What's in a word? Life and death in this case. So nothing to worry about.
Keith Davis
kbob42 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 10:48:41 CST 2015
Wholehearted agreement.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> I have one final paragraph that I hope will be my last on this topic. It
> again resorts to that old trick of presenting an actual example of common
> usage, then asking a few questions.
>
> One common use of the word terrorism by the US government which has taken
> on quasi-legal status is eco-terrorism. This is a particularly orwellian
> and clearly political use of language. Who and what are the great threats
> to the ecosystem? Why are species disappearing, why is the ocean getting
> more acidic, where are the oil spills, groundwater pollution and nuclear
> waste contamination originating. Is this the result of those designated
> eco-terrorists, or is it mining companies, oil drillers, industrial
> clearcutting, addiction to fossil fuels supported by massive bribery that
> is devastating the planet? Did eco-terrorists kill Ken Sarawiwa, are they
> responsible for the hundreds of environmental activists killed every year.
> How does terror result when people are filmed beating animals, or when they
> are released from captivity? This is a good example of what happens when
> you give a word to the FBI and corrupt politicians. Who are the
> conservatives who actually want to conserve an intact ecosystem? As far
> as I am concerned this corrupt use of language is as toxic as the frack
> juice being poured into the deep aquifers of holy mother earth.
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