Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: jan.vindheim@gmail.com (Jan Bojer Vindheim) Newsgroups: alt.animals.whales,alt.kill.the.whales,alt.politics.greens,japan.fishing,japan.food,nz.soc.green Subject: Re: Whale Burger ! Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 15:29:31 +0200 Lines: 22 Message-ID: <1gyrs9m.cjfweb1fqp5cfN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> References: <1gym9t4.1qmrnm21q3d6kgN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <1gymiyp.1jw1inw166ufrwN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <1gyns6c.pki0sy19xtctsN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <87d5qbofs3.fld@barrow.com> <1gyofcq.1az6xt71gwroaoN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <8764w3kuxw.fld@barrow.com> <1gypn1l.1w1aibb1y4otf2N%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <87vf42ir8j.fld@barrow.com> <1gyq0uj.18ugqqpfh9m7eN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <87ekaqhzm7.fld@barrow.com> <1gyrh0w.1vhw5r6idviaoN%jan.vindheim@gmail.com> <87is01bfko.fld@barrow.com> X-Trace: individual.net yKyiSayvWlcaQSsm4pTSngONvLrcuh1RbD2hSNJqHOekswz2ln X-Orig-Path: jan.vindheim User-Agent: MacSOUP/2.7 (Mac OS X version 10.3.9) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.fishing:41 japan.food:104 Floyd L. Davidson wrote: > >by pointing to information about their varied acticities around the > >world. > > This might be a language problem. You are taking that > question a if it were meant literally. It doesn't mean > specifically what the words say though... it means, something > along the lines of: "Yeah, sure, they *claim* to do things > other than collect money, and some fools are suckered into > believing them. But what do they *actually* *devote* *real* > *resources* to, other than collecting money?" > > The answer is virtually nothing. A reasonable figure for > adminstrative overhead would be well below 40%, but those > organizations run well over 80%. Your (undocumented) estimate of percentages is less interesting than the fact that greenepeace does a lot of good work around the world. information about this is still found on their various websites. For those that care to look.