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Greenpeace - oh what have they become :(
BrumLee:
new reply, different person:
--- Quote from: "Greenpeace" ---Hello Lee
John passed me your email detailing your advice that we ‘work together with those you wish to influence’ because it’s ‘a better way of achieving’ while ‘throwing insults will lose you support. It is there for the world to see which path Greenpeace have chosen.’
Thank you for your suggestions. Can I direct you towards a story detailing how we worked closely with McDonald’s in an ultimately successful attempt to slow deforestation in the Amazon biome? A deal between us, UK retailers and US multinationals was signed last night instituting a 2 year moratorium on soya production in the biome. The BBC World Service ran with the story for an entire day, recognizing the significance of the co-operation between us and business.
Unfortunately not all of our efforts to work with business are as successful, notably the auto industry. While the Amazon is threatened once again by drought this year – a direct effect of climate change – greenhouse gas emissions rise, with transport as responsible as other areas of the economy and poor vehicle efficiency being one of the main reasons. What is Land Rover doing? Little.
In short, we work with business and we get results. Where business won’t shift or work with us, we campaign, and we still get results. With climate change threatening the very fabric of our societies before the end of this century, I will leave it to you to tell your descendents what you did and didn’t do to reduce emissions. And we can’t say we weren’t warned – check out this very recent story, about the Amazon drought:
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1191932.ece
And check out the details of our work with business this week:
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/forests.cfm?ucidparam=20060725095242
And finally, on the use of a couple of rude words, I would point out that last week news outlets across the world broadcast the use of the word ‘shit’ by the President of the United States. It’s only a word after all, and its use is not exactly the most pressing issue we face on this planet. This is:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change
All the best
Ben Stewart
Greenpeace
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Devon-Rover:
And the reason why they have to resort to Purile name calling is?
They haven't answerd the question just avoided it and tried to give some other excuse as to why they should campaign for climate change in a non related way to the fact that have targed 4x4 drivers.
rangerider:
Didnt I read somewhere that for some great percentage of the devolping world the first motor vehicle seen was a landrover????
so what has landrover done? opened up the world would be my answer!
MrTFWitt:
A better response but neatly side stepping the issues of workplace bullying.
I'm not a solicitor but as far as I can tell the act of "incitement to hatred" is only an offence if its based on national, racial or religous grounds.
Now if we can get 10,000 people to declare off-roading as their religion in the next census it will become a recognised religion just as the Jedis did last time.
That would put a different spin on the whole thing.
rangerider:
Urban Myth Im afraid.
--- Quote ---But officials from the Office of National Statistics are keen to point out that just because Jedi Knight has been given its own code, that does not confer on it the status of official recognition.
"We are not defining what a religion or a faith might be," a spokeswoman said. "We are recognising what some may have entered on their census form and ensuring that our coding framework will cater for it."
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Taken from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1589133.stm
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