Propagandhi A Public Dis-Service Announcement from
Shell Lyrics:
("Clear Thinking in Troubled Times": Winnipeg Free
Press, Nov 21st, 1995) "People have the right to
the truth. Unvarnished. Even uncomfortable. But
never subjugated to a cause, however noble or
well-meaning. They have the right to clear
thinking. Slogans, boycotts and protests don't
offer answers... (I)t has been suggested that
Shell should pull out of developing nations
altogether. The oil would certainly continue
flowing. The business would continue operating.
The vast majority of the employees would remain in
place. But the sound and ethical business
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practices synonymous with Shell, the environmental
investment, and the tens of millions of dollars
spent on community programs would all be lost.
Again, it's the people of developing nations that
you would hurt. It's easy enough to sit in your
comfortable homes in the West, calling for
sanctions and boycotts against a developing
country. But you have to be sure that knee-jerk
reactions won't do more harm than good. Some
campaigning groups say that we should intervene in
the political process in developing nations. But
even if we could, we must never do so. Politics is
the business of governments and politicians. The
world where companies use their economic influence
to prop up or bring down governments would be a
frightening and bleak one indeed."(ha. ha.)
Lyrics: A Public Dis-Service Announcement from Shell,
Propagandhi [end]