A Public Dis-Service Announcement From Shell - Propagandhi

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…

It 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 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