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I will hug a scientist soon, my dad, a lifelong carbohydrate chemist, who, along with my mom gave me the knowledge and sensitivity to care about our ecosystems and be aghast at what I see around me now.
And thanks, I had been considering an indoor cat, for the bird reasons you mention, but did not know about the toxins part of it. Now I wll really go for the indoor cat. I appreciate sound, rational observations like yours even if they differ from mine.

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In response I would poin you to an earlier post re: the Golden Rule. Those with the gold make the rules. Yes, we can vote (though two parties have ALL the power, both of whom represent extractive polluting industies) and wow, they even let us write letters commenting on their schemes. Typically, I do beleive the pen is mightier than the sword, that's why I'm a writer. But at this point, no amount of writing, or voting is going to save our forests or salmon runs from human interference. The earth is heating up (whether or not you beleive it). We need to do somrthing more than watch Al Gore's big head on a powerpoint presentation. We need a lot more ELFs and soon.

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As others have written above, the end does justify the means where the U.S. Government is concerned. Instead of harping on an example like the war in Iraq, I will again point you to the case of Judi Bari. This peace-loving guitar playing woman tried to united timber workers and enviros and was car-bombed for it. The Oakland Police and FBI, instead of looking for a bomber, blamed her for the crime. Which would be laughable except her pelvis and tailbone were shattered. The bombing was the end of Judi's work with the logging community, they retracted in fear. Tell the FBI the end doesn't justify the means.
Stu Sugarman was the guest. He is an excellent lawyer and many of us and you too Woody, would be wise to emulate his calmness and intelligence.

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Sorry I spelt her name wrong, it's Judi Barri. In May 2004, the FBI joined the City of Oakland in paying Earth First! activists Darryl Cherney and the late Judi Bari through her estate a combined $4 million for violations of their first and fourth amendment rights as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. After this kind of evidence of wrongdoing against environmentalists, why would we believe anything they say about the rule of law?

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The FBI is a right-wing organization so prosecute leftist groups with a lot more fervor and "terrorist enhancements" than militia groups or anti-abortion groups. They did this in the 60's and 70's. They did this to Earth First!s Judy Barry whose pelvis was shattered by a car bomb. Instead of investigating the bomber, the FBI blamed the bomb on Barrry. Look up Judy Barry or COINTELPRO for more info.

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No one has ever been injured or killed because ELF types are very careful not to burn anything inhabited or with a guard on site. This caution is because these groups do what they do because of a strong belief in the sanctity of life--ALL life, not just human life (that's why they're concerned about our land base and ecosystems). For this reason "terrorism" is the ultimate kind of Newspeak for this kind of crime. Despite the dictionary and FBI definition, you can't have terror without loss of life and limb.

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Shawna,
You're welcome. I spent a lot of time with Tre around the whole Eagle Creek campaign. He was one of the amazing young people I met their while researching my grad thesis. They are environmentalists who walked their talk--while I (I admit) and other more mainstream enviros drove our SUV's to protests. (I since sold it) It was a pleasure to meet him and be assured, I will dispell myths whenever I can.

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I wrote my Master?s thesis on hard-core environmental activists including Tre Arrow, so I can speak with some authority on the matter. Idealists like Mr. Arrow are a nuisance at best and pose no real threat whatsoever.
People looking for domestic terrorists would be better off turning to the likes of Tim McVeigh who killed 168 people and injured of 800 almost 12 years ago.
It is a frightening sign of the times that a barefoot hippie like Arrow who can?t bear to harm an insect or throw away empty food containers was one the FBI?s ten most wanted and is now labeled a terrorist along with other warm-hearted people like Briana Waters.
The terrorist rhetoric is the product of a right-wing government (that quite effectively terrorizes entire populations like Iraq?s) aligned with mega corporations, many of which profit from extractive and polluting industries (some of which underwrite OPB).
Arrow, who has only been alleged to have burned a logging truck (fly over Mt. Hood National Forest to see the damage wrought to our woods under the guise of forest health) and a sand and gravel mixer (canoe over Ross Island?s lagoon to see what happens when the heart is ripped out of a landscape), is many things: a petty thief, maybe an ARSONIST, and a militant vegan, but not a terrorist.

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