I consider myself an environmentalist, but…
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We bit off more than we could chew. They were just Cockney barrow boy spivs. Total thugs. I’ve never seen anyone less amenable to listening to our point of view.
— An unnamed member of a group of Greenpeace activists, who failed to stop trading on the International Petroleum Exchange yesterday, but who did succeed in having the crap beaten out of them by traders.
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Down here in Midland, we’re thinking about designating those Brit oil traders as honorary Texans (and, in case you’re wondering, that’s A Good Thing).