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>"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. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%