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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
You are absolutely right that most here hate the message. In this case, the messager and the message are one and the same, and that is the point that you are missing entierly - and missing quite deliberately I would argue.
The message today was that d-bag hippy attention whores went out looking for attention and got it. Indeed, most everyone here believes that, and so too did most everyone who called into QR77.
The problem with shock protests is that they generally have only one result: the general populace loses respect for the protestor. Nobody respects the assclowns who tried to force pictures of aborted fetuses into the face of anyone who happened to have a class at the U of C, and I would argue that a protest such as that would have the opposite intended effect.
OTOH, I once went for a walk up MacLeod Trail, and encountered about a thousand people also protesting a pro-life campaign. They were arrayed up Macleod from at least Chinook Centre to near Southcentre. They held signs and cheered cars that honked, but they didn't interfere with or try to shock anyone. I pretty much walked through the entire thing, and all I got was a single person saying "God bless you". No insults, no threats, no showboating, no interfering with people's lives. I disagreed with their message, but I had a great deal of respect for the way they carried themselves. More importantly, I remember it as a pro-life protest. I remember the U of C clowns as nothing more than a-holes.
If you want people to respect your cause, you need to be respected as an individual or organization. PETA and the SPCA/Calgary Humane Society obstensively have similar goals. PETA will never earn a single penny from me, but I will, and have, donated to the Humane Society. Good organizations exist to promote their cause. Bad organizations use a cause to promote themselves.
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That was not my point it was my question and it looked like you missed it.and I would have to guess deliberatly too.
My question was did the message lose its mark by the distribution of that message.
It appears you answered with your opinion, bravo. I also stated the impact remains to be seen as the news cycle works it.
Greenpeace has created a brand that brings awareness wether we like it or not. It appears you do not agree but we are now on page 9. I do not agree that the messenger and message is the same here but that is your opinion.
I would guess that your awareness of the Human Society would be less if it was not for PETA and Greenpeace. Sometimes you just have to shout to be heard.