Comments on: Editorial in ‘Nature’ Against Green Scare http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/ Will Potter reports on “eco-terrorism” witch hunts and the Green Scare, including: The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, Earth Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Front, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, and civil liberties. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Joe http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74308 Joe Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:01:32 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74308 I posted then several days ago and they were awaiting moderation, then today they were gone. I posted then several days ago and they were awaiting moderation, then today they were gone.

]]> By: Will Potter http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74297 Will Potter Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:42:22 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74297 Joe: I don't believe I've ever rejected any comments you've posted. I just checked the spam filter, and I don't see anything in there, either. Will Joe:
I don’t believe I’ve ever rejected any comments you’ve posted. I just checked the spam filter, and I don’t see anything in there, either.

Will

]]> By: Joe http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74295 Joe Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:32:06 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-74295 Will: Why were my comments to pdxcascadian not allowed? Do you not want the victims of animal rights terrorist to be heard here? If so then no public comment should be allowed. Thanks, Joe Will:

Why were my comments to pdxcascadian not allowed?

Do you not want the victims of animal rights terrorist to be heard here? If so then no public comment should be allowed.

Thanks,
Joe

]]> By: pdxcascadian http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-70775 pdxcascadian Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:49:02 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-70775 Joe: This thin line between terrorism and activism is absurd, these people didn't kill anyone, they didn't even hurt anyone (other than pocket books). So labeling someone who burns down a building as a terrorist is unfair, especially in a case where nobody was hurt. Calling a non-lethal arsonist terrorists is a very bold statement, and makes things blow out of proportion. I personally don't know anyone who is terrified that a bunch of hippies are going to hurt them, but i do know a large number of people who are terrified that the U.S. government is going to hurt them. Maybe we should label everything terrorism. Joe:
This thin line between terrorism and activism is absurd, these people didn’t kill anyone, they didn’t even hurt anyone (other than pocket books). So labeling someone who burns down a building as a terrorist is unfair, especially in a case where nobody was hurt. Calling a non-lethal arsonist terrorists is a very bold statement, and makes things blow out of proportion.
I personally don’t know anyone who is terrified that a bunch of hippies are going to hurt them, but i do know a large number of people who are terrified that the U.S. government is going to hurt them. Maybe we should label everything terrorism.

]]> By: CitizenP http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65698 CitizenP Mon, 28 May 2007 21:52:05 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65698 About goddamn time. The mainstream media, correction, the commercial media has absolutely failed us. No big surprise, of course. It seems that their criticisms always fall many months too later after the fact. Too late for the torture bill, too late for AETA, too late for Iraq, too goddamn late for everything. About goddamn time. The mainstream media, correction, the commercial media has absolutely failed us. No big surprise, of course. It seems that their criticisms always fall many months too later after the fact. Too late for the torture bill, too late for AETA, too late for Iraq, too goddamn late for everything.

]]> By: Joe http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65496 Joe Sun, 27 May 2007 20:04:33 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65496 The AETA does not brand all activist as terrorist, only those who cross thin into terrorism! The AETA does not brand all activist as terrorist, only those who cross thin into terrorism!

]]> By: Don Thieme http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65347 Don Thieme Sun, 27 May 2007 00:37:53 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65347 Thanks for posting this. The only point that I disagree with is on the definition of terrorism. There is a fine line between making a spectacle that attracts people's attention to a cause and frightening them. Most of us know what actions are terrifying, though. The ELF actions were not terrifying although they did no doubt cause business people to fear the demise of their businesses. Thanks for posting this. The only point that I disagree with is on the definition of terrorism. There is a fine line between making a spectacle that attracts people’s attention to a cause and frightening them. Most of us know what actions are terrifying, though. The ELF actions were not terrifying although they did no doubt cause business people to fear the demise of their businesses.

]]> By: LiberalPanda http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65147 LiberalPanda Sat, 26 May 2007 03:09:27 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-65147 That's a great article. The word "terrorist" has become the Bush Administration's easy-button method of brainwashing the masses. Everyone who disagrees is a terrorist. AETA (and other similar laws) are terrifying. By branding animal rights activists as terrorists, the freedom of ALL activists is jeopardized. That’s a great article. The word “terrorist” has become the Bush Administration’s easy-button method of brainwashing the masses. Everyone who disagrees is a terrorist.

AETA (and other similar laws) are terrifying. By branding animal rights activists as terrorists, the freedom of ALL activists is jeopardized.

]]> By: kelly g. http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-64982 kelly g. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:18:19 +0000 http://www.greenisthenewred.com/blog/2007/05/24/nature-editorial/#comment-64982 Thanks for posting that, Will. I got a link through Google alerts but of course couldn't view it w/out a subscription. Thanks for posting that, Will. I got a link through Google alerts but of course couldn’t view it w/out a subscription.

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