Wishing Greenpeace an unhappy birthday

[Elton]

This is an interesting piece:

 

http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/11068/

 

Nonetheless, Greenpeace, which claims to have 2.9million supporters around the world, has had an indubitable influence over the remaining 99.96 per cent of the world’s population.

 

Sounds like most angling-representation, that line!

 

As does this paragraph!

 

NGOs – unaccountable, undemocratic, unchecked and self-appointed organisations - occupy space created by the political establishment’s increasing distance from the public. However, they do nothing to bring either national or global politics closer to us. In fact, they make it more remote. There is no formal way to challenge the influence, agenda or ideas of NGOs. They claim to best represent the facts, the issues the world faces, and to represent ‘stakeholders’ and the ‘voiceless’, but have begun to displace the public from politics. Hence we see them straddling the Houses of Parliament, demanding that MPs ‘change the politics’. But nobody ever voted for Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth or Oxfam.

[Jaffa]

Thanks for the link Elton.

 

I'd take it further than the author though:

 

 

NGOs – unaccountable, undemocratic, unchecked and self-appointed organisations - occupy space created by the political establishment’s increasing distance from the public. However, they do nothing to bring either national or global politics closer to us. In fact, they make it more remote. There is no formal way to challenge the influence, agenda or ideas of NGOs. They claim to best represent the facts, the issues the world faces, and to represent ‘stakeholders’ and the ‘voiceless’, but have begun to displace the public from politics. Hence we see them straddling the Houses of Parliament, demanding that MPs ‘change the politics’. But nobody ever voted for Greenpeace, WWF, Friends of the Earth or Oxfam.

 

From what I've seen they have been willing to participate in the destruction of scientific methodology for a "quick buck", or too sidestep any questioning of their deeply held religious philosophy.

 

Elton, I've prob been a bit of a pain in the neck for you over the last few years but you have no idea how scary I found some of the output from the anti fishfarming reps and just how upside down the world was becoming when once respected scientific journals started publishing advertising instead of science.

Edited September 30, 2011 by Jaffa

[barry luxton]

Not a supporter of greenpeace, however i support this lot even less. Weak management?

 

http://www.fishnewseu.com/latest-news/worl...ded-by-you.html