Just caught the end of some infomercial last night, and it was Greenpeace asking for the small donation of $18 a month!
I was amused when they showed lots of footage of cute polar bears - who of course are not even remotely endangered, since people neither eat them, use their pelt or want to live in their habitat.
But I laughed so hard my sides actually split when they mournfully put up a picture of a guy that was killed when their ship (the Rainbow Warrior) in New Zealand was blown up by French agents (who attached explosives to the bottom of the ship while it was in harbour).
I remember when that happend, and it was the only time I ever truly admired the French - when the two agents that were captured by New Zealand authorties were returned to France, they were given a medal. I wanted to call Greenpeace's 800 number and ask if they had a number where I could donate money to the French secret service - but I wimped out.
Did I mention I hate Greenpeace? Bunch of rich white teenagers with nothing to do with their lives that go around pushing their self-righteous crap on everyone else.
Remember that video in the 80's with little baby seals being beaten to death with clubs?Yeah - those were actually Greenpeace members doing the killing - it was all staged. Then they showed the world the video to stop the hunt of seals. Never mind that nobody hunts seal that way, and never mind that seals were never endangered. Because of that video, the sealskin fur trade was destoyed, and the eskimo population of Greenland was driven into poverty and alcoholism - just because these assholes thought seals were cute.
Enough ranting - I just hate those guys. Maybe when I die, I'll have my lawyers mail my corpse to them. [:D]