Letters
Good Intentions
Do you know what you’re really supporting?
Volume XXIX, Number XI, June 2010
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Michael Collins & Richard Hazelton email:
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A few years back, a representative of a well known
environmental group knocked on my door soliciting a donation. I declined. This was met with a tirade of how I was an insensitive moron who was for exploiting the planet until it was no longer able to support life as we know it, especially us. Wow. After taking that all in, I tried to calmly explain to him that I truly believed in their ultimate goal and had enthusiastically supported them in the past. However, their change in demeanor and current violent methods had gotten to the point where I could no longer support them. There are many cases in history where the end doesn’t always justify the means, and I believed this now applied. Currently, many marine related businesses have suffered
a backlash from the negative publicity received by The Puget Soundkeeper Alliance. Many people are incensed over PSA’s legal actions towards selected boatyards. Needless to say, we’ve heard from a great many who believe PSA’s actions are hurting, rather than helping, the cause of lessening the pollutants in our waters. In their fervor, they are boycotting all those that are affiliated with PSA, either through direct donations or by providing prizes or services to help promote PSA events. No doubt they’ve gotten their attention. I want to believe that many, if not all, of these supporters
were contributing, thinking they were doing their part in helping the environment, and on paper they were. Mission statements are glorious things. So, before I totally shun all those that have supported PSA, I’ll wait to see who is still on board when the dust settles, or rather when the courts settle. Through our magazine and the other boating publications in the Northwest, not to mention the ubiquitous internet, the facts have been laid bare for all to examine. “I didn’t know,” is no longer a valid argument in this case. But if something good can come from this fiasco, let it be that we all take a step back and take a closer look at what we’re involved in, actively and passively. As with so many things, our heads need to pay a little more attention to what our hearts are doing.
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