Paul Watson - Whale hater?

I've blogged about this before but with a new season of "Whale Wars" I feel a renewed sense of amusement regarding the show. My amusement is also coupled with bafflement. I can't figure out if Paul Watson wants to actually inspire others to become indifferent to the plight of whales, sympathetic to the Japanese whaling fleet, save the whales or get beaten up. He says it's about saving the whales but the alternatives listed above seem much more plausible upon watching the show. Is Paul Watson actually a secret, double agent brilliantly hired by the Japanese to gain public support for whaling??

With each season I become more and more hooked. One might say Paul Watson has done his job by drawing attention to what he and other conservationists see as the Japanese whaling problem and the plight of the whales. My gaze is on that problem only consequentially because I can't stop watching the show itself for other reasons. The drama sucks me in and rarely disappoints. As a loyal viewer I feel I have earned the entertainment that is presented me. Every episode I expect to see Paul Watson blundering -- that word is not strong enough but will have to do since my thesaurus isn't handy -- and he always delivers. Even over delivers I would say. Then there's the trademark trying to find a way to place blame on the Japanese after he's been out thought, out maneuvered or has simply defeated himself. "Can you believe that collision where we steered our boat towards theirs on purpose and they didn't get out of the way? What? Oh no, we didn't ram them despite what you see on OUR footage."

His idiocy is vast -- which as of late includes running his non reinforced hull of a ship into ice to lose the Japanese tail all the while jeopardizing his own ship and crew only to come out on the other side of the ice to find the other ship waiting for him. That was priceless. I suppose Paul spews the rhetoric and his dolts quickly follow that "you must be willing to die for whales" and so feels the need to make sure the volunteers at least worry for their safety if not lives along the way. Never mind whether it is directly caused by the captain himself. As for me, I am anticipating seeing the Ady Gil get destroyed as previews have teased.

One last thought...I'm thinking if whales could talk they'd have a message for the Sea Shepherd that might go something like this, "Please get away from us. You are gathering more support for our enemies while trying to save us. YOU are killing us! Go get a frickin law degree or hire a lobbyist and get the damn laws changed. Get this target off our backs and let some of those intelligent kids work for someone that makes sense like Green Peace...."