Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 11:08:06 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: Re: [anarchism] Tree Spiking


Steve wrote:

> A moron and a racist.  I have always thought so.  Admittedly he has done a
> few good things for the environment, and believe it or not, I think his
> hearts (at least as far as the environment goes) is in the right place,
> but he is one big dumbass when it comes to logical thought.
> 
> But, apparently his "defense" of tree spiking was the best "defense" of
> the tactic of tree spiking that the Earth First! Journal could solicit to
> present the "pro" side of the argument, so I don't apologize for reposting
> it on the web.  And, if you read between the lines, I think Watson's
> "defesne" actually does far more to damage the reputation of tree spiking
> then it does to help it.
> 
> He can't help but give in to his anti-worker attitudes not more than
> halfway through the article, and he starts out to show that his attitudes
> are pro "life" in all respects!  Nor, at any point, does he show that
> spiking works.
> 
> If this is the *BEST* defesne anyone can muster in favor of this tactic,
> then it should never be used at all!
> 
> Even if one doesn't give a rats ass about timber workers (I do, but that's
> beside the point) tree spiking is a suck-ass tactic.  One doesn't have to
> be a Wobbly to see that.

When tree spiking is done the perps usually notify the timber company that
claims to "own" the trees. If the timber company orders workers to cut those
trees, it is they that are engaged in "anti-worker" practices. The timber
company has no right to cut those trees because they are the common heritage of
our planet.

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An American soldier in a hospital explained how he was wounded: He said, "I was
told that the way to tell a hostile Vietnamese from a friendly Vietnamese was to
shout ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’ If he shoots, he’s unfriendly. So I saw this
dude and yelled ‘To hell with Ho Chi Minh!’ and he yelled back, ‘To hell with
President Johnson!’ We were shaking hands when a truck hit us." 

(from 1,001 Ways to Beat the Draft, by Tuli Kupferburg).