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- From: ledwards@leland.Stanford.EDU (Laurence James Edwards)
- Subject: Re: Notch another one up for the Greennazis
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.015757.20243@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- References: <1992Nov9.034442.12361@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <Jym.12Nov1992.0901@naughty-peahen> <1992Nov12.221451.5280@inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 01:57:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.221451.5280@inel.gov>, dpe@inel.gov (Don Palmrose) writes:
- ct
- |> [.....]
- |> Greenpeace and other similar organizations have in the past disreguarded
- |> international law on the open sea in order to meet their goals.
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- Wouldn't be surprised ... isn't this known as civil disobedience?
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- |> [....]
- |> It was strikingly
- |> clear that the Greenpeace ship was acting illegally by being in the area and
- |> refusing the lawful orders of the US Navy vessel. But Greenpeace reason was
- |> that their actions superceeded the rights of the US Navy to freely test
- |> their weapon systems *in accordance to all international laws*. In summary,
- |> Greenpeace was completely and absolutely wrong in this case.
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- No they were just being weenies, if your gonna break the law to make a point
- seems to me you should let it be known that you've broken the law and will
- go on breaking the law until you achieve your goal.
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- Larry Edwards
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