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To: greenspirit who wrote (118266)	11/1/2003 5:53:47 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 281500

<<They jumped me and tried to beat the shit out of me while entering the base. >> From the tried I take it you opened a can of whipass and did our country proud.

To: greenspirit who wrote (118266)	11/1/2003 11:48:45 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

< I was almost killed by a gang of Greenpeace fanatics in Faslane Scotland.> Why did they do that? Can you provide some context? Beating people up is not (or, I guess I should say, is not officially) one of their approved tactics. Their official policy (from their homepage, About Us): <We use research, lobbying, and quiet diplomacy to pursue our goals, as well as high-profile, non-violent conflict to raise the level and quality of public debate.> In any large dispersed organization, there are going to be people who don't follow the group's rules. If the organization is competent and honest, such people should be identified, re-trained, disciplined, and expelled if that doesn't work. I've had contact with Greenpeace people in the U.S. (not overseas). I've never been a member, although I'm considering joining. Any group I'd join has to use only nonviolent methods, and rigorously enforce that ethic. Convince me that your accusation is real, and I won't join them. I'm serious.