Sustainable Fishing and Civil Disobedience
As you read this post, the crew aboard the Greenpeace ship “Esperanza” (or “hope”) is busily destroying fishing lines that catch tuna for Walmart in a most barbaric fashion, killing obscene numbers of other aquatic animals. Is what Greenpeace is doing legal? Hardly. Is it right? By my wits, absolutely.
We’re fortunate enough to live in a world where civil disobedience is flourishing; it’s an important and well established tool in dismantling injustice.
If you would like to sign the petition demanding that Walmart cease these horribly abusive fishing practices, just click the link above.
I have strong reservations about Greenpeace. However, what they are doing in the referenced article seems reasonable under the circumstances even though it is probably illegal.