Tora ! Tora By Pual Watson Analysis

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After reading this reading essay Tora! Tora! Tora! by Pual Watson a lot of new ideas came to my mind like if I had to choose a side to be on after herring about the issues that the whales are facing due to fisher man who's side would I be on would take the side of the Sea Shepherds or would I join the Greenpeace’s non-violent activism? Throughout the essay Tora! Tora! Tora! Pual Watson stresses the importances of trying to stop people from poaching. Pual Watson is the founder of the Sea Shepherd anti-poaching group. Paul Watson group the Sea Shepherds on a aggressive way try to stop individuals from poaching but using every aggressive manners such as cutting fishing lines or maybe even sometime comforting people about there actions. The argument …show more content…
If I could ask Pual Watson a couple of questions based off his essay Tora! Tora! Tora! the first thing I would ask him is why odes his group act in violence in order to try and get there way and do you see your group changing in the near future to act more in a peaceful way? I think Paul would answer that question by saying the only reason why his group acts the way it does is because using violence to get your point across works a lot faster then trying it in a peaceful way. Also I think Pual would say that because of his group fighting the issues they way they are they have been able to inform more people about the problems that animals in the sea may face by his group landing a T.V deal that showcased his group preventing people from poaching. When asked my second question to Pual do you ever see your group taking a non-violent stand just poachers I think Pual would answer no not until the issue that animals in the sea face are completely resolved. I personally think that Pual Watson and the Sea Shepherds are trying to do something great but fighting just poaching I just don't like the method that they are deciding to

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