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schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
>jamie@cs.sfu.ca (Jamie Andrews) writes:

>>In article <mgFT9B1w165w@ham.almanac.bc.ca> emd@ham.almanac.bc.ca writes:

>>     In other words "I have no problem with people expressing
>>their opinion as long as Mac-Blo can flat-out ignore them."

>Thats what free speech is all about. The right to speak out on issues
>that are important to you. However, there is nothing in the concept of
>"free speech" that says people have to listen to you.

In a lot of ways, I agree with this.  Mac-Blo CAN, for the most part
ignore us. The "blockade" at the Kennedy river bridge normally consumes
about 1/2 hour each morning (with exceptions like the mass arrest which
took a few hours).  The prime purpose is to get the GOVERNMENT to listen.

MB, of course doesn't want the government to listen, and has expended
much time and energy trying to minimize the effects of the protests.
I guess this is also their right.

>The environmental groups were invited to participate in land-use
>committees and chose to boycott them.

They tried to participate, but had various problems -- including
the fact that they were the only people not paid to be there, they
recieved various threats to their person, as well as stonwalling of
most of their suggestions.

I think it would be better to say that they gave up.

>The compromise involved setting aside part of the Clayoquot for
>preservation and forcing Mac-Blo to use differnet loggin methods that
>are more costly but more environmentally friendly.

"forcing"? Hmm. There's been no legislation, so far to support what
they said would be done.
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