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I thought it was great when Green Peace plugged the pipes of the chemical companies dumping unlimited chemical waste discharges into some South Carolina River.
I can support the journalists that simply bring info to light, it is the activists I have an issue with. Those that use chemical irritants or attempt to foul the screws of a ship or attempt to board a ship because they disagree with what someone else is legally doing that I despise.
Yet you support other brave guys doing things that would save lives.
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First Posted: 09-17-09 11:27 AM | Updated: 09-17-09 05:53 PM