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Re: Attempt to sink a Norwegian whale boat

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From: Crystal
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:15
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In <1992Dec31.132451.25563@csx.cciw.ca> hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley) writes:

>In article <1992Dec31.092242.27862@alf.uib.no> sigurd@kildin.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Sigurd Tjelmeland) writes:
>>Recently there was an attempt to sink the Norwegian
>>whale boat "Nybrenna" at quay. The organization
>>"Sea Shepherd" (Paul Watson) claimed responsibility.
>>
>>What is the subscribers opinion of such actions?

>I think that this is going too far.

>I was a member of GreenPeace a few years ago.  I was not a member who went out
>and physically intervened myself, I was only a support canvasser.

>I believe that intervention as a method of stopping whaling is OK, but an 
>attempt to destroy property or harm/kill people is going much too far.

>Environmental terrorism is not the answer.

>Harry
>-- 
>         hcp@csx.cciw.ca          |This message released|It takes all kinds,
>   hcpiv@grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca   |to the PUBLIC DOMAIN.|and to each his own.
>----------------------------------+---------------------|This thought in mind,
>Stay away from the DOS side, Luke!|Un*x don't play that.|I walk alone.


I vote "no" to vandalism of any sort, no matter what the cause is for.

Education is key.  
Compassion would be nice...but where money is involved, it seems like it
goes out the window...:<

Maybe ads showing that "macho whalers" are really low-life brainless scum would
help?  (of course, that sort of ad didn't seem to deter smoking...*sigh*)
 

 Ah, well...just randomw thoughts here...

Crystal
  ;>
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Subject: Re: Attempt to sink a Norwegian whale boat
Date: 31 Dec 92 22:15:02 GMT
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