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In article <ggauvrea.745881925@unixg.ubc.ca>, ggauvrea@unixg.ubc.ca (Gwethalyn Gauvreau) writes:
>AUGUST 20 1993 THE FRIENDS OF CLAYOQUOT SOUND
>
>CLAYOQUOT VALLEY THREATENED
>
>untouched valleys in Clayoquot Sound. Despite post-election assurances of
>public participation, no public input will be allowed during the first
>year of clearcut logging in this vital valley.

when was Clayoquot Sound declared a `vital valley'? My propaganda detector
is screaming again.... 

Seems to me that after all the bluster that's been going on in this
newsgroup no this topic... that all these environmentalists have been
able to make clear is that they don't like the look of clearcut areas...
nothing more, nothing less.

>
>This morning saw 180 rainforest protectors blockading a fog-shrouded
>Kennedy Rver bridge.  Eighteen people - including a longshoreman and a
>disabled World War II vet - were arrested for refusing to allow Interfor
>and MacMillan Bloedel logging trucks to pass.  "This is where patriots
>belong," 73 year old Austin Delany stated before being taken into police
>custody.  "An I'm calling on patriots and veterans particularly in B.C. to
>come and stand on guard."
>
>In related developments, an application before B.C. Supreme Court to quash
>MacMillan Bloedel's anti-blockade injunction enters its second day of
>hearings.  Friends' lawyers hope to convice the judge that MacMillan
>Bloedel should not be allowed to use Crown,RCMP and court resources to
>enforce a private dispute.

At this point, it isn't any longer a `private dispute'... the rationale
promoted by various environment-oriented groups has spurred citizens
(who would otherwise probably be law-abiding) to commit acts which run
contrary to current legislation. These people ignore the law and disrupt
the livelihood of other citizens, despite the fact that there are other
courses of action that they can take (if they are motivated enough).

Or perhaps this poster would try and lead us to think that because the
loggers' way of making a living isn't consistent with his/her way of
thinking that they shouldn't be entitled to the protection of the law.



//Don
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She was a French girl, and very pretty... I knew she was in love with me 
when she started calling me pet names, like `salle cochon'... -- Herbie