Monday, March 3, 2008

Captain Planet's bag of tricks

"I guess we can call this nonviolent chemical warfare," - Capt. Paul Watson


This article reminded me of the "Captain Planet" cartoon series i used to watch as a child, where a blue-skinned n "green" version of superman would use his super powers to save the day, and of course, the planet from polluting baddies.

It's not just amusing but refreshing to read about the tactics these anti-whale hunt activists resorted to in trying to stop the whale-hunting ships. (They threw rotten butter to stink up the ship and soap-like chemicals to make people slip on the deck. U may laugh, but it worked.)

When it comes to good heros, they are forced to invent offensive strategies that are harmful to the enemies YET gentle to the planet. That's definitely more brain-work than baddies have to do.

Hmm. So i guess this concludes one thing: The bad guys in the cartoons are really as stupid as they looked.


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