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Itsdb |
02/27/06 |
After watching Seinfeld last night I happened upon a program called Source Code on the Free Speech Network. The episode was discussing how the Bush administration and the Patriot Act had criminalized the "free speech" of environmental activists. After all, these people aren't terrorists, they're just engaging in "civil disobedience" as their preferred method of exercising their right of "free speech." One of those interviewed described how the Patriot Act was eroding our rights, right down to "freedom of thought."
The show then went on to inform us that "Former Animal Liberation Front Warrior Rodney Coronado" was indicted for making a speech. That of course got me curious.
So who is this Coronado guy? He's quoted in the above linked article above as saying activists are "doing the only thing they know to do and that is strike a match and draw a whole lot of attention to their dissatisfaction with protecting the environment" (but destroying a human's environment is apparently ok).
Coronado was found guilty of "Conspiracy to Impede or Injure an Officer of the United
States, Interfering with a Forest Officer and Depredation of Government Property" in December of last year. Coronado served four years in prison for his part in burning down an animal-testing lab at Michigan State University in 1992. The current charge, "the felony charge of demonstrating the use of a destructive device. Though he isn't charged in the fire, he gave the speech "as the University City housing complex smoldered from an arson 2½ years ago," a $50 million arson job in the San Diego area where the Earth Liberation Front left a 12 foot banner reading "If you build it, we will burn it."
Should "Teaching people how to build explosives in order to commit violent crimes" or threatening "If you build it, we will burn it" be illegal, or is it protected free speech?
Is burning down a housing complex, spiking trees, setting lab animals free, etc. acceptable" civil disobedience"?
Is ecoterrorism really terrorism?
Steve |
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 02/27/06 9:49 pm:
Steve,
>>>They don't work, so they have no money<<<
I'll admit that that is the case of most liberal nut-cases (not the mainstreamers, just the radicals). But in my experience the eco-nuts tend to be rich bigwigs or trust fund babies who feel guilty for their parents' and grandparents' hard work and success. Money's no object for them. I admit that I'm painting a pretty broad picture here, but that has been my personal experience. They could easily afford the $150 a pop for a top level shrink.
Elliot Clarification/Follow-up by Itsdb on 02/27/06 10:50 pm:
Elliot,
The folks I saw last night look more at home in an old VW bus with flowers painted on it. The bigwigs need to spend a little of that trust fund on their mental health :)
Steve
Clarification/Follow-up by excon on 03/01/06 3:28 pm:
Hello Its - you too Wolverine:
Damn hippies!
excon
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