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Originally posted by dculkin
I know nothing of admiralty law, but I suppose the members who pleaded guilty were prosecuted under some form of law prohibiting trespassing.
I also know nothing about the merit, or lack of merit, of Greenpeace's environmental complaint, but I don't think risking one's life should be passed off as "grandstanding". They obviously want to make a big show of themselves, but how else do such groups get their message out?
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Okay, my attempt at humor was unsuccessful. I thought it worked.
In general terms, I think Greenpeace is usually on the right (make that correct) side of environmental arguments. But they're as humorless as trotskyites. It makes them easy targets for people who prefer shooting messengers to reading messages.
What's wrong with using old laws? Heck, one of the oldest is, "Thou shalt do no murder." I'm rather glad it's still on the books.
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