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Big_Mike

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5. It has always seemed to me that when righteous indignation occurs,

Reply to loudsue (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 12, 2014, 10:02 AM

Dec 2014

the brain sometimes shuts off.

Burning down your own neighborhood in a riot?

Look at the state of the Occupy camps when the protestors left - trash and human waste everywhere.

Some times, the good sense part of the brain is simply overloaded.

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Peru to take legal action over Greenpeace stunt at ancient Nazca lines [View all] Big_Mike Dec 2014 OP

It's sad when righteous positions and well meaning hearts defacto7 Dec 2014 #1

OFFS Recursion Dec 2014 #2

Have the Koch brothers (or similar ilk) infiltrated the leadership of progressive organizations? Android3.14 Dec 2014 #3

That was exactly what I was thinking! There is no way a bunch of liberal activists loudsue Dec 2014 #4

It has always seemed to me that when righteous indignation occurs, Big_Mike Dec 2014 #5

Greenpeace left respect behind long ago. HuckleB Dec 2014 #13

Greenpeace has jumped the shark. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #6

+1 HuckleB Dec 2014 #12

Who in Greenpeace organized this stunt? bigworld Dec 2014 #7

If Pepsi did something like this, Greenpeace would be appalled. bigworld Dec 2014 #8

Furious about this. Not listening to any more closeupready Dec 2014 #9

And I do hope those responsible go to prison, as it is a crime closeupready Dec 2014 #10

Greenpeace has jumped the shark far too many times. HuckleB Dec 2014 #11

More proof of ugly Americans. n/t ChazII Dec 2014 #14

I don't believe any citizens of the USA were involved with this crime. branford Dec 2014 #15

You are correct in that I erred ChazII Dec 2014 #16

Self-righteous idiocy knows no national boundaries. branford Dec 2014 #17

On this we agree. n/t ChazII Dec 2014 #18