Once again, the world's wannabe pirate has made a nuisance of himself in foreign lands. Although this time he sent his current wife to take the fall for him. Mrs. Paul Watson is reported to have been arrested in Taiji with another member of the Sea Shepherd crew, as they both attempted to disrupt a coastal pilot whale hunt. The two were claimed to have cut a net in the bay at Taiji in order to allow trapped "dolphins" to escape from slaughter. Although Paul claimed that they had no knives on them, and merely moved the net aside, at the very least they made obvious nuisances of themselves. Their main goal, which was apparently videotape of the escapade, may have been taken from them, as local authorities raided a trailer on shore where the crew had "headquartered" for the event.

Japanese authorities claimed that no animals were allowed to escape out of the bay.

In the meantime, the Captain Himself was busy being a hero at a Patagonia outdoor goods store in San Francisco, where for two days, he would meet his adoring public, sign books, and look pudgily resplendent in his sea-going uniform. Don Quixote could not have done any better.

In other unpleasant news; the Sea Shepherd has been elected to a term on the Sierra Club board of directors, and shall hold that seat through 2006. He has announced that his ambitions are to recruit three more radical persons to the board of that (700,000 supporters) organization, and then change the board's position to one that opposes all hunting and trapping.

These fantasies of immense power and influence over the world's wildlife managers and hunters are apparently a part of the dream world in which this man lives out his days. Perhaps he was too strictly disciplined as a child, and has been rebelling against rational authority ever since. We are never surprised at the lengths to which he goes for attention, or the antics he pulls while offending anyone who supports law and order, and science based, modern wildlife management. Sail on, Paul. Perhaps someday you'll find a cause that's worthwhile.