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In article <18811@fritz.filenet.com> scotth@fritz.filenet.com (Scott Hopson) writes:
>In article <03JoNB2w165w@midiline.la.ca.us> nickn@midiline.la.ca.us (nick nelson) writes:
>>
>>I've heard EF! always marks clearly trees they have spiked so
>>the loggers will not be hurt.  After all, the idea is to save
>>the tree, not to injure someone for killing the tree.
>
>This is untrue, those who spike the trees do it in a covert manner
>not caring who gets hurt. I do believe we need to control the forrest 
>industry better, but not by methods of pure terrorism. Those who go beyond
>the law need to be dealt with using the full impact of the law. I am against
>the forrest industry 100% when it comes to removing our last few patches of
>ancient forrest. But we need to use methods which don't bring harm to human
>life. We need to develope alternative employment for forrest workers and
>force the industry to stop killing our world. 

Your statement is false. Covert yes, not caring who gets hurt is not
true. Timber contracts are marked, the timber companies and the forest
service do get notified of the areas spiked. Specifically they are
warned so that injuries do not occur. Yes, there was an incident where
a worker in a mill was injured by a saw blade that hit a spike,
fragmented and hit him in the face. The worker had reported the
particular blade to management earlier to be replaced.

EF! did not place this spike. A landowner adjacent to the timber
contract placed the spike, and did not mark the spike or warn the
community. Ecotopia EF! has criticized the use of spikes and has made
an appeal to stop using them.