>>> Dennis Menard on Ethics 
 DM> That's true.  But there are a number of anecdotal cases that really
 DM> prompt one to wonder; check out the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal,
 DM> Philadelphia, about 14 years ago, black activist, on death row for
 DM> about a dozen years now.  
 DM> Just checked.  As of January 04, 1998:
 DM> The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is deliberating Mumia's appeal now and
 DM> may announce its decision regarding a new trial very soon!
This guy doesn't know if he's coming or going.
 
 DM> Mumia Abu-Jamal was a Black Panther.  !?
14 years for being a Black Panther?  Was it a targeted frame or was is a 
frame of opportunity, just happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong 
time and as he was a Black Panther, he was bagged?
 
 WE> Here's one.  Environmentalists work with loggers to get the loggers to
 WE> realize:  no forest, no jobs.  The environmentalist who forged this
 WE> labor alliance get car bombed on the way to an important forest meeting
 WE> in SF. They wake up in the hospitable charged with possession of
 WE> explosive devices.  Previously they had received telephone warnings and
 WE> discussed such with an unsympathetic police force.  Weren't they ever
 WE> stuck in a log jam!
 DM> Accuse the victim!  Disorients 'em proper and convinces a gullible
 DM> public they have made a profound error in judgement.  Right or wrong, a
 DM> majority is always safe when you're going with the flow ...
The media coverage was hard put to put this one over.  As Earth First members 
have spiked trees, they were all considered terrorists.  Therefore these 
terrorists use bombs.  Being an environmentalist in America is dangerous.  
Some people want to declare open season on them.
 DM> Hmm ...  Sounds typical.  New Zealand is a lovely place, lots of
 DM> trees. But, you know, except for Fjordland (ie, SW corner of the South
 DM> Island) all those trees are planted in the straightest, most unnatural
 DM> rows you'll ever see. Makes one long for a little primordial chaos.  
To use salvage log ridder logic:  for the health of these forests you should 
cut them all down so they can be replanted in a healthy natural way.
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