Monday 21 April 2008

Paul Watson: Terrorist or Eco-Saint?

In the recent controversies over seal hunting another issue emerged. Eco-conservation and nature-loving motivations sometimes make people use violence to defend nature. Violence as a chosen method of protest, not as a result of occasional outburst of emotions.

Paul Watson, an eco-activist (for some, eco-fanatic) from US uses violence and organized attempts to disable or even sink whaler and sealer ships to save the seals and the whales. Interesting debate emerged:


Is Paul Watson a Terrorist or an Eco-Saint?

Paradox: Watson Keeps Seal Hunt Alive with His Protests

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

lunatic would better describe him.

Unknown said...

Well, which part of the description is not true?

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