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Civil Disobedience ♠ Désobéissance Civile

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James, who introduces himself as a dissident frogman from French Louisiana wrote to the other dissident frogman (yep, that would be me):
Dear Dissident Frogman:

You may be amused to learn that a French court banned Reporters Without Borders from using the picture of Che Guevara in a campaign to denounce human rights abuses and the lack of press freedom in Cuba: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7488

On the other hand, another French court is allowing Greenpeace to use ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso's image in an anti-American campaign to boycott the oil company accused of being the "number one enemy of the world's climate" http://www.greenpeace.fr/stopesso

Sincerely, James C., dissident frogman from French Louisiana
Thanks a lot James. I guess you're right on point when you write "anti-American campaign" since, as usual with Greenhit-or-miss, the climatological swindles - such as the Kyoto treaty fraud - are just used as an ethical screen to push forward the same old deceptions, as we can read on the link you provided:

News in the right column, for instance:
24/02/2003 Greenpeace obstructs ESSO in Great-Britain and denounce the Bush-Esso alliance in favor of war.(...)

25/01/2003 George (i.e. W. Bush) and the oil barons on the path of war.
And also the central column, bottom of the page:
Esso is also the oil company that put the greatest efforts to maintain the United States dependecy on oil. It's to assuage the american economy's thirst for oil and satisfy the oil lobby that George Bush lead an unilateral and immoral war in Iraq.
(Emphasis by Greenpiss)

Same old story, same old tricks, same old wear down rhetoric. The little greenmen don't lack any idea in their little inflatable boats: they only need a few ones to hammer out relentlessly, hoping that nobody will notice too loudly that their apocalyptic predictions over decades (remember the "climatic cool off caused by the use of nuclear energy" hardly 30 years ago?) end up being nothing but smoke and mirrors concealing a constant attack against progress.

I guess that makes them, intrinsically, a bunch of vociferating reactionaries.

Anyway, the interesting thing here is the Leftist friendly double standards of the French justice. Not exactly surprising but interesting.

Or, as James put it, amusing.

When the Law varies according to the political considerations of those who apply it, it ceases to exist and leaves its place to arbitrary.

The first step to resist and oppose an arbitrary judicial system and its decisions is civil disobedience.

Therefore, I guess that as far as Che Guevara the mass murderer and his image are concerned, I'm going to disobey.

And the same goes for Marx the deceiver.

Guess what? This comes right on point.

Make a beeline for the dissident frogman's Propaganda Bureau and learn why.

UPDATE:
James, dissident frogman from French Louisiana also read Merde in France.

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James, qui se présente comme un dissident frogman de Louisiane française a écrit à l'autre dissident frogman (ouais, c'est moi) :
Cher Dissident Frogman:

Vous serez peut être amusé d'apprendre qu'une décision de justice française a interdit à Reporters Sans Frontières d'utiliser l'image de Che Guevara dans une campagne dénonçant les atteintes aux droits de l'homme et l'absence de liberté de la presse à Cuba : http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7488

D'autre part, une autre cour de justice française a autorisé Greenpeace à utiliser l'image d'Esso, filiale d'ExxonMobil, dans une campagne anti-américaine appelant au boycott de la compagnie pétrolière, accusée d'être "l'ennemi numéro un du climat planétaire" http://www.greenpeace.fr/stopesso

Cordialement, James C., dissident frogman de Louisiane française
Merci beaucoup James. Vous êtes particulièrement pertinent lorsque vous écrivez "campagne anti-américaine" considérant que, comme toujours avec Greenpasse-ou-casse, les escroqueries climatologiques - tel que cette fraude de protocole de Kyoto - ne sont que paravents éthiques pour pousser en avant les mêmes vieilles supercheries, ainsi que nous le pouvons lire sur le lien que vous avez fourni :

Les news dans la colonne de droite, par exemple :
24/02/2003
Greenpeace bloque ESSO en Grande-Bretagne et dénonce l'alliance Bush-Esso en faveur de la guerre (...)

25/01/2003
George (i.e. W Bush) et les barons du pétrole sur le sentier de la guerre.
De même que la colonne centrale, bas de page :
Esso est également la compagnie pétrolière ayant déployé le plus d'efforts pour maintenir la dépendance des Etats-Unis au pétrole. C'est pour assouvir la soif de pétrole de l'économie américaine et satisfaire le lobby pétrolier que George Bush a mené une guerre unilatérale et immorale en Irak.
(Surligné par Greenpisse)

Toujours la même vieille histoire, toujours les mêmes vieux trucs, toujours la même rhétorique usée jusqu'à la corde. Les petits bonhommes verts ne manquent pas d'idées dans leurs petits bateaux gonflables : ils n'en ont besoin que de quelques unes à marteler sans discontinuer en espérant que personne ne fera remarquer trop fort que leurs prédictions apocalyptiques depuis des décennies (vous souvenez vous des alertes virulentes au "refroidissement du climat causé par l'utilisation du nucléaire" il n'y a pas même 30 ans ?) se révèlent toutes être poudre aux yeux dissimulant une attaque constante contre le progrès.

J'ai comme dans l'idée qu'intrinsèquement cela fait d'eux une bande vociférante de réactionnaires.

Quoi qu'il en soit, la partie vraiment intéressante de l'histoire est cette justice française à doubles standards, et ses sympathies gauchistes. Pas franchement surprenant mais intéressant.

Ou, comme James l'énonce, amusant.

Quand la Loi varie en fonction des considérations politiques de ceux qui l'appliquent, elle cesse d'exister pour laisser la place à l'arbitraire.

La première option pour résister et s'opposer à un système et des décisions juridiques arbitraires est la désobéissance civile.

Je pense donc qu'en ce qui concerne le meurtrier de masse Che Guevara et son image, je vais désobéir.

Pareil pour Marx le charlatan.

Devinez quoi ? Cela tombe à point nommé.

Précipitez vous au Bureau de la Propagande du dissident frogman afin d'apprendre pourquoi.

MISE A JOUR :
James, dissident frogman de Louisiane française, lit également Merde in France.

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520 - Mike from NJ

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Hmmm.... when was the last time I saw Ché's beatific, visionary mug? Of course - down on the Atlantic City boardwalk on Sunday. A T-shirt shop was selling his non-doctored image on a wide range of colors and fabrics. They also had a variety of patriotic themes: "These Colors Don't Run," shots of the Twin Towers, ticked-off-looking eagles, stuff like that. I can understand catering to as many folks as possible, but really, putting Ché in the same neighborhood as the Towers? It was insulting. This business about lionizing villains and thugs isn't confined to any one country; though I'll grant you that this time it isn't our own Courts guilty of the offense. Now, if you wanted to run a mail-order hut on the dacha for edited Ché/Marx apparel, you'd be knee-deep in francs before long. (At least, you would be if not for the ruddy Euro.) I favor a big clown nose and floppy shoes - after all, Red was their color - but if the ears fit... Lassiez le bon temps roulez!

521 - Bill Koehler

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And while CafePress has apparantly banned your T-Shirt, here's another Che T-Shirt still available for sale, though it obviously has a different message. http://www.cafeshops.com/angusprune5