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I agree with you, ubertuber. And I would add that I would support the breaking of laws if the protest itself serves to draw attention to greater injustices. I think this is what Greenpeace is aiming to do here. The damages of what they are protesting are viewed as outweighing the damages of what they are doing to protest it. I would be fine with this if the protest actually achieves something. If it is ineffective, they will need to change tactics. I don't know what they do to measure their success, nor do I know if it can even be measured, but this is the only way I could support what they're doing--assuming that I support the idea of moving way from coal and nuclear and towards sustainable and renewable sources.
I guess it all depends on this question: Does Greenpeace effect change?
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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