Originally Posted by
Sweater Fish Deluxe
Human beings are much more responsive to small issues and specific problems. If GreenPeace had said "all electronic devices cointain components harmful to the environment" would anyone on this board have taken notice? Would we be discussing it? The more general (and hence, more accurate) you make your criticisms, the more people's eyes glaze over. The more specific and targetted, the more chance you have to catch an individual's attention. That's just a fact of human nature, which has unfortunately been compounded by a failing education system and thriving consumer machine. So GreenPeace is taking a more long term tactic to slowly bring the full and more general point to the public's attention piece-by-piece.