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- From: DRPORTER@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Brad Porter)
- Subject: A new outlook on activism.
- Message-ID: <168C41048A.DRPORTER@SUVM.SYR.EDU>
- Organization: Syracuse University
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 18:53:11 EST
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- The way I see it, is the problems with activist groups such as Greenpeace and
- others is there approach. The environmental awareness that came about during t
- he 90's has created a much more educated population who realizes that strong
- activism is not the solution to every problem. We now have educated politician
- s who are cognicent of the fact that the voters want environmentally sound legi
- slation, and are attepting to enact this type of legislation. Whereas in the p
- ast, the only way to get publicity about environmental issues was to do
- something drastic, now it is much more common to find publicity about scientifi
- c developments in the area of improving the environment. The activist groups
- are looking less and less like saviors and more and more like closed-minded
- terrorists. The scientific community has viewed them this way for decades, but
- finally the public is starting to realize this. Greenpeace and others would do
- much better to work within the structure of the government and avoid the negati
- ve publicity that they are receiving.
- -Brad Porter
- DRPORTER@SUVM
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