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Well, if a window or door is the only entrance poi...

2008-09-14T17:10:00.000-07:00

Well, if a window or door is the only entrance point, you'd have to take the risk that it will accelerate the fire.

And I don't necessarily support torching Hummers, because not only will that produce greenhouse gases, but it will just end up in replacement Hummers being made.

But I am open to vandalism being an option in a select few cases.

Joshua, any firefighter will tell you if you break...

2008-09-14T16:21:00.000-07:00

Joshua, any firefighter will tell you if you break a window of a house on fire, you let more oxygen in and accelerate the fire.

But if you belong to a movement that thinks they can save the environment by torching Hummers and housing developments...

If you'd like an idea how successful environmentalists work, I'd suggest you look at the Sierra Club and the Nature Conservancy, both of which have emphasized creating "win-win" situations over harassment.

The ruling didn't 'validate the acts of criminals'...

2008-09-14T01:33:00.000-07:00

The ruling didn't 'validate the acts of criminals', it declared they weren't criminals. If we accept that global warming is a real and present danger and that coal burning is causing it, then those who did this aren't vandals - no different to somebody who breaks a window of a burning building to put out a fire is guilty of vandalism.

I was curious as to what comprised 60,000 pounds i...

2008-09-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

I was curious as to what comprised 60,000 pounds in property damage from "defacing" a power plant, when such plants aren't terribly scenic. Here's the article I found describing the demonstration:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/09/kingsnorthclimatecamp.climatechange

Not a lot of description of damage, although they would have had to disable the electric fence they climbed.

I suspect Hanson saw them as merely protesters. Their "wanted posters" crossed a line I don't appreciate, and I'm sure a crowd of 1500 people hanging around for a week did significant damage to the grounds. But I see some exaggeration here too.

The other week the Austrian government took a big black eye because they arrested some AR activists with insufficient evidence, then had to let them go to great fanfare on the part of AR's. I hope the English government isn't going down the same path.

That being said, Hanson's a twit to throw down with these folks. He's in a position to do a lot of good from the establishment side, and shouldn't squander that by hanging with wackos.