Greenpeace charged with violating environmental law

Gazette Times ^ | 5/4/05 | RACHEL D'ORO

[bannie]

Hoisted by their own petard!

[sheik yerbouty]

ROFL!

[sheik yerbouty]

Har! Har! Shiver me timbers!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You could certainly say so. Congress directed the Coast Guard to write tough new rules for handling or storing petroleum in US waters after the Exxon Valdez accident. I was in that trade at the time and recall Sierra Club testifying that the Coast Guard rules weren't tough enough.

[newcthem]

God, I sincerely hope that this is a hanging offence in Alaska!

[wyattearp]

...maximum penalty of a $200,000 fine for an organization and a year in prison and a $10,000 fine for an individual.

Another example of bad journalism. It needs a comma in there somewhere for it to make sense. Depending on where it is placed, it can be read two ways:

1) maximum penalty of a $200,000 fine for an organization and a year in prison, and a $10,000 fine for an individual, or
2) maximum penalty of a $200,000 fine for an organization, and a year in prison and a $10,000 fine for an individual.

Personally, I prefer option #1. :-)

[the anti-liberal]

It doesn't make sense for an organization to spend a year in prison, so.. but then again, there are some organizations I wouldn't mind seeing spend a year or more behind bars- imagine every member of the ACLU behind bars for a year! :^)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

AP Stylebook ?

[Simmy2.5]

Oh crap this is funny! Talk about hypocrisy to the extreme!

Seeing them embarrass themselves just puts a smile on my face.

[Simmy2.5]

I remember one of those Greenpeace chicks trying to get me to join their group. She was wearing all those Greenpeace buttons and T-shirts, and had some flyers about the group. She wasn't exactly the most upkept person (though admittingly, neither was I at the time. :-P). As for crazy, well, my meeting with her wasn't long. I just politely said no, and she was on her way. Maybe she was one of the saner ones? Hehehe.

[AnOldCowhand]

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[farmfriend]

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[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[wyattearp]

I remember one of those Greenpeace chicks trying to get me to join their group.

They are on the Seattle sidewalks a lot, trying to raise funds. Once there were two little twerps, a male (questionable) and a female (cute) and they asked me for a donation. I was in a particularly foul mood that day and told them that "commies are for killing, not funding", and walked away.

[Issaquahking]

Great sense of environmental humor ping!!!

Justice served!

[SierraWasp]

Hey there Issaquahking! I haven't forgotten you one bit, but I keep forgettin ta ping ya to stuff!!!

How you been bein? You still boppin all around North America???

[LIConFem]

"Greenpeace charged with violating environmental law."

Reminds me of...

"And coming up after the break, Penpal stabbed with pen, Ambulance kills 10 and Jaques Cousteau drowns in his bath tub."

[lowbridge]

Do you remember when they beat and skinned some baby seals for the camera? They wanted to "show what evil people do," but they couldn't find any of these evil people...SO they carried out the evil themselves. It was ok, though: The ends justified the means.

Theres more:

Mid-1980s: Greenpeace Australia distributes film of two men mutilating live kangaroos as part of a campaign to ban 'roo products in Europe. Greenpeace only withdraws the film after a court convicts the men for breaking the law, and concludes that they were paid to do so by the film crew.

Mid-1990s: In 1996, video footage of a brutal dolphin slaughter is used in a campaign to raise money and generate public support for embargoes against Venezuela's two exports, oil and tunafish. As they market the video, various groups claim the film "proves" that 40,000 dolphins are killed annually in a country where dolphin kills are illegal. No proof exists except the film. When the uncut film footage is finally discovered, it becomes obvious that the film was staged. The filmmaking crew had represented themselves to the fishermen involved as scientists from the local university, saying they needed to kill a dolphin for research and that they would take total responsibility. "Act natural!" yells the cameraman to the fishermen. The filmmakers supply the knife used to inhumanely butcher the animal while they direct the action. "More blood! Get me more blood!" yells the cameraman.

http://www.furcommission.com/news/newsC7.htm

Greenpeace dolphin video (Jeremy Whitlock; Rod Adams)

[bannie]

They are pigs. They do horrendous things and blaim it on others do it. Scum-sucking, bottom-feeders.

BTW: Instead of, "Act natural!", iit should be, "Act naturally!" Not only are they immoral, they're illiterate.

[Clarion]

Just saw your post about Greenpeace. Thanks for trying to shine a little light on the hypocracy. I live here in Alaska and have an update which seems to be getting about as much coverage as the last time (none). They were CONVICTED Yesterday! Woohoo!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1400816/posts