Date: 07 Jun 2001 04:15:00 +0200
From: ASWAD-AT-anarch.free.de (catkawin)
Subject: Re: [CP-List] Decentralized opposition



Murphwild1 wrote:

> Captain Watson went nearly twenty years destroying whaling and fishing
> vessels in the high seas, a good percentage of the time with people on the
> vessels, without hurting anyone.  Only recently did someone, a fellow
> eco-warrior on his own ship (i believe), get hurt--a broken leg or
> something.
>
> Mr. Watson proudly announced and did his "crimes" in full veiw of the
> public.  He was merely upholding international laws-and lucky for him, this
> kept him out of prison a lot of times.  Arson is not just "property
> destruction." Property destruction falls under the category of destroying
> bulldozers and other earth raping machines with sand or other adhesives,
> pulling up bio-crops, etc.  Arson and firebombs brings a different penalty
> under current US law.

'Captain' Watson is full of shit. He claims that SS International is the  
most active group opposing whaling, and he and SS-I also like to present  
themselves as non-violent and of never having hurt any person. They fight  
with their mouths rather than anything else - with lies.

'Captain' Watson also makes use of strange information strategies - in an  
SS-I bulletin, he advised to issue (press) releases containing incorrect  
info as the first release would make it to the front pages, whereas a  
later correction would appear as a small note on back pages.

'Captain' Watson, and SS-I, have employed racist rhetoric and lies against  
the Makah, e.g. in claiming the Makah were about to sell whale meat to  
Japan.

SS-I was present at Neah Bay in spring 1999 to protest against the  
whaling. During these operations, an SS-I vessel in more than one incident  
tried to run over the Makah boat - a wooden canoe!

Instead of running over the canoe, in one incident the vessel ran over an  
whale injuring the animal so that it bled. Shall we see this as a  
collateral damage? The SS vessel was then chained up for violating nature  
protection laws.

And the day the hunt was successful, the SS-I vessel present and not  
chained up could not leave port because the crew, headed by 'Captain'  
Watson, got thoroughly sloshed the night before and thus were slightly  
indisposed.

'Captain' Watson and SS-I have supported racist rhetoric against the  
Makah, not only the whalers but all Makah not on *their* side. They  
tolerated pickets during their actions which read: 'Save a whale, harpoon  
a Makah'. 'Captain' Watson himself shouted at Makah: "Just because you  
were born stupid, you don't have the right to stay stupid".

A person who took part in the actions at Neah Bay wrote a racist poem  
about the Makah. When Watson was asked to comment, he came up with the  
immortal excuse that he was no literature critic.

After having been criticized for racist rhetoric and actions, 'Captain'  
Watson produced some more in an attempt to justify his comments: He  
claimed he took part in Wounded Knee II in 1973 and said he was a medic  
there. None! of the persons present remember him. Watson claimed he  
assisted 'Doc' Rosen in giving medical aid to Rocky Madrid. 'Doc' Rosen  
tells quite a different story. Watson claims he was made a member of the  
Oglala Lakota - he wasn't. Watson claims that his passport was signed by  
Pedro Bissonette as a proof he was made an Oglala - Bissonette died in  
1973. Watson claims he took part in a sweat lodge during which he went on  
a vision quest and received a Lakota name. No-one recalls a naming  
ceremony for a white WK medic.

Watson further claimed that Ms Lisa Distefano (ex-Mrs Watson meanwhile)  
had a grandmother who lived on a Cherokee rez in Louisiana. There are no  
Cherokee reservations in Louisiana. He also claimed that crew member Mat  
Lawson was Native American, whereas it is Lawson's father who is *partly*  
of N.A. descent. Lawson did not know he was being used by Watson in this  
way and apparently had a few words with him when he learned about it.

Watson also claimed that he had 'no drop of Anglo blood' and described  
himself as a Micmac/. True, his complexion is quite red (due to frequent  
consumption of fermented beverages), but apparently nobody told Watson  
that a red complexion is no prerequisite for being considered N.A.

Watson defended making allies of Jack Metcalf and Slade Gorton in the  
matter of opposition against Makah whaling, and SS-I call Metcalf a  
'stellar leader'. Watson is also proud of cooperating with Brigitte Bardot  
who is an eco-fascist with ties to fascist Front National in France, apart  
from being married to an FN-member and -lawyer.


In 1998, SS-I took in a total of US$ 3,433,974. A lot of money to spend.  
In fact, they only spent US$ 896,665. Although they are a non-profit  
organisation, they made a profit of 2.6 million.

Watson does not so much uphold international laws but his own, and his  
main activity is not out fighting but talking about how great they are and  
how much they are doing and spreading other lies.

More info obtainable at: http://www.certain-natl.org (CERTAIN = Coalition  
To End Race-based Targeting of American Indian Nations).

catkawin
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