I am curious if the exact same people that are annoyed at this protest by Greenpeace are equally less supportive when Greenpeace blocks a Japanese whaling ship.
-How about the three people who climbed up the Statue of Liberty in the 60's in support of legalizing abortion.
-Three people climbed the Golden Gate in a Free Tibet protest.
-Two people climbed the capitol building in Alabama in the 60's in protest of civil rights
-Pro life supporters calling in bomb scares at abortion clinics
-the FLQ in Quebec
-the bus boycotts in the South that created mass unemployment in the name of civil rights
-the slave revolt of Spartacus (maybe it belongs in this list)
-the Red River Rebellion
-Toronto at the G20
history is full of similar protests (I dont want to derail this thread by disagreeing about the list as I'm sure it would) and I doubt we would agree on all of the above
I would think the major reason if you agree or not is because we agree with the message not the action of the protesters.
Imagine if the Flames were about to be sold to another city and three guys climbed the tower with a "save the Flames" banner. Would everybody be reacting the same way?
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