Comment Re:That's a bit of a fallacy. (Score 1) 450
Define: Terrorist
# An agent of a sub-national group who uses premeditated, politically motivated violence against non-combatant targets, usually intended to ...
www.asme-iti.org/RAMCAP/Terminology.cfm
# One who utilizes the systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives, while disguised as a civilian non-combatant. ...
www.aeroflight.co.uk/definitions.htm
# Use should be restricted specifically to references to people and nongovernmental organizations planning and executing acts of violence against civilian or noncombatant targets. www.careerjournaleurope.com/columnists/styleandsubstance/glossary.html
# a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
So how does the practice of chaining together barrels half full of rocks and dumping them into known shipping and fishing lanes fit into the equation? Note: A barrel half full of rocks will float just below the surface of the water where ships will not detect it then in calm water it can wrap around the props of passing ships, there by disabling them; however, in rough seas they have been known to wash up on deck and endanger the crew directly.
Political motive and criminal action: Brent Spar oil platform affair in 1995, in which Greenpeace mounted a successful campaign (including occupation of the platform and a public boycott) to force one of the platform's co-owners, Royal Dutch/Shell, to dismantle the platform on land instead of scuttling it. A moratorium on the dumping of offshore installations was almost immediately adopted in Europe, and three years later the Environment Ministers of the countries bordering the North East Atlantic agreed with Greenpeace, and adopted a permanent ban on the dumping of offshore installations at sea (PDF). After the occupation of the Brent Spar it became known that Shell had not misled the public as to the amount of toxic wastes on board the installation. Greenpeace admitted that its claims that the Spar contained 5000 tons of oil were inaccurate and apologized to Shell on September 5. However Greenpeace dismissed the issue of the amount of oil, saying that the main issue was one of wider industrial responsibility. You may think what you like but to me the tactics used by Greenpeace and affiliates are acts of terrorism. The ends must not be allowed to justify the means.
# An agent of a sub-national group who uses premeditated, politically motivated violence against non-combatant targets, usually intended to
# One who utilizes the systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives, while disguised as a civilian non-combatant.
# Use should be restricted specifically to references to people and nongovernmental organizations planning and executing acts of violence against civilian or noncombatant targets. www.careerjournaleurope.com/columnists/styleandsubstance/glossary.html
# a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
So how does the practice of chaining together barrels half full of rocks and dumping them into known shipping and fishing lanes fit into the equation? Note: A barrel half full of rocks will float just below the surface of the water where ships will not detect it then in calm water it can wrap around the props of passing ships, there by disabling them; however, in rough seas they have been known to wash up on deck and endanger the crew directly.
Political motive and criminal action: Brent Spar oil platform affair in 1995, in which Greenpeace mounted a successful campaign (including occupation of the platform and a public boycott) to force one of the platform's co-owners, Royal Dutch/Shell, to dismantle the platform on land instead of scuttling it. A moratorium on the dumping of offshore installations was almost immediately adopted in Europe, and three years later the Environment Ministers of the countries bordering the North East Atlantic agreed with Greenpeace, and adopted a permanent ban on the dumping of offshore installations at sea (PDF). After the occupation of the Brent Spar it became known that Shell had not misled the public as to the amount of toxic wastes on board the installation. Greenpeace admitted that its claims that the Spar contained 5000 tons of oil were inaccurate and apologized to Shell on September 5. However Greenpeace dismissed the issue of the amount of oil, saying that the main issue was one of wider industrial responsibility. You may think what you like but to me the tactics used by Greenpeace and affiliates are acts of terrorism. The ends must not be allowed to justify the means.
