[Peace-discuss] RE: Population control

[John W.]

At 12:13 PM 1/24/2006, Phil Stinard wrote:

>Here's a second brief follow-up to Ricky's reply.  Ricky wrote:
>
>>For the record, I do not condone tree-spiking.  Any
>>more than I condone hijacking a big airliner and
>>slamming it into a building full of people.
>
>If this is true, we can draw the following conclusion:
>
>"The practice of hijacking a big airliner and slamming it into a building 
>full of people gets a bad rap.  After all, the passengers knew that flying 
>is dangerous, but they ignored the warnings..."
>
>I know that Ricky doesn't support hijacking airplanes and slamming them 
>into buildings.  I just want you to realize how the statement on 
>tree-spiking sounds.  If your purpose is to counter disinformation from 
>vested interests, then do that, but that's not what I got out of Ricky's 
>post.  There's a disturbing undercurrent I see in posts to Peace-Discuss 
>whereby actions that result in property damage or personal injury are 
>condoned, providing the cause is noble in their eyes.  It's a tiny 
>undercurrent, but it disturbs me.  That's what I'm responding to.
>
>--Phil


If such an undercurrent exists, perhaps it's an attempt to counterbalance, 
in small measure, the exquisitely profane American ethos that the worst 
crime you can commit, perhaps second only to murder, is damage to property.