Re: Tree hugging terrorists get justice

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From: lein
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:48

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gatt wrote:
> "Paul J. Berg" <pjberg@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:1153931234.005174.129260@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > >From Willamette Week (Portland, Oregon) ~ July 26, 2006
> >
> > Accused Earth Liberation Front arsonist Tre Arrow hopes at least 10
> > donors will contribute $100,000 apiece for his bail from a Canadian
> > jail.
>
> Most environmentalists don't hang on to that kind of money or have it to
> throw around.
>
> I figured after 9/11 the whole "ecoterrorism" paranoia would die down.  You
> can't terrorize a bulldozer or some other piece of logging equipment, and
> eco"terrorists" do not kill people and very few believe in violence against
> other people.  So calling them "terrorists" is Limbaughesque propaganda.

There really isn't a good word for it.  It's a bit more than mischief,
not really terrorism (unless the intent is to hurt a logger), certainly
a felony, it crosses state lines, it's organized but calling it "eco
organized crime" has another connotation.

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From: "lein" <boomer_the_cat@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Tree hugging terrorists get justice
Date: 27 Jul 2006 21:48:34 -0700
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