Comments on: Prior to Raid, Fur Farmers Labeled Peter Young’s Report a “Terrorist Handbook”

By: Photobot2000

Photobot2000 — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:24:00 +0000

Simply a hitlist for vandals and arsonists.

By: Animal Activists Fight for Their Own Rights « Thomas Paine's Corner

Animal Activists Fight for Their Own Rights « Thomas Paine's Corner — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:00:32 +0000

[...] He’s the closest thing to a SHAC-like entity in Utah. Since his release from prison, he’s compiled The Blueprint, a national directory of hundreds of mink farms across the country and distributes it [...]

By: MostWelcomeGuest

MostWelcomeGuest — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:04:51 +0000

I think the point here is that this is an extremely slippery slope. If you label publication of this material as terrorist, then you may as well label the Yellow Pages as terrorist because many people have used it to obtain more information on their would-be victims. If you label a lock-pick set as criminal because some people engage in illegal behavior with it, then you may as well label handguns and kitchen knives criminal as well. Scissors too. Just because a certain portion of people perpetrate illegal acts with a (insert legally-acquired and lawfully-owned object here), it does not mean that it should now be a criminal offense for all.

I just have a problem with labeling everything “terrorist” in the first place. Application of this term has inspired more fear than the terrorists themselves. Take 2007: How many Americans died as a direct result of terrorism? 4. How many died of obesity-related diseases (heart disease, diabetes)? 700,000. What should we be more scared of? Because of the way this country (i.e. the government and the mainstream media) applies the term, “terrorist,” we are allowed to invade and occupy other countries. We are allowed to strip away the civil rights of our own citizens. We are allowed to capture and detain innocents from other countries for an indefinite amount of time. The real damage to the American people is not being done by violent animal rights activists or crack addicts or Muslim extremists or Christian fundamentalist militiamen. It is being done by the government in conjunction with the corporations that keep America's poor poor and America's fat fat (because of the cheap cost of fast food these two often go hand-in-hand). Their other main goal is to keep all of us frightened because it is through that fear that they can control us. One look at how irrational our fear of “terrorism” has become and one begins to see the awesome power of a single, simple word.

(Sorry for the slightly off-topic rant, but the more cases of this sort of thing that I see, the more I think there is a need for people to realize just what is being done to them and their fellow man in the name of freedom, liberty, justice, or whatever.)

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:46:42 +0000

http://animals.change.org/blog/view/protesting_...

And, not surprisingly, people like you tried to silence them.

By: hkjhkl

hkjhkl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:40:29 +0000

Maybe somewhere this book has been used to pick a location for a protest, but it's more useful for property destruction and anonymous threats. Since the author supports those tactics it's safe to assume that's what he's hoping for, and since the readership supports those tactics it's safe to assume that's what will happen. Like a lock picking set, it's a legal tool that's primarily useful for committing crimes.

By: hkjhkl

hkjhkl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:11:32 +0000

Really. Name one? What would you gain from protesting some farm out in the middle of nowhere, and why would you need the owner's name and contact info to do it?

Page 14:

Palmer Erickson fur farm
Jewell, IA
Received anonymously.
“After receiving a request for more
information on the Palmer Erickson
fur farm, we entered the property in
the middle of the day and compiled
this brief report. Enclosed, please nd
photos of the animals and layout of the
farm. This is the last fur industry target
in Jewell untouched by the A.L.F.
Inside the Erickson farm, which is not
visible from Saratoga Ave, we found
the following: many thousands of both
black and white mink, and approxi-
mately 100 foxes held in pens at the
rear of the property. We would like to
point out Erickson’s house is located
quite a distance from the mink and fox
pens. We were able to freely move about
this farm during the day, an effort that
would be made even easier under dark-
ness. While we failed in our duty to save
these animals, we hope these photos in-
spire others to act with their hearts and
bring this sick enterprise to an end.”

This sounds legit. Maybe the next time I'm passing through this 1,000-person town in Iowa I'll swing by this farm and see if there's a lawful protest going on. I guess I'd probably have a better chance of coming across some unfairly maligned totally above-board activists if I show up at night.

By: Will Potter

Will Potter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:23:49 +0000

It is public information that has been used for lawful protests.

By: hkjhkl

hkjhkl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:48:15 +0000

Basically the only purpose of publishing this info is to facilitate vandalism and harassment. I wouldn't call that “terrorism” but if I was the target of death threats I doubt I would care about the distinction.

By: Andy D.

Andy D. — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:20:41 +0000

Read the article on Bite Back. Highly recommended!!!

By: Andi

Andi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:55:14 +0000

Hi Will & friends, so happy to have come upon your page recently!
I've just finished a video for a song I recorded "Hidden Crimes" about vivisection.
Please take a moment and watch it, then you might want to link or embed or pass along --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcwhOcE2Y8&feat...

thank you!
-Andi