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It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or when the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt
My mission is the defense and the protection of marine life in our oceans. It is my deepest passion and it is a fight that I have been involved in all of my life, a fight that I shall never retire from and will continue until the day I die.
I am Master Mariner and Educator, Author, poet and Lecturer,Fund-raiser and Film-maker, and most of all a Marine Conservationist.
I am Master of the 1017 ton vessel Steve Irwin. The Steve Irwin has just completed a long campaign in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary against illegal Japanese whaling. The Sirenian is on permanent patrol in the Galapagos Natural Park Marine Reserve.
I am closely connected to the Scuba-Diving, Surfing and Vegetarian communities.
My recreational interests are poetry and writing, scuba diving, squash, traditional longbow archery, kendo and fencing.
On the day that I was knighted by the divine gale, I knew that in my battles I could not fail, Nor could I, or my crew, be hurt or fall. Magic yes, that was the call, A truth felt in the deep depths of my soul, True, only if I keep true to my role.
The power was once so much stronger, Will it hold true for very much longer? Findings paths where trails don’t exist Engaging foes in the storms and the mist, Draped in a cloak of flowing mystery, Allowing me to weave myth with history.
Shepherd avenger on the storm tossed wave, So many species, so many lives to save, A madness of directed obsession, Into the wind I scream my confession. They know not what they do the fools, I know I can stop them, if given the tools.
A fair ship and a brave crew, Although good crew are so relatively few The obstacles increasingly grow Yet the power continues to flow, And as it does, I must act at will, Or all that I love they will surely kill
Within the dark confines of my inner being It is from there that I perfected the art of seeing, Seeing is treason to humanity For what is revealed is mass insanity Thus all rules are broken in this quest, No more must I regret or confess.
The 2008 Rock the Boat Award has been given to Australian musician Xavier Rudd. Xavier visited the Steve Irwin in Brisbane in November and has been promoting Sea Shepherd at his international concerts. The 2007 Sea Shepherd Rock the Boat Award was presented in October 2007 to long time Sea Shepherd supporters The Red Hot Chile Peppers. They first did a benefit for us way back in 1986 and have been supporters ever since.
Xavier Rudd has been incredible with his support for Sea Shepherd.
Zoli and Ignite have also been great supporters of Sea Shepherd over the years and this year helped us to raise over $50K for the whales
Trash McSweeney and the Red Paintings will be doing a major fund raising benefit for Sea Shepherd in Australia this year. This is one of the most unique musical groups that I have ever seen and they will be big soon on the world stage.
The Carson Daly SHow
The film The Edge of the World about the Sea Shepherd 2006/2007 Antarctic campaign was released and premiered at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival and will be presented in May 2009 at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival. Sharkwater is now on DVD and opened in Europe and Australia to great reviews. The documentary biography of myself entitled Pirate for the Sea premiered at the 2008 Telluride Film Festival and will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009
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My other great hero is Captain James I. Waddell the Captain of the Confederate raider Shenandoah who sank 35 whaling ships and saved the Bowhead and the Grey from Extinction.
The 10 activists I most respect today are Farley Mowat, Dr. David Suzuki, Doug Tompkins, Erin Brockovich, Dr. Roger Payne, Martin Sheen, Ric O'Berry, Dr. Alexandra Morton, Birute Galdikas and the crew of Agenda 21.
My ten most favourite poets are Robert Service, Andrew Banjo Paterson, Alfred Lord Tennyeson, Leonard Cohen, T.S. Elliot, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edward Spencer, Walt Whitman and of course Wiliam Shakespeare.
My ten most favourite living actors are Richard Dean Anderson, Christian Bale, Pierce Brosnan, Russell Crowe, Rutgar Hauer, Sophie Marceau, Robin Wright Penn, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, and Charlize Theron.
My ten most favourite actors now departed are; Alfonso Bedoa, Richard Harris, Grace Kelly, Heath Ledger, Vivian Leigh, Paul Newman, Mary Pickford, Oliver Reed, John Wayne, Natalie Wood
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Captain Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Paul Watson lives his life at sea, protecting marine wildlife and destroying its enemies. Photo: Sierraclub.ca “If the whales survive and flourish, if the seals continue to live and give birth, and if I can contribute to ensuring their future prosperity, I will be forever happy,” says Paul Watson. Call him the good pirate. As an aggressive defender of wildlife, Paul Watson has lead more than 225 ocean-going expeditions, in the name of wildlife protection. While Watson spends most of his time patrolling the seas, he’s also made his own impact on land as a founding member of the Greenpeace Foundation. When Watson parted ways with Greenpeace, he established the Earthforce Environmental Society in Vancouver, which later became the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977. Today, Sea Shepherd still roams the sea under its mission to “end destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.” In October 2008, the organization announced the launch of its fifth Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign to defend whales from Japanese whaling fleets. “We intend to sink the Japanese fleet economically,” Captain Paul Watson states in a press release. “Our strategy is to prevent whales from being killed, to force the Japanese whalers to spend money on fuel without killing whales. We will once again intervene against illegal Japanese whaling and once again we intend to save the lives of as many whales as we can with the resources available to us.” Check out Watson’s latest expeditions on Animal Planet’s Whale Wars. The show follows Watson and his crew into dangerous operations against whaling fleets in Antarctica.
LUSH and Sea Shepherd with Alice Newstead as she makes a courageous protest to save sharks.
Al Jazeera Interview August 13th, 2008 Part I
Al Jazeera Interview - Part II
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MyRules for MySpace
With over 8,000 friends on MySpace, I do get overwhelmed sometimes and thus I apologise if I do not respond to every query or message. I do honestly try but I also receive about 400 e-mails a day and there are thousands of additional friends on Facebook. Therefore please do not get offended if I do not respond to you immediately or lapse on doing so and please feel free to send a message again if you do not hear from me. I won’t view it as anything other than a reminder.>p>
For those who wish to debate me in this forum, I am not interested. I have a list of enemies a mile long and they can read my views via the various media forums. The opinions of my enemies do not interest me, and their opposition does not concern me. I represent my clients and those clients are whales, dolphins, seals, sharks, turtles, sea-birds, fish and invertebrates. If you oppose my defence of my clients or if you disagree with my tactics then quite frankly I don’t give a damn. No member of the species homo sapien arrogantus eco-ignoramus will ever convince me to do anything other than what I am doing in the manner that I do it.
I also have zero tolerance for malicious gossip or for friends on my MySpace page slandering or belittling other friends on this page. I am not interested in hearing trivial accusations about anyone from anyone else. The enemy is out there on the high seas killing our clients and that is where our energies need to be directed. If one person dislikes another person for any reason whatsoever than that is of no interest to me and I don’t need my time wasted on such pettiness. I will delete anyone who engages in this sort of pettiness.
There is a Sea Shepherd page. This is My Page and my personal life is outside the boundaries of comment or discussion. Who I see, speak to, or have a relationship with, is no one’s business but my own. If anyone questions who I have as a friend, I will delete them. If anyone attacks anyone on my friends list, I will delete them. Lately I have caught a few people whose behaviour can be categorized as "stalking". I have deleted them. To those kind of people, all I can say is get a life.
My MySpace page exists for the following reasons (1) to keep my activities with regard to marine wildlife conservation updated to all who are interested. (2) As a forum to post my writings, including poetry. (3) As a forum to receive ideas, suggestions, constructive criticisms, comments and suggestions from any and all friends on this page. (4) As a conduit for friends to meet and exchange ideas with other friends and (5) As a forum for communicating with close friends and family in whatever manner I so choose.
This is my space just as everyone has their own space and as such it is like a home. I invite you into my home to be my friend but I am under no obligation to tolerate rudeness, pettiness, slander, libel, hateful communications and personal attacks.
With regard to the SSS chat room. This site is not approved by me and I do not participate in it and I don't see why people are wasting their time gossiping about Sea Shepherd and I on a dedicated chat room site - get a frigging life. I'm not interested in the dramas - real or imagined
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Jul 18 2009 2:11 PM
I Hear Your Voice So
I Call Your Name . . .
Whispers At Morning
Our Love Is Dawning
Heaven's Glad You Came . . .
my adored darling
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Hey Captain Paul Watson, I am sending you a Mojito.
Send me a drink back!
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Hey Captain Paul Watson,
I left you a gift. Click and pick it up.
COME JOIN MY TEAM ON GREENSPOT.
Jul 16 2009 4:51 PM
and a cupl of glasses of wine
or whatever ur drink preference
wishing luv to u,urs n luved ones,xoxo
Jul 16 2009 5:34 PM
Hey mr. Capt. paul- i told my teenage daughter about you-- i said - this man is a real modern day HERO- take note- there aren't many left--- but YOU ARE!! LOVE and power to you- the Lord is WITH YOU my friend... :]]] click on that stuff above and feel.. just feel and KNOW .. we lOVE you man... you are a hero-- A HERO- and you will have a crown and throne of GOLD in heaven... thank you thank you thank you - for what you do you are mine and my daughters' hero
:]]] love - donna lynn
Jul 16 2009 7:38 PM
Yours,
Mone (Swimming with Sharks and Dolphins in my dreams)^^
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Jul 17 2009 2:49 AM
captain Paul Waston for accepting me
I saw you always in animal Planet
I would be doing the same !!!!!!!!!!
hope you guys let them stop killing seals also
My best regard
Oscar Green Peace
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Stopping by to pimp again,thought you might found this interesting:
Earth first Alive and well (song you tube)
Earth First (website)
Have a safe weekend!!
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