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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Will, are you just arguing to argue, or are you serious?
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This thread is showing me that a lot of people out there don't understand protesters at all, and it's really frustrating. I'm 100% serious.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
GreenPeace is an organization of people. People are inherently unpredictable. Your statement can be word-for-word translated to other organizations and you probably wouldnt agree:
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The difference, of course, is that the Catholic Church, Muslims, and Congress never have suggested, as whole organizations, that they are non-violent, and also they have a history of being responsible for and directly connected to violence. Neither of those is true for GreenPeace.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Do you see how assuming something about someone PURELY based on their organization is a TERRIBLE idea? Do you see why it is unsafe? I don't care how convinced you are that they aren't violent, there are probably violent people in GreenPeace.
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It's based on precedence. GreenPeace has never been violent. Ever. In over 30 years and hundreds or possibly thousands of actions, not once has a GreenPeace member become violent. They've had violence done against them, of course. So, by precedence, the tanker crew is actually more likely to become violent than the protesters.
Sure, it's not completely impossible for a member of GreenPeace to become violent, but is so unlikely based on reality that planning for or expecting it is unreasonable. A Buddhist monk could become violent, too, but are you going to wear body armor into a monastery? Shit no. Why? It's completely unreasonable.
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Originally Posted by JinnKai
And you know what? If I were thinking of being a true pirate and taking over a ship at sea, I think wearing a GreenPeace shirt would be a really easy way for me to do it. I'm not actually a member, but if the boat is full of people like you, you'd immediately trust that I had no violent intentions.
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You'd be the first. Ever. In the history of the whole species. Think about that.