Steve dear,
you have changed 180 degrees from your old self, i can't believe it. Are
you well, or do you have a fever???
(JOKE!).
Maria-Stella
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Steve wrote:
> That's fine Jim (rocking the boat), but distorting the truth (lying?) and
> promoting fear and bullshit is in my opinion wrong (unethical?).
>
> Further, do you acknowledge they could be shooting themselves in both
> feet? If they get caught trying to foist bullshit onto the public then
> people might just stop sending in those donations.
>
> Also why is it okay for G'peace to essentially mis-represent the truth for
> funding purposes, but EEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL when a corporation wants to make
> profit off of selling something people want?
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> --- Jim Lewis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > >"Ethical Issues? See the statement "one Greenpeace organizer stated,
> > >"Our
> > >purpose is not to be scientifically correct, that's the corporation
> > >and
> > >robber-baron's job. Our job is to move the needle and affect radical
> > >change."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >So....what he saying here is junk science and fear mongering (i.e.
> > >wild exagerated claims that scare people) are okay as long as it
> > promotes
> > >radical change (and brings in donations?). Ooookay. I guess a
> > rational
> > >conversation is out with that yahoo.
> > >
> >
> > Well, he _probably_ could have been a bit more diplomatic, but as one
> > who
> > spent 30+ years with a state environmental regulatory agency -- many of
> > those years dealing with various more-or-less radical NGOs like G'peace
> > and
> > Earth First! and more traditional organizations such as Audubon and (now
> >
> > traditional) Sierra, there is a definite need for rock-the-boat
> > organizations like Greenpeace and Earth First! They get the stodgy,
> > science-oriented, very conservative agency people (and traditional
> > e-organizations) angry and thinking.
> >
> > [log in to unmask] - Tallahassee, FL - who is not a meber of ANY
> > e-organization, primarily because of his long association with BIG
> > GUMMIMINT.
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>
> =====
> "In a nutshell, he [Steve] is 100% unadulterated evil. I do not believe in a
> 'Satan', but this man is as close to 'the real McCoy' as they come."
> --Jamey Lee West
>
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