Talk about circular logic.
I've heard this argument made, with more specific targets, against every
organization ever conceived, from Greenpeace to the U.S. federal
government, state governments, the NRA, the Salvation Army, the Catholic
church, the Boy Scouts, labor unions. You name it.
So, if you take your advice, you become the ultimate cynic. Once I've
lost hope in the general altruism of mankind, I'm cashing in my chips.
There are even some good corporations out there. Yes, primarily
motivated to turn a profit, but with corporate philosophies that benefit
the community, their employees, and even the environment.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, July 29, 2001 3:43 PM
Subject: RE: Kyoto and global warming (was: RE: Hiyas! :))
>
>
>I'm not moving the goalposts ... I'm saying that because they need
money (no
>matter how altruistic their original intention) they have an inherent
>conflict of interest when it comes to presenting the truth. Presenting
the
>truth is not in their best interest, if it conflicts with their goals,
>whether their best interest is simply to keep the organization alive to
>fight other worthwhile fights or to buy the director a new BMW.
>
>It is simply intellectually dishonest to say "oil companies are greedy
and
>environmental groups are not." They are both soiled by the same
color --
>green.
>
>H.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 2:12 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Kyoto and global warming (was: RE: Hiyas! :))
>
>
>I do not dispute that environmental organisations raise money or that
they
>need money to operate, but you are moving the goalposts - you claimed
that
>money was a driving force behind them, it isn't, it's simply necessary
for
>their functioning.
>
>----- Original Message -----
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>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:46 PM
>Subject: RE: Kyoto and global warming (was: RE: Hiyas! :))
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