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It doesn't matter what is true it only matters what people believe is true... You are what the media define you to be. [Greenpeace] became a myth and a myth-generating machine.

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Paul Watson
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
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Environmentalist
Naval Officer
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City of Toronto
Paul Franklin Watson
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