They used a submarine: <Besides, how could it possibly have been conducted with frogmen when the ship was moving ? > A submarine was how the rest of the gang got away.
A submarine wouldn't have had much trouble sinking a Greenpeace boat in the middle of the ocean.
How much would I have to pay you to allow me to kill your wife or children? That would be a suitable level of compensation I think, though there would still be an ethical dilemma for some fainthearted humanist types. I think it was about $15 million for Greenpeace and the family. Don't you think your family might be worth more to you than a few $$million?
Of course Greenpeace did better from the free advertising of just what barbaric pigs they are dealing with in states around the world. So their donations and political impetus gained ground. Military Intelligence was shown again to be lacking where it mattered.
I didn't know the punishment for pointing out environmentally destructive acts by states and companies is death: < Finally, however unjust that photographer death is, aren't we kind of used to seeing Greenpeace guys taking high risks at high seas for their ideas, their fight, or the media coverage ?> Maybe English isn't your first language, but just as the mass murder at the Twin Towers wasn't really a tragedy [though plenty of people use that term], the murder by the frogmen and woman wasn't 'unjust'. It was criminal. When somebody robs a bank, it isn't 'unjust', it's criminal. When somebody rapes a child, it's not 'unjust'. It's evil and horrific. The destruction of the Twin Towers was a horrific slaughter, not a tragedy, nor 'unjust'.
The only high risk they take on high seas is going close to the cowardly military thugs who show great courage in beating up unarmed civilians or murdering them with limpet mines. Oh, hang on, you don't even have to go on the high seas - the cowardly military intelligences hunt you down parked in a harbour. Seeking publicity hasn't been a capital crime in the freedom-loving west as far as I know. In fact, a lot of people seem to think it something great - we are not far off rule by celebrity.
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PS: There is no price acceptable. The $15 million is more a punishment than a compensation. I wouldn't trade my family for all the money in the world. Because, if I had all the money in the world, I wouldn't be capable of telling so many people what to do anyway. That would be an impossible burden. Which is one reason fortunes can never get very big. They become too big for anyone to manage. However, I would like to take all the money from the murderers and extinguish their lives. That's my theory for today [subject to change without notice] |
