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HP the Victim of Enterprising Greenpeace Stunt
An anonymous reader writes "Employees at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto received a shock this morning as they checked their voicemail and found that each and every one of them had received a message from Captain James T. Kirk, AKA William 'The Shat' Shatner, upbraiding the company for abandoning their plans to remove toxins from its hardware. The organization behind this stunt was Greenpeace, who, to underline their point, scaled the building and painted 'Hazardous Products' on the roof with toxin-free paint."
You guessed right, I got the Dell thing by googling "apple greenwash" and lookig at the headlines, then I lost interest. GP link thier causes to Apple and other high profile brands for publicity.
I've been a greenie since the 70's, GP's political ideologists took over their scientific foundations decades ago. Many of the founders have left in disgust, particularly after they started campaingning against chloride in the late 90's. You still hear people say chlorine in water should be banned after GP's stupid campaign against what is probably the most effective heath measure of the 20th century in terms of number of deaths prevented. Personally I blame GP for many people's conflation of greenies and ludites.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
Trespassing, yes.
"Vandalism" would be a stretch IMHO, but heck send the cleaning bill to Greenpeace.
"Terrorist actions"? WTF you fucking crazy brainwashed american dumbass.
"Terrorist actions?" WTF are you talking about? The term is completely meaningless as it is, but then to apply it to someone painting something on a roof? That is called 'vandalism'. This sort of thinking is well on its way to being the downfall of our society -- people like you have sacrificed more of our freedoms on the altar of safety in the past 8 years than the past 3 generations combined. So, please, give the terrorism thing a rest. The rational world thanks you.
To the haters: You can't win. If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine
Killing somebody for trespassing is murder, both morally and legally. If you really are worried about your safety, you would call the police first and only confront them when directly threatened. By purposely confronting them you increase the threat to yourself and anyone with you if they happen to really be dangerous.
On top of this, you're commenting about something that has happened to commercial property, not your private residence.
Please, stay in Texas