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HP the Victim of Enterprising Greenpeace Stunt

Posted by samzenpus on from the set-phasers-to-ineffective dept.

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."

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  1. But that black paint... by cattrain · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... would cause more heat. That white roof is designed to reduce the amount of heat produced. When they added black to the roof, it just caused the roof to be inefficient. Looks like greenpeace is trying to increase the amount of carbon produced by air conditioning.

    1. Re:But that black paint... by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apple now sells products because they are the greenest.

      [Citation needed]

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    2. Re:But that black paint... by TapeCutter · · Score: 2, Insightful

      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.

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    3. Re:But that black paint... by TapeCutter · · Score: 2

      I agree that GP has done some great things in the areas where the science matches their dogma. I don't find GP's current psuedo-scientific nonsense inspiring, I find it dissapointing given it's roots. Thier opposition to GM food is total fucking nonsense and their opposition to reactors is a couple of decades behind other greenies.

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  2. Re:Anonymous Coward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.

  3. Re:Anonymous Coward by thisnamestoolong · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "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.

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  4. Re:Anonymous Coward by RockDoctor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone should go to jail for trespassing.
    Terrorist actions should not be overlooked.

    Can't you just hang, draw and quarter them as an expression of traditional American respect for dissenting opinion and tea parties?

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  5. Re:Anonymous Coward by enrevanche · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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