Apple is not Greenpeace's favorite computer company, as we all know (though I'm not sure what company Greenpeace actually likes, but that is a subject for a different blog). Continuing their 'Why must Apple sell poison' campaign Greenpeace has launched a site that parodies Apple.com. While this is a clever idea, I have to wonder why there is no Dell page. They explain that Dell has pretty good standards and that Apple would force them to be even better, but somehow I doubt that (the forcing bit, I know nothing of Dell's environmental record).
Ah, right, in their FAQ they say, 'No - this is not a campaign against Apple - it's a campaign to change Apple for the better,' and 'Apple should be setting the trend for a green future.' I just hope that Greenpeace isn't targeting a sexy computer company (probably the only computer company on the planet that can be called sexy) to get attention. I'm sure they are just concerned for us all.
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9-26-2006 @ 6:43PM
Tony said...
Here's a nice article debunking the Greenpeace "lies" regarding Apple:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/E83D58B3-10E0-4A9C-8847-BCE665EE235C.html
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9-26-2006 @ 6:59PM
Mark Fleser said...
Who gives a rat's ass about greenpeace. Damn treehuggers. I guess that they should stop breathing because it's putting CO2 into the atmosphere causing global warming.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:03PM
Edsel said...
Greenpeace's protestations about Apple's toxin contributions is really about Apple's lack of monetary contributions to Greenpeace. This is simply a form of corporate extortion.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:05PM
arkowi said...
So apple, with only 4% of the computer market or whatever they have, is their primary target? stupid.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:08PM
Fred said...
Wow! We shoulda seen this coming.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:16PM
chris said...
Wow, this is a copyright infringement lawsuit just waiting to happen. Doesn't Greenpeace have anything better to do?
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9-26-2006 @ 7:22PM
Zweihander said...
#3 and 4's hit the nail on the head, really.
Of course, I'd like to know what kind of servers the site's running on. Do they run on hemp or something, using only recycled electricity?
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9-26-2006 @ 7:24PM
rrrrr said...
yeah, those green bastards...
it's not as if our planet's heating up and our climate's all wonky.
let's all just watch Cars and everythingthing will be fine.
even bg gives $$$bn.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:26PM
Chris Bell said...
"We hate it when we are reduced to selling our old PowerBook keyboard on eBay for five bucks."
Huh? How many of you have sold your old Powerbook keyboard?
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9-26-2006 @ 7:29PM
Query said...
http://www.greenpeace.org/apple/about.html
See the picture? I don't know what they're getting at with it, but unless I'm mistaken, I see general normal old beige PC keyboards in the piles of trash, as well.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:29PM
Chris Bell said...
rrrrrrr: don't you think it's a bit disproportionate to be picking on Apple about stuff like PVC use? Come on! The stuff is EVERYWHERE. Just look how big the vinyl siding industry is. In just about every area of complaint, Apple is a minor player in terms of percentages.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:29PM
Ed said...
Tony: Notice all the adverts for Apple on that site? Hardly impartial. That's not to say Greenpeace are either.
I think Greenpeace have done a good job - Neither apple nor any other company should be using toxic chemicals in their products and expecting third world labour to dismantle them.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:48PM
Andy S. said...
So Greenpeace gets a couple cute Asian kids to take pictures among a pile of Apple hardware with frowns on their faces and I'm supposed to think what? That these kids (who are obviously well-groomed) are living in an Apple-junk-village? This is ridiculous propaganda in the extreme. Where's the Dell-junk-village? With outselling Apple machines who-knows-how-many-to-one, you'd think Greenpeace would go after them first.
They just want a piece of the Apple pie. Someone needs to create a "Let's make Greenpeace sane" site. Using toxic computers. Or we could take Zweihander's suggestion and use hemp computers.
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9-26-2006 @ 7:49PM
Exilio said...
Yeah because we all know Greenpeace and PETA are not prone to gross hyperbole in their publications. /major eyeroll
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9-26-2006 @ 7:51PM
Query said...
I dare them to air their Get a Mac spoof on TV.
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9-26-2006 @ 8:07PM
Ed said...
Why is everyone so against this? Surely you can like Apple and still think they shouldn't use toxic materials in their products?
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9-26-2006 @ 8:22PM
George Stanton said...
God, I guess I am a fanboy after all.
After reading Daniel Eran's "Lies About Apple" on Saturday, I became a bit miffed... if-ya-know-what I mean.
So, I sent them this:
Subject: I Love my Macs
I think Apple is doing a great job.
I hate these tree-hugging hypocrites who can't get their facts straight. They love to tag their worthless agenda on the coat tails of an up-and-coming mind share company like Apple? Why the hell can't you go after Bush's piss-poor enviormental mis-management? You guys make me sick. I hope this turns against you.
I for one, will never believe a single thing you stand for.
HYPOCRITES! ALL OF YOU!
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9-26-2006 @ 8:25PM
Tristan said...
**6. Wow, this is a copyright infringement lawsuit just waiting to happen. Doesn't Greenpeace have anything better to do?**
Nope. They just want to matter.
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9-26-2006 @ 8:46PM
Rod said...
Funny... my dell laptop came with a LOT more packaging material than my macbook. Stupid treehuggers need to stop smoking pot and pay attention.
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9-26-2006 @ 8:53PM
Galls said...
--+Warning+--
--+Warning+--
--+Something Remotely Criticizing Apple is Inbound+--
--+Repeat+--
--+Something Remotely Criticizing Apple is Inbound+--
--+Cease Steve Jobs Fellatio and Defend At All Costs+--
--+Dignity Be Damned!+--
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