The spawn of Al Gore. They care more about a tree than the families of the victims of those who died on 9/11.
Even this, if true, is inappropriate. It is not Staples' job to tell the customers what to buy, it's the customers' job to tell Staples what to sell. If the greenie-weenies have enough purchasing power, they will have no problem getting Staples to sell whatever refurbished, recycled crap they want. Otherwise, they should shut up and ride off into the sunset.
(maybe Staples secretly hired them...)
I don't know why I am still shocked and incensed every time I read a story like this--I should be completely accustomed to this sort of inverted thinking (or lack thereof) by now.
Dear Libs who agree with the anti-Staplers:
As it has so eloquently been stated above, it is not the job of Staples to "educate customers on the benefits of recycled paper." That would be the job of the pro-recycled paper groups.
If you believe strongly in this, or any other issue, it is up to you--as a private citizen or collection of private citizens acting in concert--to make your case with the buying public. "Educate" consumers. If the public buys into your philosophy and shares your concern, the demand will shift and so will Staples policy.
One must understand that the well intentioned minions at the bottom of the extreme-enviorn movement are well intentioned yet hopelessly duped souls. Unaware that they are acting on behalf of a small group of anti-Capitalist, anti-American, socialist Marxist leftovers--these usually young and good-natured activists are taken advantage of by the pursuit of what sounds like a worthwhile cause.
Of course, the rhetoric is built on shaky premises from beginning to end. Blind allegiance to the efforts of these self-proclaimed gurus of good is a likely occurrence when ambitious young idealists are exposed to their claims and accept them as gospel. Indeed, on the rare occasion of further scrutiny by an enterprising potential recruit, the curtain is pulled back and the Wizard--along with the inherent fallacy of the claims--is exposed.
The people at the top of this do-gooder ponzi scheme, the primary architects and beneficiaries of such programs, carry one lone objective onto the battlefield of ideas. They wish for nothing less than the reduction of your personal freedoms--one by one--as a means to the subversion of our freedoms as a whole.
What they could not do by way of revolution in the 20th Century, they continue to pursue through other means. (Take over of the Universities and education system, expansion of government socialism, judicial activism and subversion of legislative powers, perversion of the legal system, confiscation of personal property and freedoms based on environmental premises and so forth...)
We cannot allow an erosion of our liberties at the hands of enviro-terrorists who wish to strong-arm corporate America into "seeing things their way." This is unacceptable. If gone unchecked, the encroachment will inch further and further toward a total loss of freedom and choice in the market place and completely subvert our way of life.
(Just an aside, but why are so many of these characters involved in protests like these women?)