole agenda is actually to get humans away from eating meat totally, and their focus area at the moment is to start with sea animals. The way that they lure people to give them money for their campaigns is to mislead the public with alot of misleading information, such as that seals are endangered( they are not) that islanders in the north atlantic kill for fun(not true, and the pilot whales they eat is also not endangered) and the whole "uh, I am shot by Japanese snipers" kind of showed the whole world how low Paul Watson and his lies would go to get attention and more money. Hey, stop killing endangered animals - I am all in for that. But hell no would I hand my money over to a pathological liar and his floating media circus

@Gusclassicrockchannel

8 жыл бұрын

Hi, please don't go thinking "most people" is against endangered species or whale hunting in this case, there's still lots of folks who don't give a rats ass about it, mostly if their whale soup is on time : )) I just wish they can find another alternatives to stop all this killing because Captain Watson's junkyard Ship and his no oceanic experience crew are just chasing rainbows way down south beautiful but so dangerous Antarctica's seas and the top of the line Japanese, Norway, Iceland (and others) ships are way too fast to get them. The world top nations (including us) should do something and fast about it! Is just a crying shame we're still witnessing all this beautiful whales being killed of course all in the name of the mighty Buck! Thanks.

@magmam5477

8 жыл бұрын

Gus classic rock channel It does not help the whales that the louders speaker against eating whales is Sea Shepherd (actually they are against humans consuimg ALL kinds of meat, but also know they would alienate to many of its supporters if they talk to loudly about that part too) The problem with Sea Shepherd is that they are just full of bullshit. They have told SO many BS lies that it hurts their agenda. No seals are not endangered. No pilot whales are not endangered and no the islanders do not kill them just for fun or as a path to manhood or some other ridicules stories from SS.

@Gusclassicrockchannel

8 жыл бұрын

Got you Magma! Still I won't go for whale killing by Japan or by other nations, later : )