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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:56:52 GMT, "gatt"
<LiveFromTheClocktower@gfy.com> wrote:
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>BTW, they didn't spike trees so that loggers would get hurt.  They spiked 
>trees to prevent loggers from cutting. Guess which industry tried to make 
>sure nobody knew that. When tree-spiking occured--at least on the west 
>coast--the culprits notified the logging operation not to cut there. It was 
>up to the operation owners to pass the word on and prevent their folks from 
>cutting, but, hey, nothing wins popular support like letting one of your 
>logger lackeys bleed to death so you can see their crying family on TV.

Let's also not forget that loggers and sawmill workers also have to
cope with "farmer logs"--logs which have nails and such in them from
folks using trees as fence posts, as phone line poles, hanging camp
stuff from them, hanging crosspoles for hunting from 'em...

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>One thing to consider about tree spiking is the way the media is 
>manipulated.  For example, one of the folks from the Freres Brothers logging 
>company claimed they found tree spikes and it made news all over the 
>Willamette Valley.  When it turned out that the "spikes" were actually just 
>bits of an old electric fence insulator that had been carried up and into 
>tree bark by a growing tree, the media apparently decided that was boring 
>and didn't bother to pass on the word.  So a lot of people down there still 
>think there was a porcelain "spike" found in a tree.

Yep.  Classic "farmer log" scenario.

jrw