There is a lack of economic and political motivation to defend life in the oceans. The profit is made by companies exploiting the oceans and they have the money to buy the politicians who make the laws.
Paul WatsonNazi propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels once remarked that if a lie is told often enough people will begin to see the lie as truth.
Paul WatsonMusicians have the power to influence people and along with movie makers, they can reach and influence more people than any group of people, more than scientists and certainly more than politicians.
Paul WatsonThey [Japanese whalers] haven't produced a single peer-reviewed international scientific paper in 23 years.
Paul WatsonI got the impression that instead of going out to shoot birds, I should go out and shoot the kids who shoot birds.
Paul WatsonWe should not be living in human communities that enclose tiny preserved ecosystems within them. Human communities should be maintained in small population enclaves within linked wilderness ecosystems. No human community should be larger than 20,000 people and separated from other communities by wilderness areas. Communication systems can link the communities.
Paul Watson