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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 Watson
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Paul Watson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: December 2
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Paul Franklin Watson
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We don't give a damn what you or anybody else on this planet thinks. We didn't sink those ships for you. We did it for the whales.
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I’ve got no criminal record.
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