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I called the crew together and told them that it was my intention to ram the Sierra to end its career. [...] We picked up speed [...] and struck them again, ripping the hull clear down to the water line. I was brought before the Port captain and told that I would be charged with gross criminal negligence. I replied that there was nothing negligent about the action and that I hit the whaling ship precisely where I intended to hit it. The Port captain laughed [...] we were free to leave. [...] Sometimes you have to do things without an escape option simply because it is the right thing to do.
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Keep it simple!
Appeal to anthropocentric preconceived notions.
Accentuate the beauty and nobility of the cause.
Subtly attach the cause of the less appealing to the public campaign.
Recruit celebrities to speak for and support your cause.
Confidence is the defense against ridicule and cr...
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The 7 Ds of a successful campaign
- Deception
- Discipline
- Deployment
- Distraction
- Diversion
- Division
- Documentation
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The Strategy of the Communicator
The communicator propagates the ideas of the ecological movement and teaches the way of the ecological activist. The communicator is curious, skilled in writing, and has the ability to speak and be understood.
"You are the hammer and your message is the nail. Hi...
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The Way of the Wind
To know yourself you must know others.
Understand the lessons of the past and all cultures.
Do not diverge. All roads have side paths. A small divergence now will later become a large divergence.
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The four sources that influenced this book
- The Art of War by Sun Tzu
- The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
- the written and presented works of Marshall McLuhan
- 50 years of experience as an environmental activist and field campaign leader
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Strategy must find ways to wed seemingly unattainable goals with workable tactics to secure the desired outcome. But sometimes you just have to go for broke and take whatever risks are required, trusting in your intuition and perception of the situation.
PAUL WATSON
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The Strategy of the Catalyst
The objective of the catalyst is to confront and provoke. The catalyst is stubborn by nature. The catalyst has great courage, determination, ambition, leadership skills, and complete dedication.
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The Art of Non-Fighting
It is imperative to achieve victories without causing or sustaining injuries or fatalities. Open engagement in conflict is the last resort. Never besiege!
- Foil the enemy's plans.
- Prevent the unification of the enemy's forces.
- Interfere with your enemy's alliances.
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The Way of Water
Let the spirit become like water. Adapt to your surroundings, be a rivulet or a wild sea.
Water is clarity. Water is purity. Water is life.
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I thought I had the dream life. I could take pictures of fish and travel the world. It was only when I saw what was happening to the sharks that I realized I couldn't just sit back and not care. At a certain point you have to take action.
ROB STEWART
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Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner.
STEVE IRWIN
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A good strategist must be able to favorably use the opposition's philosophical arguments. Praise the Lord and wrap yourself in the flag if this is what it takes to get your message across.
PAUL WATSON
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The Strategy of the Infiltrator
The objective of the infiltrator is to affect change from within the opposition. The infiltrator needs to be skilled in espionage, creative sabotage, and proficient in the skills valued by the opposition. The infiltrator needs strong determination and dedication. The infiltrator must be a master ...
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Maintaining the Center
Do not camp in difficult terrain.
Do not linger in isolated positions.
Advantages and disadvantages must be considered together.
Entice away the opponent's best warriors and couns...
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Spaceship Earth
Earth is a spaceship. It travels at 250 kilometers per second. It has an outer hull and a force field protecting its occupants from space radiation. Its engine is remotely placed some 93,000 million miles away that sends power in the form of light and heat. Earth's internal generator provides add...
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We are mere passengers
We may look pretty, we may breed like yeast, we may believe we are the greatest creation under the stars, but the truth is that we exist by virtue of the fact that billions of creatures from millions of species make it possible for us to exist at all. Without them there would be no art, no music,...
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The Consequences
Not adhering to the laws of ecology will lead to:
- collapse of ecosystems
- breakdown of human social structures
- decline of human empathy
- global warming
- emerging pathogens from the permafrost
- more virulent viral diseases
- famine, war and terr...
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The Laws of Media
- The media is not concerned with facts.
- The camera is the most powerful weapon on the planet.
- Media manipulation is a matter of survival in a media culture.
- Keep it simple.
- Stay in control.
- Emotion will always triumph over fact.
- The medium is th...
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Preparations
Strategy is of paramount importance.
Failure to understand strategy may result in injury, imprisonment, or death.
Don't attempt to carry out a campaign without a good strategy in place.
All strategy requires the careful and meticulous laying of plans.
According to Sun Tzu ...
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The Strategy of the Healer
The healer wants to restore, rejuvenate, refresh, and repair the negative consequences of human action. The healer is gentle and caring. The healer must have the ability to absorb the negative from without while preserving the positive within.
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Aggressive Non-Violence
Violent interference has moral and legal consequences.
Environmental activism needs to be aggressive, but non-violent.
Embrace the power of a movement. An individual can be stopped, a movement however cannot be easily suppressed.
"The breaking of non-indictable laws is justi...
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The 3 Laws of Ecology
- The Law of Diversity
- The Law of Interdependence
- The Law of Finite Resources
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McLuhanism
More than ever before does the media define culture and determine reality as it is perceived by others. The ecological warrior needs to understand the different mediums of media and how they require different approaches to deliver the message. The chosen medium is part of the message.
Befor...
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Your cause must be honest and just
Remain Virtuous in your adherence to biocentric principles.
Deception is a weapon. Do not direct it towards your allies. Beware of self-deception.
Strive to attain a complete understanding of anthropocentric thought.
Justice is a matter of perception. People see what they want t...
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Deception is the foundation of strategy
Never lose your temper! Be calm, project confidence, never be at a loss for an answer.
The nature of the mass media today is that the truth is irrelevant.
The truth is defined by manipulation of facts and events.
As long as the spirit of your message is truthful, statistics and ...
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In anthropocentric society, a harsh judgment is given to those that destroy or seek to destroy the creations of humanity. Monkey-wrench a bulldozer and they will call you a vandal. Spike a tree and they will call you a terrorist. Liberate a coyote from a trap and they ...
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A Lifetime of Experience
Paul Watson has taken hundreds of sea-going expeditions and thus successfully interfered with numerous illegal activities exploiting marine wildlife. All this was accomplished without causing or sustaining a single injury to his opposition or his crew. Not a single one of his missions has resulte...
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The Way of Dreams
Controlling dreams and transforming them into reality is the way of the warrior dreamer.
Surrender reason to intuition.
Do not fear death.
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Never be caught unprepared
Avoid adverse conditions when defending.
Exploit adverse conditions when attacking.
Know how to survive in your environment.
Be aware of and familiar with your environment.
Incorporate all circumstances and possibilities into your planning.
Have trusted allies.
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Hoka hey!
Do not burden your soul with unfinished business.
Be at peace with those you love.
Never surrender to fear.
Sometimes you have to do things without an escape option simply because it is the right thing to do.
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Command and Leadership
There are 9 types of leadership:
- leaders of humanism
- leaders of duty
- leaders of courtesy
- leaders of intellect
- leaders of inspiration
- leaders of the field
- leaders of the frontline
- leaders of charisma
- leaders that compose al...
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The Disciplined Art of Strategic Deception
Modern media is a battlefield of opposing ideologies.
Truth is turned into a tool of strategy.
Through media you can control the perception of reality.
The difference between lying and deception is based on perception. The truth is always a lie in the eyes of the opposition.
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Confrontation
Prolonged confrontation will lead to greater expenses, fatigue and disenchantment of the followers, dissension, and ultimately rebellion.
Keep confrontations short! Attack and retreat. Expend energy and resources only in short burts.
Achieve swift and decisive victory! Or use hit and ...
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Fighting your Allies
Do not publicly battle an ally.
Promote harmony and display a mutual non-aggression policy.
If your organization is infiltrated, you need to isolate the infiltrators. If the infiltration becomes to strong, you need to abandon the organization and regroup.
Turn all attacks into s...
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Tactics
"You must always put yourself beyond the possibility of being defeated and then wait for an opportunity to defeat the enemy."
To be victorious you need to:
- plan secretly
- move surreptitiously
- foil the enemy's intentions
- thwart the enemy's schemes
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In 1981, two of my crew and I landed on a Siberian beach to document evidence on illegal Soviet whaling activities. We were approached by two Soviet soldiers. I turned my back on them and stepped into our inflatable boat. My crew sat in the bow facing the beach as I sl...
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The consequences of our actions aren’t going to happen centuries from now. They’re going to happen within this century. Oceanic ecosystems are collapsing, now! The planet is getting warmer, now! Phytoplankton is being diminished, now! The planet is dying now, and we ar...
PAUL WATSON
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When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.
DIAN FOSSEY
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Worms, ants, bacteria and fish are more important than human beings for the simple reason that worms, ants, bacteria and fish do not need humanity to survive but humanity needs them to survive. They are essential for our existence. We are not essential to their existen...
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Spiritual Foundation of the Earth Warrior
Learn from the past. Let the future guide your actions. Live in the present.
It is only in the present that you can act. The present is for the true activist.
Find your own way. You must walk your path alone with courage and dignity.
Let your guidance come from within and not fr...
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The Way of Earth
Be the foundation. Know the smallest and the biggest, the shallowest and the deepest. Always keep an open mind. Nothing is final or firm.
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The life of a human is equal to the life of an animal. The life of an animal is equal to the life of a plant. The life of a plant is equal to the state of being of a mountain or a lake.
PAUL WATSON
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May the Force Be With You
The control of your forces, may they be large or small, is a matter of preparation and organization. Large groups are divided into smaller groups. Set up a chain of command. Divide your followers into ordinary and extraordinary, the ordinary to engage, the extraordinary t...
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Stealth and Unpredictability
Understand the visible and unvisible. Be first in the field, the enemy should come to you. Impose your will upon the enemy. Draw them out with bait, or strike their crucial points. Move swiftly to where you are not expected. Attack what cannot be defended, hold what cannot be attacked. Only fight...
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Maneuvering
Harmony in the organization is vital for the success of any field conflict.
Never enter into an alliance without knowing the designs of your potential ally.
Move only if there is a real advantage.
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Field Confrontation
Always exercise forethought and never make light of your opponent.
Command the view of your terrain.
Always post guards and work out a code of signals.
Always give yourself room to retreat.
Inspect locations where the enemy may lie in ambush or spy upon your movements.
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Situation
Take up a position on accessible terrain.
Seize the first advantage of a situation.
On open ground you must move quickly and in a disciplined manner.
Avoid entanglement and entrapment.
Beware the prepared enemy.
Don't let the enemy bait you out onto disadvantageous g...
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Environmentalism is the most universal, noble, just, and moral of causes, and most importantly, represents the interests of every living thing upon the Earth.
PAUL WATSON
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The Book of Five Rings
The ecological warrior needs to develop complete mastery over himself and a sense of oneness with nature. Worldly, spiritual, and aesthetic skills need to be acquired to merge into a single harmonious whole.
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There is nothing of yourself that can ever enable you to get better, stronger, richer, quicker, or smarter. Everything is within. Everything exists. Seek nothing outside of yourself.
MIYAMOTO MUSASHI
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The Strategy of the Shaman
The shaman connects the spiritual to the material reality. The Shaman is the spiritual guide for the movement. The shaman has great intuition, and the ability to tap into and be guided by the dream world. The shaman is perceptive, empathetic, selfless, and completely dedicated to the cause.
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The Art of War
For the environmental movement to succeed the objective must be peace. The strategy of the ecological warrior must be stealth. The media needs to be utilized like a weapon of modern warfare. The loyalty, courage and passion within the movement and the moral superiority of...
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The Way of Fire
This is the path of combat and confrontation. Fire is fierce regardless of the size of the flame. Make decisions without hesitation. Don't change spirit.
Fire is spontaneous. Fire transforms.
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The Use of Intelligence Agents
Using intelligence agents is the most cost-effective method of defeating the opposition.
Agents cost much less than taking your forces to the field.
There are five types of agents:
- native: citizens employed from the enemy country
- inside: employees of the opposition ...
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The Strategic Art
- the strategy of the Healer
- the strategy of the Communicator
- the strategy of the Artist
- the strategy of the Infiltrator
- the strategy of the Catalyst
- the strategy of the Shaman
A strategist must choose a strategy based on intuitive inclinatio...
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The Law of Diversity
The strength of an eco-system is dependent upon the diversity of species within it.
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The Strategy of the Artist
The artist exhibits respect for the Earth, bridges the gap between biocentric and anthropocentric humanity, and connects the present with the past and future. The artist is intuitive, imaginative, and can communicate effectively.
"The creations of the Earth are supreme and the only impo...
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The Continuum
All living things upon the Earth are a part of the Earth. All living things upon the Earth have always been a part of the Earth. All living things upon the Earth will forever be a part of the Earth. This is the Continuum.
Our actions and decisions must weigh the future consequences.
A...
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The Four Oaths of the Earth Warrior
- Never lose respect for the Way of the Earth Warrior.
- Be of service to the Earth and all of her children.
- Be respectful to the Earth and all of her children.
- Get beyond love and grief, beyond personal ambition.
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Attacking with Fire
Fire is unpredictable and uncontrollable and therefore should not be utilized as a tactic by the environmental activist.
"The only fire that I endorse is the fire of passion and in truth this is the most effective fire of all." - Paul Watson
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The 36 Strategies
- Invisibility
- Helpful Big Brother Scheme
- Help from Friends
- Be rested as your opponent wearies.
- As others drown, dive for the pearl.
- Spreading Manure
- Materializing the Ghost: create a fantasy
- Wizard of Oz: false front
- Passive Obse...
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Concluding Words
The strategy for your individual needs and objectives must be developed from within your own intuitive soul. You must temper it with the fires of your own imagination. It must be driven by the strength and power of your own will.
The karmic laws must be respected.
Shadows can only pre...
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