Greenpeace Stunt Delays Ship

(Port Dover, Ontario) Greenpeace is a pain in the ass.

On a breezy Lake Erie yesterday, two young people climbed a rickety scaling ladder up the side of a massive freighter and locked themselves to the conveyer belt device that helps to unload the ship's cargo.

A third used mountaineering gear to attach herself to the stern, just above the huge rudder, and hung there for nearly three hours.

Others, bouncing in rubber dinghies in metre-high waves, used long-handled rollers to paint white slogans on the rusting hull.

Ultimately, three people were arrest and the bulk ore carrier Algomarine was delayed for four hours. Dominque Du Sablon, 20, and Emily-Elizabeth Storey, 22, both of Toronto, and Charlie Latimer, 25, of Vancouver, are facing two counts of mischief.

Despite their motives, these Greenpeace goobers' antics are an impediment to business by delaying the operation of the vessel. Consequently, their "mischief" represents a cost to business which I believe should be reimbursable. The shipping company should send them a bill for damages due to lost revenue. If Greenpeace doesn't pay up, the group should be sued.

Unfortunately, Greenpeace is seldom held accountable for the restraint of trade occurring while seeking publicity. Nor is Greenpeace customarily held accountable for the property damage caused by vandalism.

Somebody should be going after Greenpeace's pocketbook.