[PornoDoggy]

Eco-terrorists? Spoiled little suburban kids who take the whole 60s-retro thing three steps too far is what most of them strike me as. Not that I don't appreciate at least some of what they claim to believe.

I think the vandals like these punks should be allowed to work off their debt to society at an hourly wage approrpriate for a more environmentally friendly era ... say, 1700. They should be given hand tools, a knife, a bow and some arrows, and allowed to clear out some of the undergrowth cluttering up our deepest forests, and provided with the materials to build themselves a Waldenesqe little cabin.

Now, if they get to spiking trees that threaten to harm workers, then they should be treated no differently than the murderers who shoot doctors in the name of stopping killing.

But there are a lot of ecoterrorists out there, and not all of them are prone to wearing Earth Shoes. Of course, the majority of them don't profess noble intent - they just want to make a buck, which is neither inherently noble or ignoble. It is entirely appropriate for a ferret or a monkey to have instinctive faith that the earth can heal itself. Man, who is capable of far greater destruction and at least allegedly capable of reason, needs to be a bit more careful.