On Thursday, May
1st, 2014, the environmental group Greenpeace sent two ships to harass a
Russian tanker from carrying the first load of oil from an offshore platform in
the Arctic Ocean. They did this in the Dutch port at Rotterdam, and after they
were arrested by Dutch police. One of the two ships captain, the Rainbow
Warrior’s, was arrested before by Russian police while protesting in Russia,
along with 27 other activists. Greenpeace is opposed to arctic drilling, and
this is because they believe that it is very dangerous in case of a spill in
arctic water (because of its isolation).
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| The Rainbow Warrior |
I’m
all for Greenpeace’s message, for I too am opposed to arctic drilling, but
acting like terrorists instead of confronting the government is not the way to
do it. For example, if you want Americans to get out of your country, would you
a) make an agreement with their government, or b) bomb their embassy thus
starting a war with America. Starting a war is clearly how not to get Americans
to stop being in your country, and so terrorizing tankers is not how to stop
arctic drilling. Reverting to terrorism is not how to solve offshore drilling;
it is how to loose all negotiating capability of your organization outright.
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Dutch police detain 31 Greenpeace
activists
May 1, 2014
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Aljezeera
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