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Greenpeace Admits Targeting Apple Grabs Headlines
An anonymous reader writes "Gizmodo published this morning allegations by the bromine industry claiming that Greenpeace's report on the iPhone was inaccurate and alarmist. They got an official rebuttal to the bromine industry by Greenpeace, but the most interesting part is their acknowledgment that their targeting of Apple, even while they have similar reports on every manufacturer, is a deliberate attempt to grab headlines. While it's logical and not surprising, I find it quite shocking to see them be so cavalier, and even hypocritical, about it."
See the novel State of Fear...it's not too far off it seems...
For the sake of Peace, the Sword.
There's a reason why the founder left; it's gotten so far off-mission he couldn't stand it anymore.
The problem with the left is that the newbies are swept in on the lie that they're open minded, inclusive, real thinkers-and-feelers. To them, the world is so important, they just have to feel bad about it. (Thought not really doing anything about it; maybe send money.)
But as it progresses, you see a lot of real hate from there. Just tune into Air America; the hate is on display. I don't say this to start a flame war, but to illuminate a problem. A few weeks ago something Limbaugh never said was put in front of a Senator for response. It snowballed and snowballed while the truth was sitting right there on Limbaugh's site. As it gained momentum after a few days with all the liberal media (the majority of expressed thought in this nation) continued to bash him for something that never happened. Nine days later and still no correction on AP. CNN let the little detail of the truth slip by. It would appear that all the open-minded, enlightened "journalists" never bothered to check the transcripts; they wanted the story to be true.
That's about the time the ember hit the gasoline.
Harry Reid, another public servant with no intention of finding the truth, had 40 of his Democrat friends sign a letter meant for the owner of ClearChannel to have him shut down. This private citizen was in the crosshairs of American Abuse of Power gone mad...but Rush is the owner's friend...while repeating the story over and over through the days of the week with no sign of the left seeking the truth, he put it up for auction on eBay, matched whatever the highest bid would be, and waited a week.
It broke eBay three times. The top bid was $2,200,100 or so, with all the money going to MC-LEF, a charity for the people the Left insisted Rush had attacked: children of dead Marines and/or Government workers.
At the very last moment, Harry Reid spoke in ways suggesting that, though they (he and Limbaugh) had differences, "they were working on making the most of this" suggesting he had *anything* to do with it at all. And that'd be the hypocrisy, right there.
Conservatives are about truth, ideas that work, and doing things without governmental controls, but the private sector instead. Liberals have one facade they portray to grab the whiny-hearts, the undecided, the people who know no history, and those with hate to spare. It's a big tent, the Democrat party...tree huggers, herbalists, hippies, union thugs, foreign spies, and bigots. There's just one idea: making people victims. When they're victims, they election on "we'll get those republicans, this time!" and they never do.
Ask any black man. How long has the "War on Poverty" been going on? I suspect with the gang-shootings that take place in those welfare hotels, more have died there, than in the Iraq occupation. This is cruel, people: as descendants of slaves, we have a duty to help them more than just throwing crumbs and letting them watch TV and wish for a better life. Welfare isn't an answer for *anyone* past the first year. Everyone needs to work, start a small business, and live the good life. Don't they deserve it, too?
Greenpeace is just another robot organization of this party. They feel empowered by Gaia herself to slash out at people "destroying" the planet...but we're not. And the vanity of such an idea is beyond me. Have these people never seen a satellite photo? We're so VERY small on this planet....and it was made for us to occupy.
Who points out people as black/American Indian/whatever? The Left.
Who tries to buy votes with taxpayer money as a central plank? The Left.
Who would have you programmed, rather than think for yourself? The Left.
Democrats talk about "bringing jobs to the area"? Like so many fireflies. Republicans talk about how YOU can start your own company, how YOU can have the American Dream. It's part of their mindset, and part of the campaigns. It's also why so many support things like
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If I hated them would I spend the effort to try to correct their unseemly behavior with the occasional beating?
No, I wouldn't.
How in the name of blue fuck was this modded insightful? Ads which mock PC users, humble? At what point do you realize that a company with a market value of OVER $150 BILLION is not a quiet little family company? Spare me the 'but it's the ethos, man'? Apple is no more a garage company, it's a tightly choreographed Broadway production.
I hate to venture off topic here, but since you brought it up:
First, Iraq had WMD's. What do you think they sprayed all over those Kurds, Mr Clean?
Next WMD's have been found in Iraq. Just not the enourmous stockpiles that everyone from John Kerry to John Rumsfield said we'd find. Still, there is speculation that they were moved to Syria. So please stop comparing WMD's in Iraq to Santa Clause. It's like saying that we found a little house, an old fat guy in a red suit, his wife and nine flying reindeer at the north pole, but no elves. Therefor, Santa doesn't exist!
Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with Iraq. No one ever said that except for those on the left that try to say that Bush said it. No one ever said that Iraq had anything to do with 9-11. The only thing that was ever said was that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a wanted high ranking Al Qaeda member was being harbored in Iraq. Low and behold, a bombing raid killed him in June of 2006... in IRAQ.
I understand that you think that if you say it enough, it will become true. Of course, why should we let the facts get in the way of your version of "the truth".
Again, whether or not there were WMD's or Al Qaeda in Iraq or not... Al Qaeda is in Iraq right now, with Bin Laden's blessing. Why just today, this came out: Osama bin Laden scolded his al-Qaida followers in Iraq and other insurgents Monday, saying they have "been lax" for failing to overcome fanatical tribal loyalties and unite in the fight against U.S. troops.
The message of his new audiotape reflected the growing disarray among Iraq's Sunni Arab insurgents and bin Laden's client group in the country, both of which are facing heavy U.S. military pressure and an uprising among Sunni tribesmen. So if you agree that we should be fighting al Qaeda and Bin Laden's cronies, then Iraq is the place to be!
Back on topic...
It made people aware that there are environmental impacts associated with buying new gizzmos.
So let me see if I understand this. It's OK to lie and fabricate dangers of a product, as long as it is to make people aware of those same dangers of that product? Does that not totally fry your logic center? You'd think that if the danger was real, then Greenpeace wouldn't have to lie about it. Hell, IF those dangers were real, then Greenpeace wouldn't be lying, now would they? Kinda makes you understand why even Greenpeace's founder is against Greenpeace.
Of course, we could also apply your twisted thinking back to Iraq. If it's OK to lie about a company in order to keep a few tons of electronics from hitting landfills (even though all those pocket calculators haven't caused a catastrophe), then it should be OK to lie about WMD's in order to liberate 20 million people from a tyrant.
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And so more than half of those afflicted with this wrong information will think GREENPEACE when they see an iPhone. Brilliant, but sinister.
As I child, I idealized Greenpeace. They were saving the whales, for goodness' sake.
About five years ago, I woke up.
Greenpeace is now a blackmail organization. This crap with Apple - they pull the same thing with many other respected companies, and have sullied the name of an organization that used to be truly, vehemently, for the good of the earth.
Now it's just a marketing organization for a bunch of radical trustafarians out to make a name for themselves.
You don't have to be a tin foil hatter to see that green peace does not promote polices that will lead to an improved human condition. For one thing, they routinely target the electronics industry, probably the cleanest industry around. Not only do electronics make our lives better by organizing information and promoting communication, but they make industry itself more efficient. But it is targeted by green peace because that's where the money is, and it's easy to promote fear when new technology is involved.
Another good example is GMOs. Green-peace is always decrying pesticides, but then the come out against GMOs. WTF? The whole point of GMOs is that you won't have to use pesticides anymore!!!! If green peace cares about the environment, they should be all for GMOs, right? Please don't reply to this post with some nonsense about round-up ready corn, it's still better than the alternative.
Probably the best example is nuclear power. Nuclear power does not emit pollution into the environment, period. That's good, right? But no, green peace is completely against it. What the hell is going on?!?
This supposedly environmentalist organization is always coming out against new technologies that will improve environmental quality. I'll tell you what, either they don't know anything about the environment, or they are not an environmentalist organization. I'm not going to speculate what their motives and intentions are, but either way they're a menace to society.