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Paul Watson

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The Resume

    (December 2, 1950- )
    Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Environmentalist and animal rights activist
    Founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (1978)
    Featured in the TV series Whale Wars

Why he might be annoying:

    He claims to be a founding member of Greenpeace, which they dispute.
    He was expelled from Greenpeace's board of directors for espousing actions that the board felt would violate the group's policy of nonviolence (1997).
    He calls himself 'Captain' despite never having been licensed as a ship's captain.
    He was sentenced to 10 days in prison and fined $8,000 for assaulting a police officer during a Canadian seal hunt protest (1980).
    He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Vancouver (1996).
    He said, 'There's nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win. Then you write the history.' (2002)

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was a member of the Canadian Coast Guard.
    He was named by the Guardian one of '50 People Who Could Save the Planet.'
    He is a wiz at Trivial Pursuit.
    He was pretty cool about being mocked by South Park: 'Hell, being ridiculed, lampooned and insulted on South Park is a declaration to the world that Sea Shepherd and Whale Wars are effective and have cracked through to the other side of the media culture curtain.'
    He said, 'People say I manipulate the media. Well, duh. We live in a media culture so why on Earth wouldn't I?'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 202 Votes: 82.18% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 150 Votes: 75.33% Annoying