Comments on: ‘ShellGuilty’ Campaign Launched As Shell Trial Date Confirmed http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:58:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Charlie G. http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Charlie G. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:33:26 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-226 "Substantial evidence indicates Shell collaborated with the Nigerian government in a campaign of brutal crackdowns..". Have you all gone mad? Allow me to start over: It is a sad day when ANY human being is deprived of their liberty by a government. It is even more sad when an individual is cheated out of their life. If these nine people were executed for simply speaking out against their government, then my heart truly goes out to them. However, for this writer to go after Shell as though that company was the murderer, I must ask the question again, have you all gone mad? The Shell Oil company did not hang these people, their own government did. Where is the outcry against the Nigerian government? You would rather rail against this "big, nasty, smelly" oil company than those who apparently committed this atrocity? Please notice: this lawsuit was brought in front of an AMERICAN court. Did the plaintiffs have legal recourse through the Nigerian court system? I assume they did not. With that having been said, did Shell make a mess with sloppy operations? Probably. Should they clean it up? You betcha. Even though I agree with very little of the rubbish on this website, I do agree with the fact that Mr. Saro-Wiwa, and the other eight, are due a great deal of respect for standing up for what they believed in (i.e. they wanted Shell to clean up their act). Why would you use these nine lives lost to further your obvious agenda? Why aren't you going after the Nigerian government? Are you more concerned with "climate change" than you are with tyranny? Are you so terrified of "global warming" that you would exchange nine souls for the opportunity to take down an oil company? If the US and the UK governments were to slip into a tyranny like the Nigerian government has, would you still be concerned about Shell? Would you still be concerned about "climate change" if you had to spend nine years in jail? What if your government threatened you with a noose, would you die for your beliefs? I cannot answer for you. Would you give YOUR life, rather than allowing nine others to do it for you, to take down just one oil company? Me thinks not. “Substantial evidence indicates Shell collaborated with the Nigerian government in a campaign of brutal crackdowns..”. Have you all gone mad? Allow me to start over: It is a sad day when ANY human being is deprived of their liberty by a government. It is even more sad when an individual is cheated out of their life. If these nine people were executed for simply speaking out against their government, then my heart truly goes out to them. However, for this writer to go after Shell as though that company was the murderer, I must ask the question again, have you all gone mad? The Shell Oil company did not hang these people, their own government did. Where is the outcry against the Nigerian government? You would rather rail against this “big, nasty, smelly” oil company than those who apparently committed this atrocity? Please notice: this lawsuit was brought in front of an AMERICAN court. Did the plaintiffs have legal recourse through the Nigerian court system? I assume they did not. With that having been said, did Shell make a mess with sloppy operations? Probably. Should they clean it up? You betcha. Even though I agree with very little of the rubbish on this website, I do agree with the fact that Mr. Saro-Wiwa, and the other eight, are due a great deal of respect for standing up for what they believed in (i.e. they wanted Shell to clean up their act). Why would you use these nine lives lost to further your obvious agenda? Why aren’t you going after the Nigerian government? Are you more concerned with “climate change” than you are with tyranny? Are you so terrified of “global warming” that you would exchange nine souls for the opportunity to take down an oil company? If the US and the UK governments were to slip into a tyranny like the Nigerian government has, would you still be concerned about Shell? Would you still be concerned about “climate change” if you had to spend nine years in jail? What if your government threatened you with a noose, would you die for your beliefs? I cannot answer for you. Would you give YOUR life, rather than allowing nine others to do it for you, to take down just one oil company? Me thinks not.

]]> By: Heather Rose http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Heather Rose Tue, 26 May 2009 17:41:02 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-60 Dear Staff: I am writing re the issue of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria. Have any groups work to get Shell kicked out of the US? One way we can counter Shell's mismanagement of their refineries and unjust practices is to not let them operate in the US. Thank you, Heather Rose PA Dear Staff:

I am writing re the issue of Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria. Have any groups work to get Shell kicked out of the US?

One way we can counter Shell’s mismanagement of their refineries and unjust practices is to not let them operate in the US.

Thank you,

Heather Rose
PA

]]> By: ShellGuilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable for Gas Flaring in Advance of Wiwa v Shell Trial http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-54 ShellGuilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable for Gas Flaring in Advance of Wiwa v Shell Trial Mon, 25 May 2009 14:23:01 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-54 [...] For more information about the ShellGuilty campaign visit www.ShellGuilty.com. The April 27 news release announcing the formation of the ShellGuilty campaign can be found here. [...] [...] For more information about the ShellGuilty campaign visit http://www.ShellGuilty.com. The April 27 news release announcing the formation of the ShellGuilty campaign can be found here. [...]

]]> By: Ken Saro-Wiwa: the day of truth? – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Ken Saro-Wiwa: the day of truth? – Royal Dutch Shell plc .com Wed, 20 May 2009 00:22:25 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-50 [...] difficult questions over the company’s environmental and human rights record in Nigeria.ShellGuilty, an international coalition of campaign groups including Platform, Friends of the Earth and Oil [...] [...] difficult questions over the company’s environmental and human rights record in Nigeria.ShellGuilty, an international coalition of campaign groups including Platform, Friends of the Earth and Oil [...]

]]> By: Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Wiwa v Shell: the day of truth? | Kevin Smith http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Photomaniacal » Blog Archive » Wiwa v Shell: the day of truth? | Kevin Smith Tue, 19 May 2009 23:14:46 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-49 [...] difficult questions over the company’s environmental and human rights record in Nigeria. ShellGuilty, an international coalition of campaign groups including Platform, Friends of the Earth and Oil [...] [...] difficult questions over the company’s environmental and human rights record in Nigeria. ShellGuilty, an international coalition of campaign groups including Platform, Friends of the Earth and Oil [...]

]]> By: ShellGuilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable for Gas Flaring in Advance of Wiwa v Shell Trial: remember saro-wiwa http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-43 ShellGuilty TV Ads Launched to Hold Shell Accountable for Gas Flaring in Advance of Wiwa v Shell Trial: remember saro-wiwa Mon, 18 May 2009 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-43 [...] For more information about the ShellGuilty campaign visit www.ShellGuilty.com. The April 27 news release announcing the formation of the ShellGuilty campaign can be found here. [...] [...] For more information about the ShellGuilty campaign visit http://www.ShellGuilty.com. The April 27 news release announcing the formation of the ShellGuilty campaign can be found here. [...]

]]> By: Martins http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Martins Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:45:39 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-4 As a reporter I traveled extensively in Ogoniland as well as areas in in TAI Eleme axis of Nigeria’s niger delta area and witnessed first hand flow station leakages and several oil spills that devastated the farmlands,creeks and rivers in those areas the destruction is better imagined than seen .Hence I will whole heartedly lend my support to any movement aimed at bringing justice to the people of Ogoniland and its environs who have suffered decades of environmental pollution ,degradation and asphixation at the hands of SHELL . As a reporter I traveled extensively in Ogoniland as well as areas in in TAI Eleme axis of Nigeria’s niger delta area and witnessed first hand flow station leakages and several oil spills that devastated the farmlands,creeks and rivers in those areas the destruction is better imagined than seen .Hence I will whole heartedly lend my support to any movement aimed at bringing justice to the people of Ogoniland and its environs who have suffered decades of environmental pollution ,degradation and asphixation at the hands of SHELL .

]]> By: Dale Fitzgibbons http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dale Fitzgibbons Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:06:58 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-3 I picketed Shell HQ in London in the summer of 1995 with Anita Roddick. Anita and the Body Shop were great friends of Ken, MOSOP, and the Ogoni people. Since that day I have not bought a single gallon of Shell oil. I inform my college of business students every semester about the activities of corporations like Shell and their blatant disregard for environmental concerns and the plight of the Ogoni in Nigeria. I am pleased that "shellguilty.com" has opened on the web and look forward to the conviction of Shell in a US court in May. I picketed Shell HQ in London in the summer of 1995 with Anita Roddick. Anita and the Body Shop were great friends of Ken, MOSOP, and the Ogoni people. Since that day I have not bought a single gallon of Shell oil. I inform my college of business students every semester about the activities of corporations like Shell and their blatant disregard for environmental concerns and the plight of the Ogoni in Nigeria. I am pleased that “shellguilty.com” has opened on the web and look forward to the conviction of Shell in a US court in May.

]]> By: Ayodeji Ogunsola http://www.shellguilty.com/%e2%80%98shellguilty%e2%80%99-campaign-launched-as-shell-trial-date-confirmed/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ayodeji Ogunsola Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.shellguilty.com/?p=253#comment-2 As a reporter I traveled extensively in Ogoniland as well as areas in in TAI Eleme axis of Nigeria's niger delta area and witnessed first hand flow station leakages and several oil spills that devastated the farmlands,creeks and rivers in those areas the destruction is better imagined than seen .Hence I will whole heartedly lend my support to any movement aimed at bringing justice to the people of Ogoniland and its environs who have suffered decades of environmental pollution ,degradation and asphixation at the hands of SHELL . As a reporter I traveled extensively in Ogoniland as well as areas in in TAI Eleme axis of Nigeria’s niger delta area and witnessed first hand flow station leakages and several oil spills that devastated the farmlands,creeks and rivers in those areas the destruction is better imagined than seen .Hence I will whole heartedly lend my support to any movement aimed at bringing justice to the people of Ogoniland and its environs who have suffered decades of environmental pollution ,degradation and asphixation at the hands of SHELL .

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