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" My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me. "

Paul Watson

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" Any social movement throughout history has always been carried out by only 7% of population being passionately active in that. "

" The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan. "

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Take

Work

" I'm never horrible to anybody. My problem, and you can ask any of my friends, is that I'm too nice to everybody. "

" Costa Rica and Germany have simply been pawns in the Japanese quest to silence Sea Shepherd in an attempt to stop our annual opposition of their illegal whaling activities. "

" Protesting is fundamentally submissive. "

" I don't have a religion, but I respect them. "

" All confrontation is based on deception. "

" The sealing industry is dying. "

" I always say, 'I'm not a pirate, I just play one on TV.' "

" In Ecuador, if I go after an Ecuadoran, I'm in trouble; if I go after a Costa Rican, I'm a hero. "

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After

" Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese. "

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Government

Canada

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" I'm not pessimistic about anything. "

" Sea Shepherd does not condone, nor do we practise, violence. "

" The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover. "