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Originally Posted by Regorium
I thought of a better and more elegant way to express my point of view without so much venom.
I feel that GP is extremely ignorant about the happenings of the world, and their message is just as ignorant as the rest of their inane ramblings. However, as I do believe that we are better than them, we don't have to be ignorant about their message before completely tearing it apart (as some posters above me have already done). Their actual message is ######ed enough without having to resort to ignoring it in order to make fun of it.
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Those that ignore it do so because of the messenger's history. That is the fault of Greenpeace. Those that contemplated generally don't understand it. Again, that is the fault of Greenpeace. Those that already support Greenpeace claim to understand it.
As with most of these groups, their protests are designed to preach to the choir. That is one of the primary reasons why I dismiss this stunt as little more than self promotion. They become news again for a day, and that leads those that already support them to donate to the cause.
But their message is completely lost on the wider populace because of their stunt. If they want to see a "separation of oil and state" they need to convince the public at large. By all accounts, the missed the mark badly. All they have done is reinforce the argument with their merry little band of supporters.