Konrad Lorenz on Greenpeace conservationists
Perhaps the most distressing fact in the present state of the world is the loss of unspoiled nature. Desperate actions to save wild nature are, Konrad Lorenz believed, above government law:
The acts of violence perpetrated by Greenpeace conservationists are often necessary in the face of the insurmountable difficulties we find in the world. Today, it is very difficult to uncover any remnants of truly unspoiled nature, and that which remains should be defended with all vehemence. (Quoted from The Life of the Creative Spirit, p. 311.)
For a brief biography of Konrad Lorenz, click here. To learn about Greenpeace, click here.
Greenpeace does not engage in violence. Greenpeace, however, was the victim of violence in 1985 when their ship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk by a bomb in New Zealand, killing a Greenpeace photographer. French agents planted the bomb.
Greenpeace was in New Zealand to peacefully protest against nuclear testing in the south Pacific by France. Two years after the Rainbow Warrior went down, France was ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution to Greenpeace and New Zealand.
Posted by: Michael Jablonski | August 27, 2007 at 04:59 PM