Hi Folks,

As the group's resident eco-wacko, I have a few comments about this.

1. ELF is real, and they do indeed do bad things. The number of real ELF
incidents, however, can be counted on one hand. No one has yet to be
injured due to an ELF action, but I still don't see where any of this bad
stuff gets us anywhere we want to go, and I do not condone it.

2. Lots of times, what we've seen here in Idaho, is a bulldozer will burn.
Locals will blame EF-ers. There will be NO political content associated
with the act- no notes, press releases, publicity, nothing. There are, of
course, no EF-ers in the area.

The owner then collects insurance. This happens quite a lot-- especially
when commodity markets go through their inevitable downturns.

Chuck

in article , Bill Tuthill at
wrote on 7/6/04 2:48 PM:

Some Earth First'ers
have reputedly put sugar in gas tanks, causing property damage, but
does that really constitute terrorism? Vandalism, sure.