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Mark · Site Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2007 Posts: 1052

Woman Sentenced to 2 Years for Rescuing Dog, “Terrorists” Rescue More Animals in Retaliation

http://www.greenisthenewred.com/b...rists-rescue-more-in-retaliation/

Excerpt:

This isn’t a new phenomenon. After a US court convicted the SHAC 7 on “animal enterprise terrorism” charges for running a controversial website, underground activists retaliated. And after lawmakers passed the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, underground activists retaliated.

The outrageous prison sentences, the scare-mongering legislation, the spying: it’s not deterring underground activists. It’s only giving them one more reason to fight.

But lets stop for a moment so we can truly appreciate the absurdity of this situation. This is what the global “War on Terrorism” has become: an “animal rights terrorist” sentenced to two years in prison for rescuing a dog, and the method of retaliation chosen by the “terrorists” is… saving more lives.

JohnP · Facilitator Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 9

Thanks for this article, Mark. "Eco-terrorism" is the new bastard child of "terr'ism". Not quite as scary-sounding as the "Islamofascism" hogwash, but looming in the horizon. When you can't label somebody a terrorist without being laughed at even by the most lobotomized idiot, you create subgroups, I guess...

More sheer absurdity below, courtesy of the same site:

“Eco-terrorism” is a buzzword that corporations and the politicians who represent them have been throwing around more and more since 9/11. But like the bigger T-word, it’s a term without much of a definition. “Eco-terrorism” has been used to describe burning SUVs, and other property crimes by the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front. It has been used to describe terrorism against the environment. It has been used to describe real estate deals. It has been used to describe attending vegan potlucks, dating the wrong people, and children’s movies.