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Unimpressed by the latest column, reader Meredith emails (under the subject heading “Zeroes not heroes”):
Sir,
it might interest you to know that some of us out here actually are concerned about the environment our children will inherit; some believe that dashing the brains out of baby seals is abhorrent; that life, other than human, is also sacred and should be respected (ever heard of albert schweitzer?) and that Greenpeace, a non profit and non sponsored organisation does a great job of at least trying to keep the bastards honest (ever heard of the Rainbow Warrior?).
Those of us who embrace any of the above (not necessarily all) would consider you an unintelligent fascist prick. A big one!
Nice of you to say so, miss, although I don’t believe we’ve met. Meanwhile, the Canadian government is stomping down on Sea Shepherd sealie-feelies, who earlier warned against government action:
"If the Canadian Coast Guard attempts to board the Farley Mowat, a Dutch ship in international waters,” said Dutch Captain Cornelissen, “I will consider that an act of war."
And Sea Shepherd chief bollard Paul Watson adds:
It’s technically an act of war to board a vessel outside the 12-mile [19 kilometres] limit without the permission of the captain ...
What a total hypocrite.
(Via Steve S.)
What a total hypocrite.
Of course. In the leftie universe, hypocrisy is a normal state of affairs. “What’s required for thee does not apply to me” comes to mind.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 13 at 02:55 PM • permalinkSo Meredith thinks it’s acceptable for others to stop:
1) People from working to provide for their families and pay taxes to fund the dole checks of greenies; and
2) People from having the freedom to choose what to eat and where to buy it from;
but not acceptable to stop:
1) People from killing other people in airports; and
2) People from slandering the memories of people who worked hard because their beliefs on animal rights are different.
Sounds like someone I would never want to have a beer with… because it seems I’d be left with the tab.
I hope Meredith is a vegetarian.
It’s technically an act of war to board a vessel outside the 12-mile [19 kilometres] limit without the permission of the captain ...
I think Mr Watson may have had this explained to him by someone with authority quite recently and so it’s nice and fresh in his mind (see total hypocrite link).
It’s technically an act of war to board a vessel outside the 12-mile [19 kilometres] limit without the permission of the captain ...
Since Mr. Watson is part of a non-government entity, and not acting on behalf of any recognized government, what would that make his mates, Lane and Potts? Pirates?
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 13 at 03:09 PM • permalinkCo-Founder of Greenpeace thinks you’re an idiot, Meredith...
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2008 04 13 at 03:12 PM • permalink#8 paco
As annoying as that may appear, we should be thankful she didn’t employ the dreaded CAPS LOCK.
=^0
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 13 at 03:13 PM • permalink#9 richard
Wasn’t Patrick Moore denounced by his former colleagues as a traitor and “corporate tool” recently?
Perceptive comment from that link:
Well, you know, most whacko movements weren’t whacko in the beginning (there are exceptions, of course).
Feminists wanted women to have the right to vote.
Black activists wanted an end to slavery (and later, Jim Crow laws).
Environmentalists wanted the Cuyahoga River to not catch on fire any more.
All perfectly reasonable goals.
After things have improved, the non-crazoids say “Well, that problem is solved. There are plenty of other problems to work on—time to Move On.”
Thus, the screeching nutjobs are left in charge of the organization.
Posted by: Dead Career Sketch
Screeching nutjobs is, umm… Wright (as in Rev. Jeremiah).
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 13 at 03:25 PM • permalinkI’ve been able to obtain Watson’s arrest pic which was slipped through the Canadian ministry of war censors :p
Do they not get laid enough, or what?
More likely because they think with their gonads, and not their brains, Rebecca.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 13 at 04:28 PM • permalinkI think she wants you to dress up as Goebells and spank her.
Posted by mr creosote on 2008 04 13 at 04:46 PM • permalink”...ever heard of albert schweitzer?”
No, but I’ve heard of Albert Schweitzer. Famous organist.
And as for Greenpeace being non-profit. Sure. It’s a commercial organisation just as concerned with revenues and surpluses as any business - same as Oxfam, St Vincent de Paul, Salvaion Army, &c. Non-profit doesn’t mean not making a lot of money. It merely means funds can’t be paid to the directors, i.e., not for the profit of the directors.
The difference with Greenpeace is you can join and ask for a couple of the financials - and you’ll be told to piss off. It’s a secretive, shadowy private club.
The directors and managers can draw a salary and take fringe benefits and I’d be guessing that in the case of Greenpeace they’re on a nice little earner thanks to tools like Meredith.
Posted by walterplinge on 2008 04 13 at 05:35 PM • permalinkit might interest you to know that some of us out here actually are concerned about the environment our children will inherit; some believe that dashing the brains out of baby seals is abhorrent; that life, other than human, is also sacred and should be respected...that Greenpeace, a non profit and non sponsored organisation does a great job of at least trying to keep the bastards honest...
...that nuclear power is scawy, so we’ve prevented plants from being built and thus have furthered the burning of fossil fuels… that birdies are precious (ever heard of Rachel Carson?), so we banned DDT and thus killed several million Third World children… that the carbon released by the fossil-fuel use we supported through our opposition to nuclear energy should be offset, so people are clearing old-growth forests and planting eucalyptus for big greenie profits… that GM foods are as scawy as nukes, so we’ve convinced African nations not to accept them and the seeds to feed their people…
“Those of us who embrace any of the above (not necessarily all) should be considered dangerously stupid crypto-Marxist cunts. Big ones!”
Then they think very small thoughts…
Which might be another reason for lefties hating big pricks.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 13 at 05:42 PM • permalinkCo-Founder of Greenpeace thinks you’re an idiot, Meredith…
The co-founder of Greenpieces can get in line behind the rest of us, Richard.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut on 2008 04 13 at 05:55 PM • permalink#33 kae
I saw that, too.
If he’s still using that nic there, why is he calling himself “formerly Huck Foley” here? I’m so confused…
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 13 at 06:06 PM • permalinkI’m glad Tim “Hung like a Bull” Blair is finally getting some recognition from lefty chicks.
Posted by Mystery Meat on 2008 04 13 at 06:28 PM • permalinkWith respect to Watson and others of his stripe, I’ve always believed that, in most cases, those who arrogate to themselves the right to take direct action in contravention of the law are driven by (a) the arrested development of their maturity and (b) a terminal indolence stemming from a deep-seated aversion to honest work. The only difference between Watson and, say, a bank robber is that the former has dressed up his social pathology in the guise of “the public good”, whereas the latter straight-forwardly focuses on his bottom line.
The male of the species is always happy to have the female favourably comment on the hugeness of his genitalia.
Of course, the reverse would hold true for the female genitalia.DEAR MADAM:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECENT ORDER FROM OUR SEX TOYS SHOP.
YOU ASKED FOR THE LARGE RED VIBRATOR AS FEATURED ON OUR WALL DISPLAY.
PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER ITEM.
BECAUSE THAT IS OUR FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Or maybe chasing illegal aliens back across the border with pitchforks.
Hell, I wish that Barry said we typical white folks wanted to run illegal aliens back to Mexico. I’d say, “Hell, yes.” What he said was that we had an anti-immigrant attitude. We who oppose illegal aliens are way too quiet about the sly way the media and the Dems always use the term “anti-immigration.” Whenever I get into this argument, and my opponent pulls the “this country was founded by immigrants” card, my reply is, “I’m sorry, I thought we were talking about illegal aliens. Do you want to talk about immigration? OK, I’ll start. I say we should raise the yearly quota at least 300%, and streamline the procedure - the increase to be filled with people with skills. I want to poach the world of talent and make it easier for them to become citizens. What do you think? And then can we get back to talking about illegal aliens?”
Actually, I think you all are just “bitter” because of the lack of economic opportunity, and if you weren’t commenting here, you’d be sitting around in a barn singing “Amazing Grace” while participating in a gun-cleaning-bee. Or maybe chasing illegal aliens back across the border with pitchforks.
Well, I do go a-churchin’ every Sunday with a bunch of bitter folks who complain about how the government is evil and screws them over, and we yell an’ whoop it up when the preacher rails against them Italians and Jews, an’ then we…
Oops, wait a minute, that’s not me, that’s Barack Obama.
#48 Dave: One of the great things about this election year is that McCain, who is short of funding, should be able to save considerable money just by letting Obama and Hillary pile up those valuable sound bites; little if any original writing and narration will be required for political ads - just play back what Obama (or Hillary, in the unlikely event she’s nominated) actually said.
Good points on immigration, incidentally.
#47
Well, I don’t know egg_, but I’m sure that she is one of the founding members of the group.Posted by jaycee1953 on 2008 04 13 at 09:01 PM • permalinkthat life, other than human, is also sacred and should be respected (ever heard of albert schweitzer?)
And, that dear Meredith, includes the sealers whose deaths were celebrated by Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson.
As for Watson’s comments, it isn’t quite hypocrisy. Watson considers himself to be at war with Japanese whalers and boarding the whalers was, in his view, a legitimate act in that war. He relies on the Japanese not responding with deadly force, so he can wage his war without getting himself hurt.
Personally, I think he is a pirate and should be dealt with as one. Deadly force on the high seas, arrest and prison if he appears in port. If you are looking for racist hypocrisy look no further than an Australian government that allows a white man’s pirate vessel to refuel and replenish while calling for action against Asian and African pirates.
Canadian action against the Sea Shepherd vessel is legitimate because Watson had already declared war. It also shows the Canadians have bigger testicles than the Australians. We would not have said that a couple of years back.
Meredith writes like that blogger who liked darkness. Now seemed to have pricked and let out some lightness.
Posted by stackja1945 on 2008 04 13 at 09:08 PM • permalink#53: “that only life other than human is
alsosacred” is what Greenies typically mean. Because if human life were sacred they’d have to be against abortion and the various incarnations and permutations of the “right to die”... which they emphatically are not. Well, unless they’re genuine Buddhists- which they’re not.#56 Pickles
Stop it! She’ll have to resort to: Sisters are doing it for themselves ...Russel Crowe to play Paul Watson in upcoming docudrama?
Speaking of pirates, I saw a flap regarding how the Somali pirates that the Frogs grabbed will be tried. Something about jurisdiction.
I say the Frogs offer to fly them back in a chopper, and release them into the proper jurisdiction at about 5000 feet.
Or as Traceee would say, “feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-splat”.
Posted by mr creosote on 2008 04 14 at 12:15 AM • permalinkAlso speaking of pirates, the politically correct nanny state has some new rules for its Navy:
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights.
Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been warned that there is also a risk that captured pirates could claim asylum in Britain.
The Foreign Office has advised that pirates sent back to Somalia could have their human rights breached because, under Islamic law, they face beheading for murder or having a hand chopped off for theft.
Posted by Art Vandelay on 2008 04 14 at 12:31 AM • permalinkSo, let me get this straight. The British Navy will be patrolling the seas looking for pirates. Pirates who breach the human rights of honest seafaring folk, sometimes by killing said folk. Once the pirates are found, they cannot be detained by the navy as it could breach the human rights of the pirate. Sounds like a Gilbert & Sullivan script. Pure farce.
Just as a concern for starving children in Africa is no reason to take Bruce Petty’s film seriously, a concern for the environment and the appropriate method for despatching baby seals is no reason to take hippies and fantasist sea captains seriously.
“They shot me they did!”
In the words of the classics, “Sod off, Swampy.”
The FO said ‘do not detain’, not ‘do not sink.’
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2008 04 14 at 11:45 AM • permalinkOkay, this proves it: the more left a person is, the less sense of humor or irony. How could she not have caught the “big prick” thing? Or is she one of those notorious feminazis to whom the concept of having a penis is the worst insult one could possibly fathom? Either way, it doesn’t say much for her argument if she can’t present it without making a gaffe that has the rest of us in hysterics.
Unless, of course, this is an excuse to make blog post after blog post about how immature right-wingers are. But somehow, I doubt it.
Posted by Tungsten Monk on 2008 04 14 at 06:06 PM • permalink
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”...that life, other than human, is also sacred..."
Obviously, from this comment, the lovely Meredith is opposed to abortion. Of human babies, not merely seals, to be precise.