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In article <29kmutINNkfe@larry.cs.ubc.ca> samuel@cs.ubc.ca (Stephen Samuel) writes:
>A provincial judge today sentenced 44 forest protectors to a total of
>5 1/2 years in jail and approximataly eighty thousand dollars in fines
>for being on a public roadway. 

Hmmm...
  5.5 Years * 365 days / 44 people = 46 days per person..

  80,000 dollars / 44 people       = $1,800 dollars / person.

   So is everyone on average got 46 days, $1,800 fine and don't forget about the
criminal record for violating a supreme court injunction, I think they got off
about as well as could be expected..

>The fourty four protesters were all arrested on a logging road in 

   Arrested on logging road aka, blocking the road to halt traffic, hence
violation of BC supreme court injunction..

   They are allowed to protest, however the act of physically trying to stop
the logging by blocading the logging road is where the court injunction takes
effect.

>The harshest sentance was 60 days in jail and a $3000
>fine handed to a local physician.

  Who violated the supreme court injunction twice..

>Greenpeace and Friends of Clayoquot sound have both criticized the
>actions.

   One wouldn't expect them to say "great stuff".  There is however a
number of people that also applaud the decision upheld by the BC supreme
court..


Cheers...

						---- Robb -----

P.S. - Samuel, you have stated in the past that you want to reform the forest
     practices..  This is my third attempt at trying to get this information
     from you..