"Overcrowding in man, as in all other animal species, increases hostility and aggression, leading to the greatest crime of all, war.
With the development of the atomic bomb, man now has the choice of destroying his planet quickly, through war, or slowly, through pollution. "
"You mustn't say such things!"
Our history
Crew of the Phyllis Cormack on the first Greenpeace voyage (Vancouver to Amchitka) in 1971. © Greenpeace / Robert Keziere.
Their mission was to ‘bear witness’ to US nuclear testing at Amchitka, a tiny island off the West Coast of Alaska, which is one of the world's most earthquake-prone regions. Amchitka was the last refuge for 3000 endangered sea otters, and home to bald eagles, peregrine falcons and other wildlife.
Even though their old boat, the Phyllis Cormack, was intercepted before it got to Amchitka, the journey sparked a flurry of public interest. The US still detonated the bomb, but the voice of reason had been heard. Nuclear testing on Amchitka ended that same year, and the island was later declared a bird sanctuary.
SARAH: Don't you think that people have a right to choose what kind of life they want?
RUTH: People on Earth were allowed to choose. And see what kind of a world they made. Moral degradation, permissiveness, usury, cheating, lying, cruelty.
SARAH: There's also a lot of love and kindness and honesty. You've got a warped view of things.
RUTH: You mustn't say such things.
SARAH: I'll say whatever I like.
MARK: The strain of reawakening must have disturbed her mind.
SARAH: There's nothing wrong with my mind.
ADAM: I was assured that everyone had been most carefully selected. I don't think you're going to be happy with us. If you feel like this, why did you join us?
SARAH: I didn't join you. I was brought here against my will.
RUTH: We shall have to do something about this. She'll be a disruptive influence.
ADAM: I think you'd better come with me.
SARAH: Where to?
RUTH: You can't be allowed to go about saying these things. You'll have to be re-educated.
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