Eco-Fugitives List Produced by FBI
Give this a quick read.
I've always been extrememly bothered by the fact that crimes against The Commons so frequently go unpunished, or at best receive token attention.
We are set up to protect individuals and their rights and property... and those clearly trump the rights and property of the public. A number of folks have, over the years, acknowledged that this is the fundamental and core roadblock to natural resources conservation efforts.
If somebody busts your window and steals your TV, he gets the book thrown at his ass in pretty prompt fashion. A mile away, some dude could be stripping all the veg off his steep slope, and thus setting up to pour hundreds of tons of soil in the neighborhood trout stream. The former is a crime against a private individual, and the object is a material item. The latter is a crime against the public, that could potentially detract from positive experiences of hundreds to thousands of people over time... not to mention the fact that it could destroy millions of bugs and fish - both actual and potential.
Thinking about what these "eco-fugitives" have done... I hope that when they are caught they don't get sentences like "ten years in prison with nine suspended and intense probation and an order to avoid vicinity to any toxic waste or pollution hazard." Throw the heavy book at those fuggers. Make them pay for their profit-mongering that was at the expense of The Commons. If Plaxico Burress can get 4 years in jail for carrying a handgun to show off to women and/or protect himself, those dicks should get at least triple that for what they've done.
If we want to get serious about conservation, we have to protect the public inheritance with some backing. It has to be a priority. It can't be the used-to-date-in-this-country approach of "We'll protect what we can, so long as we don't infringe on folks' private property rights." The old "it's my land so I can do what I want" is out the door. It's a fossil philosophy that has no place (maybe I should say a limited application) in a true community. We need a better balance between protection of private and public. Back to the topic here then, these MFs need to be tracked down and put away. They made money by loading a burden on our backs, and that is not right. Farewell to them, and may they drink tainted water and suck exhaust from the very pipes of their illegal motor vehicles.
Give this a quick read.
I've always been extrememly bothered by the fact that crimes against The Commons so frequently go unpunished, or at best receive token attention.
We are set up to protect individuals and their rights and property... and those clearly trump the rights and property of the public. A number of folks have, over the years, acknowledged that this is the fundamental and core roadblock to natural resources conservation efforts.
If somebody busts your window and steals your TV, he gets the book thrown at his ass in pretty prompt fashion. A mile away, some dude could be stripping all the veg off his steep slope, and thus setting up to pour hundreds of tons of soil in the neighborhood trout stream. The former is a crime against a private individual, and the object is a material item. The latter is a crime against the public, that could potentially detract from positive experiences of hundreds to thousands of people over time... not to mention the fact that it could destroy millions of bugs and fish - both actual and potential.
Thinking about what these "eco-fugitives" have done... I hope that when they are caught they don't get sentences like "ten years in prison with nine suspended and intense probation and an order to avoid vicinity to any toxic waste or pollution hazard." Throw the heavy book at those fuggers. Make them pay for their profit-mongering that was at the expense of The Commons. If Plaxico Burress can get 4 years in jail for carrying a handgun to show off to women and/or protect himself, those dicks should get at least triple that for what they've done.
If we want to get serious about conservation, we have to protect the public inheritance with some backing. It has to be a priority. It can't be the used-to-date-in-this-country approach of "We'll protect what we can, so long as we don't infringe on folks' private property rights." The old "it's my land so I can do what I want" is out the door. It's a fossil philosophy that has no place (maybe I should say a limited application) in a true community. We need a better balance between protection of private and public. Back to the topic here then, these MFs need to be tracked down and put away. They made money by loading a burden on our backs, and that is not right. Farewell to them, and may they drink tainted water and suck exhaust from the very pipes of their illegal motor vehicles.
posted by Wendy Berrell at 9:13 AM
3 Comments:
The cost for fixing the actions of some of those men can be outrageous. A TV, or any aspect of your material life for that matter can be replaced with ease however somethings take years, or may never recover.
WOE - don't sugar coat it Wendy! How do you really feel?
Sounds like a just punishment.
Burress got 4 years? No way.
I think the "Wang" on the end of the Most Wanted list is the villain in Bruce Lee Return of the Dragon.
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