Comments on: Greenpeace names names https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/ Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474939 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:24:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474939 D’oh! Take II Make that link :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kasum/columbus-day-a-bad-idea_b_742708.html

Or / & google ‘Columbus Day? True Legacy: Cruelty and Slavery’ Eric Kasum for a horrific yet informative and memorable article online.

]]> By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474938 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:19:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474938 Christopher Columbus was a brutal, evil monster who committed genocide against peaceful people who did him no wrong whatsoever – historical fact. Pizzaro , Courtes and many (almost all?) of the other conquistadores were equally or almost as bad :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kasum/columbus-day-a-bad-idea_b_742708.html? fb_action_ids=10153010740889088&fb_action_types=og.likes

]]> By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474937 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:05:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474937 Where’d all the other comments go? Coulda sworn they were there before!

]]> By: Astrostevo https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474936 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:03:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474936 Thinking Nasca – its prob’ly sickly sentimental (mea culpa) but I love this cartoon (fond childhood memories) and the mini doco on the Nasca plateua at the end (23 minutes mark) :

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/374047299712/mysterious-cities-of-gold-s1-ep19-the-nasca-plateau

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474935 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:50:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474935 toby52: Used to be? My impression is that they still are in many cultures, but not this one. I’m willing to have that impression corrected.

I’m not sure how I feel about that strategy. Mixed feelings, anyway.

]]> By: toby52 https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474934 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:36:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474934 Politicians & CEOs used to be forced to resign if they publicly embarrassed their own governments or organisations by doing something extraordinarily stupid.

That happens less often these days, and it is a pity to see Greenpeace following the new ways of doing things.

Closing ranks to protect the guilty, while publicly committing to bring wrongdoers to justice … worked well for the Catholic Church, didn’t it?

Greenpeace should be seen to be purging its own organisation.

]]> By: Panacea https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/20/greenpeace-names-names/#comment-474933 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:57:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=20786#comment-474933 Yeah, that’s the way to win hearts and minds.

Destroy a global wonder of the world.

Morons.

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