I’m no friend of Greenpeace. Not sure why but they have never seemed that kosher to me. Plus, I find they act a lot more interested in themselves than in the stuff they are supposedly fighting against.
Anyway, the original Rainbow Warrior was bombed and sunk in New Zealand in 1985 by French intelligence, on the orders of Francois Mitterand himself — the then President of France. That act resulted in the accidental death (some might call it murder) of a Dutch photographer called Fernando Pereira. Another piece of arrogance to add to the numerous disasters that has been French foreign policy over the past 40-50 years eg. Indochina,Algeria and of course Moruroa Atoll.
In 1989 Greenpeace commissioned a replacement vessel and also named it the Rainbow Warrior. It remains in service today as the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet and it’s that ship that I snapped in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong around October last year.
I disagree – I reckon they are THE kosher activists. I think they seem self-absorbed because it’s populated mainly by young people who are naturally self-absorbed. Their strength is that they are on fire with youthful indignation. I love the way they are fearless passionate in their protests – instead of sitting around whinging their heads off like the rest of us.
Hmmm! You may well be right Amanda! But to me Greenpeace seems like an exclusive club of somewhat self-centred people who enjoy mucking around in boats and climbing buildings and painting themselves yellow and acting out their childhood fantasies — all funded by caring people and hard work. I think they have a great business and a great way of life, but I kinda wonder about their ethics, motivation and the real — as opposed to smoke and mirror — effectiveness of the way they go about things. Heck! they may be snow white for all I know and I’m just not their target market…