🚀 go-pugleaf

David Eitelbach (c.c.etfjufm@52.usenet.us.com) wrote:
: In article <5m9okg$9nr$2@news2.gte.net> on 25 May 1997 16:16:16 GMT,
: Patrick Martin (bdrline@gte.net) wrote:
: 
: > Now, being that I'm NOT friends with any EFers, I'm not quite sure
: > where they picked up railroad ties from, but if they were _used_
: > railroad ties, it is quite logical that some of the spikes _might_
: > have been protruding from the ties before Earth First went out and
: > stole them.  [...]
: 
: Used railroad ties are a somewhat common item for gardeners, like used
: whiskey barrels, and are found at large nurseries and garden supply 
: stores. The ties are used as steps, fronts of steps, small retaining 
: walls, and so on. The railroad ties come with all the spikes removed,
: just like the whiskey barrels come with all the whiskey removed.
: 

  But, then, assuming that the railroad ties could have been
purchased, and did not have spikes, the act of placing some type
of spikes in them and using them with the intent to injure riders,
would be an act of assault with the intent to to bodily harm if
a rider was injured. If any individuals travelled interstate to
do such a thing or communicated the same, this would also be 
covered under Federal laws as "organized crime", and "conspiracy".
I believe this would also be covered under "assault with a deadly
weapon" considering the possible injuries that could happen.
  I wonder.... do the people who condone or this type of blatant
terrorism in the name of the green "Jihad" (EF!'s words), also condone
the use of force by anti-abortion activists or anti-government Militia?
  I think terrorism, whether it be sabotage violating the rights
to private property, or more importantly with the intent to cause
bodily injury is wrong. 
  And, it is disgusting to see so-called environmentalists make
light of it or brush it aside when it is done in the name of their
cause. Of course, these are the extremists, and do not make up
the large percentage of environmentalists. These are the ones
who are more similar to fundamentalist religous terrorists than they
are to environmental science.