The following quotes from Captain Paul Watson are from a recent interview on the Sea Shepherd website:
“The world would not be in the situation it is in now if not for the kind of anti-nature, anti-activist mentality of pretty much half the population. It seems that half the population of society is awake and the other half believes in angels, magic underwear, and Wal-mart.”
“overall the media in general cannot be expected to report factually on much anymore. This last week, one of the biggest stories is the controversy over topless pictures of Kate Middleton. Not a single question has been asked to the U.S. Presidential candidates on climate change, the dying oceans, species extinction or any other ecological issue. It is like if your house was burning and the firemen were still in the station discussing baseball scores and the media was reporting that the woman in the house next to you was sun bathing in the nude.”
“We humans are killing our oceans, we are diminishing bio-diversity, we are over heating the planet, we are pouring poisons into the sea and air. I cannot accept that meekly and I know with absolute certainty that if we kill the oceans, we kill ourselves. If the oceans die, we die and the oceans are dying in our time. My greatest fear is that people simply accept that fact.”
“In a comfortable environment where everything is safe and convenient, great things are not accomplished. It is from within an environment of controversy, uncertainty, and challenge that great things can be accomplished.”
This quote is from Captain Watson’s foreword in my book, Exposing the Big Game:
“Hunters are guilty of crimes against nature, against future generations and against humanity because diminishment leads to collapse and to extinction and we forget that we as animals, as primate hominids, will commit collective suicide if we continue with our barbaric traditions and behavior in the face of a global ecological collapse.”
from the back cover of Jethro Tull’s “Stormwatch” album
Captain Paul Watson, one of the true heros of our beleaguered times. Willing always to speak the awful truth and courageous enough to try and do something about it!
He sees the big picture, yet cares about individual animals as well.
I admire Paul Watson and he is so right, so sadly right. It is incredible to me that so relatively few people seem to even be concerned, much less roused to action, by the ecological destruction being enabled and committed in the name of money. It makes me feel frantic….
I think he was just being hopeful when he said 50% of the people are aware and care, sadly it’s far fewer than that.
Money will be of little use to people once the Earth’s life support systems collapse.
Jim, as I was packing my books in preparation for the movers coming on Monday, I realized that your book Exposing the Big Game, is one of a stack by my bedside. I love books and keep buying even though I have that stack that keeps growing. I have promised myself to finish it by year’s end!
His comment on hunters and their crimes again nature say it all doesn’t it?