Breaking the Law Will Undermine Efforts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/7443307/Greenpeace-chief-breaking-law-justifiable-in-fight-against-climate-change.html

Radicalism is not the answer to the question of how do we make people aware of the realities of climate change.

“Kumi Naidoo said the organisation had no intention of scaling back its tactics as he compared protesters' actions to Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King saying they too broke the law.

"In some ways we will probably intensify it because all the science is telling us that time is running out for this planet," he said.

However he emphasised that the group was "deeply committed to peace" and would not resort to violence.

Last week 54 Greenpeace protectors were charged with trespass after spending the night on the roof of the Houses of Parliament in October last year.”
He needs to clarify what he means by breaking the law. While he does call for people to be “committed to peace” and that no one should resort to violent, he is taking for granted the thought that everyone will behave in a similar manner. I find this to be problem with any advocate of using “law-breaking” to get a point across. All it takes is one fool to go too far in his or her actions, peaceful unlawful protest can quickly turn violent. Such actions will only undermine the cause of those in the environmental movement.

I really have no idea as to what is being accomplished by spending the night on the roof of the Houses of Parliament. If the protestors used their heads, they’d realize the debate isn’t even going to be about climate change, it will be about their actions.