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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."
Greenpeace is full of hypocrites. They run their organization on fossil fuels then protest the fossil fuel industry. They take money to not protest against companies. They are just a variation on the protection racket
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
Why is activism directed at the most high-profile target wrong? One of the big activist-buzzphrases is "consciousness-raising," after all. If you believed that the chemicals in a certain class of consumer products is harmful to the environment, it makes perfect sense to go after the market leader and cultural icon in that class of consumer products. That Greenpeace has decided focus attention on Apple as the optimal strategy for achieving their political goals does not imply that they find similar manufacturing practices of other companies unobjectionable. It's simply that they make more political progress when they direct all their available resources to this particular subject.
You are stupid. Wildfires put CO2 back into the air that the trees took out. Over the lifetime of the trees, which isn't long at all, it's a net 0 C02 source.
Squeezing your fat American ass into an SUV or "muscle car" (what a joke) and driving said piece of shit burns carbon that was taken out of the atmosphere millions of years ago. This adds carbon to the atmosphere that hasn't been there for millions of years.
There is a difference, a big one, even if your puny brain can't understand it.
"And you were doing so well. You actually had me agreeing with you until this. But you're just another divisive, partisan fucktard. Oh well."
Precisely. I'm having a debate, you're having a name-calling session. Rarely is the open-mindedness and enlightenment so, so....."progressive".
And by the way...that "progress"? It's destination is socialism.
And how can I not be partisan? One side is using the same verbage as the terrorist, going on about global warming and the housing market, the other is trying to keep free speech open (not getting the 'fairness doctrine' re-instated. One party is certain that teaching masterbation to kindergarteners and pushing drugs, the other is against it.
So partisan? Sure. You have to pick a side. Do it with reason, not knee-jerk heart-strings. And clean up your language- it's a sure way to indicate you've lost the argument, every time.
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Come to think of it, nobody claimed that Saddam was connected to Al Queda in particular, but he was indeed a sponsor of terrorism. Abu Nidal lived in Bhagdad as his guest, and Saddam paid the families of palestinian suicide bombers.
But hey, don't take my word for it: check out what Al Gore had to say about Saddam's connections to terrorism back in 1992.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Well Apple tries to be responsible environmentally. Targeting them actually hurts Greenpeace case. It makes them look out of touch on what is happening. Targeting a large company who is popular and being cavalier about the environment is one thing. But apple actually tries to make their products Green after the first busting from greenpeace, is counter productive because it makes them seem like they will whine and moan no matter what... If they are going to whine and moan then you might as well do it the most affordable way right. The problem with activist groups is when they win, they don't know to stop. They build up all this hate and anger and fight the bad guy when the bad guy converts they still have all this hate and anger towards them and still fight them.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
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Do you have any idea how snotty editing someone else's words to completely reverse their meaning and then claiming that it's a "correction" is? FUCK YOU.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."